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4.2L, Timing belt, or timing chain???

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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 12:38 PM
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Default 4.2L, Timing belt, or timing chain???
I have a 2002 4.2L a6. I keep seeing different things, some site spec pages say it's a timeing chain, others say timeing belt. Even browsing through the forums here. Witch one is it? belt or chain?
 
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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To get an answer - open the front of the engine cover(s) - fast and final answer!
 
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 12:48 PM
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haha for sure but I'm lazy.

good call though
 
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 12:54 PM
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My 2000 A8 has a belt, You can sneak a peak at it beacause the covers are not screwed in the just latched. I can pull my cover away just enough to see the belt.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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Its a belt. The FSI motors have chains.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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Timing chain arrived in 2005.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 08:34 PM
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It`s a chain... read here
http://www.audiworld.com/model/a6/05/05A6.pdf
 
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by xplosive
This thread is a couple years old & that file is for a different Audi 4.2 motor (C6 A6) than the one listed in the OP (C5 A6).
 
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