Looking at buying a 2003 RS6 - a couple questions

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Re: Looking at buying a 2003 RS6 - a couple questions

Post by awschleman » Mon Jul 21, 2025 7:38 pm

Shoppinit wrote:
Mon Jul 21, 2025 6:50 pm
It is a lifetime fluid. It’s just that Audi’s definition of lifetime is “old enough to be outside of warranty”.
Haha - Exactly. Even when ZF themselves say every 50,000 miles :roll:

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Re: Looking at buying a 2003 RS6 - a couple questions

Post by Steve2003rs6 » Thu Dec 18, 2025 7:09 pm

Quick update on Cambelt changes.
I have recently heard that Audi have changed frequency for changing Cambelts on our cars.
I have it on very good authority that the frequency has been extended to 60K miles.
I average around 7K miles per year.
So I will now do my Cambelt at 6 yearly intervals (instead of 4 yearly) or 50k miles whichever comes first.
Obviously it’s up to each owner to determine and be responsible for their own intervals.
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Re: Looking at buying a 2003 RS6 - a couple questions

Post by Marcin » Fri Jan 02, 2026 1:12 pm

Steve2003rs6 wrote:
Thu Dec 18, 2025 7:09 pm
Quick update on Cambelt changes.
I have recently heard that Audi have changed frequency for changing Cambelts on our cars.
I have it on very good authority that the frequency has been extended to 60K miles.
I average around 7K miles per year.
So I will now do my Cambelt at 6 yearly intervals (instead of 4 yearly) or 50k miles whichever comes first.
Obviously it’s up to each owner to determine and be responsible for their own intervals.

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I went to my local Audi dealer last year, asking the same question. I was told 5 years or 80k km, whichever comes first. They don't seem to be very consistent....
Is:
2003 RS6 | 2013 A6 BiTDI quattro | 2016 Corsa ;) | Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K6
was:
2004 A6 3.0TDI quattro | 2000 A6 1.8T quattro | 1997 A6 1.8 | 1998 Opel Vectra 1.6 | 1985 VW Santana |

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