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Old 06-21-2018, 03:31 PM
HodgdonExtreme HodgdonExtreme is offline
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The German way:



The story behind this, is Audi customers complained the S5 V8 engine required timing belt replacement every 60k miles. Thoughtfully, Audi re-designed the engine to use a no-service-required timing chain arrangement instead. Because it no longer "ever" needed service, they packaged the whole chain network into the rear of the engine. Unfortunately, they goofed on the design of the chain tensioners and sliders, so they routinely break, destroying the ~$25k engine. Good news is you can pay $15k to have the dealer disassemble your car to install new tensioners and sliders before they fail and your engine eats itself.

The Japanese way:



No service ever required (no quotes around "ever")

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