Don't know the answer to your question but pretty sure you can check the chain stretch on vcds

 

Thanks for the reply bhoy78 yes you can check for chain stretch with VCDS (which I don't have unfortunately) do you think a dealer would be happy for a customer to check this themselves before buying the car. Has anyone gone into a dealer with their laptop and cable and done this.

 

The reason I part ex'ed my Mk1 3.2 DSG was down to chain stretch. The cost of the job was nearly as much as the car! Loved that car though.

When I dug around the internet the 3.2 seemed to be plagued with problems. I also don't know if this was fixed sorry in 2006, but it certainly put me off getting another V6.

Why not the 2.0T if you don't mind me asking. More reliable, tuneable and more powerful. I used to be a strictly N/A man, always stuck by the saying " Theres no replacement for displacement". Used to have the 330 Clubsport BMW, the 3.2 TT and the 3.7 370Z. However loving my TTS and haven't looked back.

 

The reason I part ex'ed my Mk1 3.2 DSG was down to chain stretch. The cost of the job was nearly as much as the car! Loved that car though.

When I dug around the internet the 3.2 seemed to be plagued with problems. I also don't know if this was fixed sorry in 2006, but it certainly put me off getting another V6.

Why not the 2.0T if you don't mind me asking. More reliable, tuneable and more powerful. I used to be a strictly N/A man, always stuck by the saying " Theres no replacement for displacement". Used to have the 330 Clubsport BMW, the 3.2 TT and the 3.7 370Z. However loving my TTS and haven't looked back.

Budget I'm afraid TTs is just out of my range got 8 grand and my 55 plate 3.2 A3 78000 miles getting offers from £3700 to £4500, Auto and quattro are the must haves as I live down in a valley and as soon as it snows I'm screwed without 4wd, used to have a Merc 220 coupe and it couldnt even get over a speed bump in the snow.

 

Thanks for the reply bhoy78 yes you can check for chain stretch with VCDS (which I don't have unfortunately) do you think a dealer would be happy for a customer to check this themselves before buying the car. Has anyone gone into a dealer with their laptop and cable and done this.

Sorry no idea, if its a dealer with a service department maybe they could check it for you, if not then worth asking if you can check it yourself especially if your not going to buy the car if they don't allow you.

 

V6 is available upto 2010, so a newer car may have less issues.
Steve

 

V6 is available upto 2010, so a newer car may have less issues.
Steve

Budget constraints I'm afraid

 

Mk2 3.2 here. Purchased car new back in 07 and took good care of it. No problems with VR6 at all. Never purchased a newer TT yet because I love the VR6. VW/Audi can you please release that 3.0 VR6 you have been working on for the MK3?

 

My mate works for audi as an mechanic, when I told him I was looking at the v6 a couple year back he told me to avoid them for that exact reason and go for petrol turbo as they have had to repair a few

 

Thanks for that Outlaw guess I need to keep looking for a full Audi service history TT and learn to wait till the right one comes along, bloody hard when the money is in the bank shouting buy a bloody car at me.

 

My mate works for audi as an mechanic, when I told him I was looking at the v6 a couple year back he told me to avoid them for that exact reason and go for petrol turbo as they have had to repair a few

Was that a MK1 or Mk2

 

My mate works for audi as an mechanic, when I told him I was looking at the v6 a couple year back he told me to avoid them for that exact reason and go for petrol turbo as they have had to repair a few

Was that a MK1 or Mk2

MK2

 

My mate works for audi as an mechanic, when I told him I was looking at the v6 a couple year back he told me to avoid them for that exact reason and go for petrol turbo as they have had to repair a few

Was that a MK1 or Mk2

MK2

Cheers for that though it has just put more doubts in my head,

 

My mates stretched on his 57 3.2 mate.

 

My chains have stretched twice..but I like looking in the engine.

The more peeps that are scared off with issues, then the prices will drop on the car..
Steve

 

What sort of mileage are we talking on units that have suffered from chain stretch issues? I'm interested as looking at a V6 purchase soon.. [smiley=book2.gif]

 

There is no hard and fast rule but 100k may be a yard stick.
Measuring blocks can be looked at to see chain wear.
Steve

 

There is lots of info on chains on a German website. Perhaps google translator helps:

http://www.a3quattro.de/index.php?page= ... e4c5c60485

I'm not facing the problem since I own a 2.0 TFSI. But I read about it anyhow and saw that there seems to be a general consensus that long life oil + extended intervals contribute to the problem. So when owning a V6, I'd seriously be looking at yearly intervals or 10k miles and top quality Mobil1 0w-40 oil.

 

I think there are a number of variables that contribute to chain wear and if they need doing, just get it done.
Enjoy your V6 and let the garage worry about the oily end.

If your worried about stuff on the V6, don't buy one, buy a different engined TT and then you can worry about that and leave us V6ers to enjoy..if you want longevity, buy a Skoda.

Buy..enjoy..pay..enjoy
It's a cycle.
Steve

 

what are the symptoms of chain strecth and is the car still driveable when this happens or does it eventually get so bad that it hampers performance or snap etc.?

 

If you get chain stretch the car will display an engine display symbol on the dash and you get the car fixed.

An early symptom could be a rattly front end.
Steve

 

cool atleast there is warning then didnt want to be driving round and it suddenly snap one day haha

what sort of cost are we looking at for repair at say a sepecialist? i read ona vw forum it can be anywhere up to 5k! And i was worrying about the DSG going wrong haha.

 

Chains change is 2 days labour and £350 parts.

DSG mechatronic is £1700 new and £400 repaired. 2 days labour on top.

Gearboxes are pretty strong and can be replaced second hand for £1500 all in.
Steve

 

so 2 days labour and £350 parts is nowhere near 5k then haha. makes me feel a little bet if it does go

 

My upper chain was stretched and was making that "marble in a tin can" noise when idling, only audible with the hood open. Car had 100k on it and otherwise, mechanically, it appeared to be good. When we opened the engine up we noticed that the cams were on their way out as well and I had a really good reason to upgrade them to Schrick 268/264 set The surface of the cams was corroded/eaten away, but the rockers beneath it were fine. Absolutely no idea what had happened.

Now I'm waiting for the cams to arrive from Germany and I am trying to get a software vendor to give me an quote for ECU +TCU tune and for a tool+software so I can fine tune it later on by myself based on logged data. I used to tune my old Evo9 so this should be a piece of cake compared to that.. Unfortunately the only option that I have is Revo, unless I want to take my ECU out and ship it to somewhere else and forfeit the possibility to affect the tune by myself. And now that United Motorsport in UK cannot be reached, I don't have many other options for a tune that would work with the cams. So Revo Stage2 it looks like to be.