Hello everyone, before I bought my C7 A6 3.0TDI I did a lot of research on whether or not these cars have timing chain issues. It seems like a lot of them have timing chain rattle but I never came across an article/video stating that the motor skipped timing or anything along those lines. So to get a more clear answer on this topic for myself and for others, I thought it would be helpful to get together a list of people that have had a chain rattle, for how long, if it was fixed or caused any issues, and if it was by any chance covered under the extended warranty. I’ve also read on the Romanian Audi forums that some people replaced the chains and tensioners and the noise was still there, while for some it went away. Anyway, here we go:
Car: US spec 2014 Audi A6 C7 3.0 TDI
Location: U.S.A
Current mileage: 67k miles
Timing chain rattle since: bought the car
with 44k miles and it’s been doing it since I bought it, not sure for how long before
Oil change interval: every 10k until 40k Miles, after which i switched to a 5-6.5k interval.
The noise doesn’t particularly bother me, but I definitely notice it every once in a while (not present on every start). But coming from a 2.0T TSI VW cc, Id like to know if this actually could be an issue or if it is just something that can be lived.
PS: I understand that it can be different from car to car, but I still think it would be helpful to see for how long people have had the timing chain rattle present and if it ever caused an issue.
Thank you!
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Car: US spec 2014 Audi A6 C7 3.0 TDI
Location: U.S.A
Current mileage: 67k miles
Timing chain rattle since: bought the car
with 44k miles and it’s been doing it since I bought it, not sure for how long before
Oil change interval: every 10k until 40k Miles, after which i switched to a 5-6.5k interval.
The noise doesn’t particularly bother me, but I definitely notice it every once in a while (not present on every start). But coming from a 2.0T TSI VW cc, Id like to know if this actually could be an issue or if it is just something that can be lived.
PS: I understand that it can be different from car to car, but I still think it would be helpful to see for how long people have had the timing chain rattle present and if it ever caused an issue.
Thank you!
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