What is the expected longevity of the RS6 engine before rebuild is needed?

**rs6fred** · April 3rd, 2015, 22:15

Tensioners are new from v dub in dallas about 10k miles ago

**Bigglezworth** · April 3rd, 2015, 22:57

The RS6 is a Cosworth hand built/assembled engine. The tolerances are tight, and in all the time I've owned one and belonged to the forum(s), I've never heard of a single instance where upon an engine "wore out". Yes there was a failure, but that was due to a bad tune.

**lswing** · April 3rd, 2015, 23:43

Originally Posted by rs6fred

Tensioners are new from v dub in dallas about 10k miles ago

Why were they replaced? Maybe not adjusted correctly? I notice there aren't many Audi specialized mechanics in TX. Is your car roadworthy? Brink Motorsports in Austin did some solid work for me.

**rs6fred** · April 4th, 2015, 01:03

IDB RACING in houston tx

**Korben007** · April 4th, 2015, 16:51

A local car here has 196k and still runs great

**rs6fred** · April 16th, 2015, 04:08

Update: turns out to be a cam follower.

**hahnmgh63** · April 16th, 2015, 17:45

Cam followers have been the flavor of the month recently for higher mileage cars. They go on Audi's, VW, BMW, Porsche's, etc... starting anywhere from 150K~250K miles usually. Depends a lot on the quality of oil used and the change interval but many issues affect them. My RS6 only has 76K but I plan on swapping mine out this Summer when I do the 6-speed conversion on it, might as well while I have it out. I have a 1.8T 225bhp tt that is getting ready to turn 100K and the tensioner or followers make some noise on warm startups but usually goes away after a minute or two so I plan on doing that this summer too. The OEM tt tensioner with pads was cheap compared to the six, only $85.

**vodeftones** · April 18th, 2015, 20:25

Got 154k miles on my girl, all original engine and trans.

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