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September 22, 20214 yr

Hi guys just joined today!!

hello everyone 😄

picking up my first ever 2007 q7!!!

Had a test drive this week and it drove superb but I’m just panicking about the timing chain and wether I will get warnings before it needs replacing as I have heard lots of horror stories!!!

any help would be much appreciated

September 22, 20214 yr

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1 hour ago, Karl280 said:

Hi guys just joined today!!

hello everyone 😄

picking up my first ever 2007 q7!!!

Had a test drive this week and it drove superb but I’m just panicking about the timing chain and wether I will get warnings before it needs replacing as I have heard lots of horror stories!!!

any help would be much appreciated

It’s ok have gone through some old posts that were helpful!!

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