[A4] timing belts and "interference" engines

[Brandon Rogers]

Doh.  The KH definitely sucks compared to the WX.  Lame cam....

Brandon
'84 urquattro 20Vt
'01.5 S4
'98 A4 1.8Tq


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Love [mailto:theloves at localaccess.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 2:15 PM
To: thejimrose; brogers at terrix.com
Cc: a4 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [A4] timing belts and "interference" engines


Bought a car a few years back that was advertised as having the motor 
replaced with new by Audi 20k back. Got receipts with all kinds of parts

numbers so I took the bait. Turns out that in fact it was a new motor
put in 
by Audi but the incorrect one! KH turbo (Audi 5k) instead of WX (urq)
and 
about 30hp shy of original issue. I made it clear when I sold it that KH
was 
the engine. So would I pay more for that new motor? Only if it came
fresh 
out of the box and the codes were correct (or better) for the
year/model.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "thejimrose" <thejimrose at gmail.com>
To: <brogers at terrix.com>
Cc: <a4 at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [A4] timing belts and "interference" engines


> well if it was an audi crate motor then sure..
>
> anyway in this case i would ask high book or a little over and use the

> new motor as leverage. it didnt cost you anything so at least you can 
> maximise the reasonable value of the car, and give it an edge over 
> other cars at anywhere near the same $.
>
> me as a buyer would have very different opinions than me as a seller. 
> =)
>
> On 9/29/06, Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com> wrote:
>> Hmm I totally disagree.  Were I in the market for an A4 1.8T - I'd 
>> probably pay an extra thousand or so for the brand new motor, 
>> assuming all else equal - remember Rick said new head and block - NOT

>> rebuilt. And to me a broken t-belt does not attach itself as baggage 
>> to the rest of the car - t-bely is known failure on these - and now 
>> you have a car with a  brand new motor.
>>
>> Now you have to conflicting opinions ...big help huh!
>>
>> Good luck-
>>
>> Brandon
>> '84 urquattro 20Vt
>> '01.5 S4
>> '98 A4 1.8Tq
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: a4-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:a4-bounces at audifans.com] On 
>> Behalf Of thejimrose
>> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:50 PM
>> To: a4 at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: [A4] timing belts and "interference" engines
>>
>>
>> i dont know if i would pay a premuim for a rebuilt engine. your car 
>> has baggage now... you might find many people would be willing to pay

>> less for it. i know that if i had the choice of 2 cars, 1 with a 
>> factory higher mileage motor with no issues and 1 with a dealer 
>> rebuild i'd go for the issue-less car.
>>
>> but on the open market, with an audi noob, you might find someone 
>> thats willing to pay at or over the high book value. 
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