[BiturboS4] Rumor(s) Behind The New S4

[Philip Pace]

Per Carter's post, the turbos WERE doomed from the beginning, as far as I can
tell. There are almost NO stories of failed turbos from 2001.5 on (when they
increased the oil line size). Prior to that, there were many. I think Audi
realized this and made the fix, but a small mistake like that can cost the
company millions.

Per jy's comment, the engine can more than adequately handle the turbo
pressure, it's just the turbos themselves that are being destroyed. In
reference to Walter's comment, consider the RS4, which has a ton more pressure
(and engine stress). How many blown ENGINES has anyone heard of? None here.

I'm careful with my car (10-15 minute warm up before I spool, cool down period,
don't run the car without a load on the engine) and I have very little concern
about turbo failure, due to lack of blown turbos as of late. That said, I will
be VERY gun shy about buying a first run car in the future; it took Audi 1.5
years to figure out the problem and implement changes in manufacturing to
remedy it.
philpace

--- daniel chisholm <dbc112 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> You cant go wrong with the RS4 turbo upgrade...... Go for it!
>  jysap at cs.com wrote:
> Hi Walter,
>
> I don't want to start a flame but what are u trying to say with the
following
> statement?
>
> >As we all knew, many of the blown turbos were on chipped cars (though
some
> weren't). Big bummer, me says.
>
> That those who chip their cars should?
>
> A: upgrade their turbos as well, or
> B: run their chipped cars at lower boost levels, or
> C: not chip their cars at all (that takes the fun out of things for me)
>
> I run no higher than 12-13 psi of boost on my chipped Porsche 951 (944
Turbo)
> and that seems to be fine (according to the Porsche gurus on the Net)
because
> the stress on stock components is not as great as it would be at higher
> levels (15+ psi).
>
> Since my 951 has only been chipped for the last 8 months (with ltd use
> because the S4 is my daily driver), one could make the arguement that it's
> only a matter of time that the higher boost will adversely affect my (BIG)
4
> cyl Porsche engine. Please note that I had 120k mi on my 951 before
chipping
> the car (I am the 2nd owner - car had 80k mi when I purchased it 1996)and
it
> still has the original stock turbo from 1986. I will keep my finger
crossed.
>
> BTW, I still plan on chipping my S4 after I hit 50k mi (currently @ 45k
mi)
> mark for obvious warranty reasons. If I need to upgrade the turbos (on the
> S4)for reliabilty, I will consider that.
>
> jy
>
> "Walter J Green Jr" wrote:
> >>I recently bought out the lease on my 00 S4, and now I am glad
that I did.
> >>The biturbo S4 will soon become a limited production run
(2000-2002) and
> >>its value should remain the same or possibly increase due to
limited
> >>inventory
> >>Just wanted to pass this tidbit along.
> >>
> >
> >agreed on the rarity and value assesment.
> >
> >it was long rumoured on AW that the 2.7 bi-T was being phased out due
to
> >excessive warranty claims in the US for hosed turbos.
> >
> >As we all knew, many of the blown turbos were on chipped cars (though
some
> >weren't). Big bummer, me says.
> >
> >alotta fraud was going on, with owners swapping back stock ECUs before
going
> >in with chip induced break downs and problems. not cool, IMO.
> >
> >we reaped what we sowed.  :(
> >
> >__________
> >WJG
> >'01 S4

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