smoky 1.8t

[TM]

That would be the wastegate rod and it's a common failure on '97 and
early '98 A4 1.8Ts before they changed the turbo.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Andrew Duane USG
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 7:51 AM
To: Quattro List
Subject: Re: smoky 1.8t


Hairy green toads from Mars made Dave Aukerman say:
>
> Go to another dealer.  The fact that a repair is labor intensive makes

> no difference if it is under warranty.  Performance of the contract
> (i.e.
> waranty) is still required.  A complete failure should not be the
> requirement for action.

Agreed. Mom's '97 A4QT did this with 60K on the clock. Not a problem, it
was some "rod" inside the turbo. They just replaced the whole turbo. It
wasn't *that* labor intensive.

Demand your rights, get this fixed before it gets a whole lot worse and
takes your emissions control with it.

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