are 1.8T's JUNK????

Tyson Varosyan tigran at tigran.com
Fri Dec 24 21:32:18 EST 2004


I second that! Being 82 years old, I would not put it past her to have put
water into the oil hole or something like that. I feel bad for her but the
story is ether bogus or there are parts left out. If you feel strongly about
it, give me the warranty claim number and I will look up the reason it was
not covered under warranty.

That being said, I know of plenty of people that have a 1.8T motor, I do
myself in an '05 A4. There is no turbo lag to speak of. The engine has very
nice torque, is QUIET, whistles a great tune when under load and shows
awesome performance for a mere 1.8L displacement.

Any car will break a timing belt if not serviced in time and any newer car
will punish you with bent valves. All turbos need more frequent oil changes.
Oil cooled turbos fry the oil that goes through them. As a result oil breaks
down much faster and must be changed. That is a fact of life on any turbo
car. Yes, owning a performance turbo motor is more headache than a Honduh.
You want a car to go from A to B, buy a civic. If you can trust yourself to
change oil and belts on time, there is nothing wrong with the 1.8T.

Tyson Varosyan
Technical Manager, Uptime Technical Solutions LLC.
tyson at up-times.com
www.up-times.com
206-715-TECH (8324)

UpTime/OnTime/AnyTime

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of matt
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 4:22 PM
To: Bob
Cc: JordanVw at aol.com; quattro at audifans.com; Fkutyba at aol.com
Subject: Re: are 1.8T's JUNK????


How can VWoA not cover it when its a brand new car with 4k miles on it?

This story sounds fishy.

> My 82 year old next door neighbor must be a complete moron then. She
> bought a brand new VW, within 4000 miles it just 'stopped'. dealer said
> it needed a new turbo, oil pump and other misc parts. Did I mention it
> was under 4000 miles? Im not thinking she was doing any stoplight drags
> either and only went out in the daytime when it was dry.  VWoA wouldnt
> cover it, dealer hassled her. she finally basically sold it for scrap.
> That pretty much sold me on that motor. (And VW).
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