1.8T sludge poll

[David]

This could have a lot of power behind it. I bought a 1988 90 auto in late 1993. Car never got the recall done. It was finally done in 1994...3 or 4 months later the tranie failed. Audi stepped up to the plate and paid for a new tranie, including labor. All I had to pay for was new hoses, and they gave me the option of reusing the old hoses, but that didn't make good sence since the labor was going to be free to put the new hoses in. So, I got a new tranie for something like $300. That new tranie worked fine for many years until  the car got smushed by a careless driver in 1997...

Dave
1987 CGT 2.3
SE Virginia


> Subj:   Re: [vwpassat] The 1.8T Problem (was Sludge...)     
> Date:   12/28/04 12:51:30 PM Eastern Standard Time  
> From:   vwdoc1 at hotmail.com  
> Reply-to:   vwpassat at yahoogroups.com    
> To: vwpassat at yahoogroups.com    
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>     
> So should there be a recall so that dealers can inspect for a sludge problem
> and provide ONE "free" synthetic oil change?
> They did that with the Audi 5000s and 80s gear lube in the auto
> transmissions.  Then installed a sticker somewhere on the vehicle.
> I even know of an Audi 80 owner that received a new transmission since he
> was never notified of a recall and his transmission went bad.
> 
> After this oil change recall, the warranty could remain in effect if the
> owner continued to use syn oil.
> 
> JMHO
> later,
> dave
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Guy Bedau" <guybedau at earthlink.net>
> 
> The problem is very simple, imho, and in two parts:
> (1) what oil is now required for us to use (pure synthetic)
> (2) what oils VWoA officially, in their owner's manual or posted at a VW
> dealer or on their website, told us we could use BEFORE now.
> 
> Since among the recommended oils before now were dino grades down to _x30,
> they have to warranty problems when we used these oils. The fact VWoA NOW,
> years later, state that the 1.8t engine must use oil from a more restricted
> subset of the original choices permitted, can't get them off the hook for
> problems created up to now. We should not stand for being told otherwise.
> 
> Phil's post addressed the first problem but not the second. Its not our
> problem that VW was wrong to recommend we use dino _x30 oil (among others),
> its theirs. Its not our problem if our owner's manual was written by
> marketing types and not engineers, its theirs. Even though some of us
> decided we'd better use synthetic before now, VW has to stand by people who
> followed their official guidelines.
> 
> It is obviously counter productive for us to make personal attacks on this
> list, even when we have had infuriating personal experiences, because it
> creates more problems rather than solving the one we're concerned about. I'm
> fortunate to have a usually reliable dealer nearby, but I'm keeping my
> fingers crossed if I have a sludge problem down the road...
> 
> Guy B.
> 99 1.8t 5sp sedan (68K miles, 5x40 Mobil 1)
> 2004 Golf GLS
> etc., etc.
> 
> 
> 
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