Strange camshaft noises, longterm issues
Jon/Audi A4
a4 at d-9.net
Fri Mar 26 12:25:34 EST 2004
My 2001 1.8t A4 is going in for one of its last service visits on tuesday.
I had the head tech at the local dealership listen to the engine running
at idle and he thought it was best to bring it in ASAP (I only have 1200
miles remaining on the warranty), instead of waiting for the final 50k
service.
Anyway, there has been a rattle from the engine bay for some time. I was
originally told it was the heat shield rattling against my exhaust for
some reason. They couldn't find where it was actually touching, rubbing,
etc. So I ~ignored~ it. This was practically 20k miles ago. Fast
forward to 47k miles, the noise is now *MUCH* louder and occurs more
often. Recently, I had a Check Engine Light (CEL) come on. I looked at
it with VAG-COM and cleared the code. The code was:
16395 P0020 -A- Camshaft Pos. Actuator Circ. Bank 2 Malfunction
(intermittent)
A week later, I checked the fault codes again and I had the same code,
plus this one:
17939 P1531 Camshaft Control Circuit ope
Now, my question to the list, since the dealership will be taking care of
this under warranty: Are there any long term affects of running my car
with this ~problem~ for 20k+ miles? FYI: never before did it "throw a
code" or cause a CEL.
I have taken good care of the car to this point and would really like to
squeeze 100k+ miles out of her, and besides that, I love the car.
Thanks.
Jon
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