oil sludge recall for 1.8t's MORE

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Dan and Brett:

IMHO its why Audi has gone to large displacement NA engines vs the turbos of 
the last 5-6 years............
Longer intervals (service) again............less warranty costs.....
No coking, no turbo issues period.  (No synthetic oils either eh?)
Cheaper for them.........tuners headache though........... 
-Scott by BOSTON

> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 06:02:48 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Dan DiBiase <>
> Subject: Re: 
> To: Brett Dikeman <>
> 
> Brett, I think you're being a little harsh....;-)  Assuming that the 20k 
> example is NOT the norm (maybe a bad assumption on my part), the fact is that 
> the automakers are setting themselves up for these problems by touting the 
> minimal service requirements of their cars these days. (Didn't Volvo even have a 
> concept car recently where you could not even open the hood??) Perfect 
> example is the 10k oil change intervals in Audi's, as indicated  by the free 
> scheduled maintenance schedule. Until the '04 models came out, it was oil changes 
> at 10k, 20k, 30k, 40k, paid for by Audi. I doubt many 'average' owners would 
> have oil changes done in the interim. Even the '04 models were at 10k, after 
> the first change at 5k (15k, 25k, 35k). 
> 
> I'll be interested to see whether buyers of '05 models still get 40k of free 
> scheduled maintenance if VAG has to double the amount of oil changes 
> included, now using more expensive synthetic oil.
> 
> I purchased an OEM filter earlier this week, for my 10k change, and was 
> given the larger (by about .5 quart) filter that came out with the '04.5 cars. I 
> was told this is all they sell for the 1.8T motors now (it is actually the 
> same one used on the old Rabbit diesel). 
> 
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8T q MT-6
>