oil sludge recall for 1.8t's MORE
SuffolkD at aol.com
SuffolkD at aol.com
Mon Sep 6 22:32:56 EDT 2004
Someone "signed off" the warranty booklet on our '99 1.8T for the last two or
three oil/service changes. Before we took delivery.
Its not a dealer stamp................its Audi finance....they do Oil changes?
-Scott by BOSTON
> > I wouldn't scrap all those 1.8T motors yet. <<<SNIP>>>
> I don't this is anything new. I've seen this problem on all kinds of
> engines - sometimes it's
> carelessness and sometimes it's downright dishonesty.
>
> I really believe a major cause is garages claiming to have carried out work
> (such as oil
> changes) when they haven't touched the car. I inspect cars for potential
> buyers on a regular
> basis - around one a week - and I very rarely find a car where everything
> pans out. You get
> documentation listing new this or that, or major work on this or that, and
> you can tell
> instantly that whatever it is hasn't been touched for years.
>
> Oil changes are a case in point. How many customers actually check that
> there's a new filter
> on, and pull the dipstick to see the nice clean oil? Damn few. So a garage
> that'e either
> fundamentally dishonest or occasionally dishonest (customer wants the car
> back by five but we
> haven't had time to do the oil change - he won't notice) can skip the work
> with no obvious
>
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