reliability A4 V6 vs 1.8T

[Arthur Marks]

So you acknowledge all the errors in design and maintenance specs yet you're calling it an owner-caused issue merely because they believed the manufacturer.

--Art

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dan DiBiase 
  To: Evan Parker ; quattro at audifans.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:15 AM
  Subject: Re: reliability A4 V6 vs 1.8T
   
  Evan,  the sludge issue is pretty much an owner-caused issue, in my view.  Those owners that believed Audi's 10k oil-and-filter change intervals  using dino oil (along with a small oil filter) had issues, not those of  us that adhered to a 3-to-5k interval with synthetic. The change to a  slightly larger oil filter helped as well. The issue that I have heard  about with the 2.8L V6 is oil leakage from various points (a topic I am  very well versed on as I also own old British sports cars). So, I would  personally rather have a well-maintained 1.8T than a well-maintained  2.8L V6 which could start leaking through no fault of my own!
    
    Dan D
    '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
    Central NJ USA

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