Audi TT Quattro Turbo

[Kunz, Bob]

Grant wrote:

> Its basically a golf with a 1.8 turbo and fancy interior.
> Nice car, mind you, just drawing parallels.
>

It's a similar chassis and shares things more with the R32 than a
regular golf. But to call it a golf is really not correct.

>Obviously watch out for a poorly maintained small turbo engine - they 
>had turbo failures and sludging. There was a TSB on this.

Not true. The sludge issue was with longitudinal 1.8T engines in the A4.
Poor maintenance and long oil intervals (Audi said 10K miles) are the
main contributors. The AMU and BEA engines (225 hp) in the TT have
after-run coolant pumps. The 180 hp version does not but no one on other
boards has reported turbo failures. In fact quite a few enthusiasts are
tuning their 180 hp motors a lot with no ill effects.

Just like anything else you have to assess the state of the car of
interest.

>
>I find it claustrophobic.
>
>But a practical roadster.
>
>I do nto own one,.

I do have a roadster that has been highly tuned but is also maintained.

--bob
'86 5ks avant
'02 TTQR