Something's burning, and I think it's ...

Grant Lenahan glenahan at vfemail.net
Sun Dec 9 08:07:05 PST 2007


My S4 was an excellent car.
Yes, it has two small turbos, and they did have failures. but  
typically they had failures due to poor maint and hard use/abuse.  I  
assume you will maintain and treat it well.

The 2.7s were otherwise very durable.  Mts were trouble free. The  
tips (5HP19x) were another story - over torqued essentially - be wary  
of the tips.

Yes, lots of little hoses and blow-off valves that people reported  
failing. not me, at least not in my 80k of ownership.

Of course, the reql question is "hwo did the last guy treat it?"

Good luck,

2.7 questions welcome

Grant
On Dec 9, 2007, at 10:42 AM, Kent McLean wrote:

> Grant Lenahan wrote:
>> On Dec 9, 2007, at 8:02 AM, Kent McLean wrote:
>>> I could go totally insane and search for a cheap A8.
>>>
>> They (D1/D2 A8s) can be horrors to maintain, and the trannys have
>> some, uh, issues.  Of course, my S6 has the same motor and tranny....
>>
>> My experience is that C4s are cheaper to keep than B5s, having had
>> both. But the B5 handles much better.
>>
>> If you want the spiritual successor to your 200, how abotu a c5 2.7t?
>
> I don't know. Twice as many turbos, twice as many hoses to leak. ;)
> But, there is one local to me for sale for <$10K.
>
> Anyone want to chime in on the pros and cons of the C5 2.7T?  
> (According
> to AudiWorld, that would be the 2000-2001 A6 with 2.7L twin turbo V6.)
>
> Math is hard. Let's go Audi shopping.
>
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> '91 200 TQA #1, not for sale (not yet)
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody" becoming "Old Faithful"
> '91 200 TQA #2, up in smoke 2
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy", up in smoke
>
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