generic A4 questions

[Alex Cagann]

I agree completely here.  The V6 is very smooth, IMO, much more than the
1.8t. Also, and I brought up a topic on this late last year, but the 1.8
engine is showing problems arise. Most didn't agree with me at all and said
they were all due to user errors (no preventative maintenance) but I am
going to have to disagree here. While some may be the case, I am seeing and
hearing the stories build up. I visited my tech friend the other day, and he
had 3 of them just come in. I had another talk about these engines with him,
asked him about it. He said among his peers, they are seeing these come in
like crazy. I asked him if he thinks it is due to lack of proper
maintenance...he said no, not in most cases. He told me they are blowing
head gaskets quite a bit, and he is seeing a lot of them with lower crank
bearing failure. There has to be something here, or these tech's wouldn't be
seeing so many of them. 

Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Love [mailto:theloves at localaccess.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 1:24 PM
> To: Grant Lenahan; Alex Cagann
> Cc: 'Q-list'; kf21857 at comcast.net
> Subject: Re: generic A4 questions
> 
> The refresh was 99.5 and still had a throttle cable.
> IMO the NA 2.8 30v is about as fast as the stock 1.8T  (drive 
> them both) but smoother and far more trouble free. You can 
> get a lot more power out of the 1.8T with mods but again, you 
> are open for more problems down the road.
> If I bought another Avant I would be looking at a B6 if not 
> another 99.5 B5 and still stick with the V6 and sport 
> suspension.  My 2 cents