Sold my last Audi

[Nicholas Miller]

You'd want to ping the listers who know that motor best,  also vortex has a
lot of 1.8t knowledge, or mg.com.   That being one of the last years of the
1.8t you'd think it would be the most reliable version with most kinks
worked out.  I believe the earlier models were more plagued than the
others.  I do know they changed heads on them after maybe 2000 or so.  They
changed the port size from fairly large to much smaller, maybe trying to
alleviate this issue.   As well, synthetic oil with frequent changes solves
the issue anyway.

Its a really nice car, though, and if you take care of it and stay a step
ahead, no big deal.
On Nov 4, 2012 4:58 AM, "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:

> Nicholas Miller wrote:
>
>> Perhaps, however, you had one of the more trouble  prone year/model
>> combinations, and that probably didn't help.  I tend to see the v6's as
>> more reliable, call me crazy...  but don't lose hope.  I'd personally
>> love to hear you fall in love with a diesel passat or even a jetta.
>> The passat is a nicee car, and the diesel may be nice with its mileage
>> and improved longevity.
>>
>
> If I go with a VW, it would probably be a TDI of some sort.
>
> (And then I go and find a nice 2004 A4 Avant...  How bad are
> the 1.8T engines, what with reports of sludge and all?)
>
> --
> >     Kent McLean
> >     1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic -- no more
> >     gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"
>
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