[s-cars] Looking for a 99-02 A4 - clean within 250 miles ofLancaster, PA

[Wylie Bean]

Dave,
Loved the 1.8T in the 99.5 A4 Avant we had.  Keep the oil changed and it's a great mill.

Wylie Bean
TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
90 cq
91 90q20v
92 UrS4
08 Q7 3.6
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-----Original Message-----
From: dbkase at gmail.com
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:09:18 
To: JC<jc at j2c3.com>; <dbkase at gmail.com>
Cc: S-Cars<s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Looking for a 99-02 A4 - clean within 250 miles of
	Lancaster, PA

Good info - thanks JC

On Feb 26, 2010 10:02am, JC <jc at j2c3.com> wrote:

> I love the little 1.8t-2.0t motor family. we just closed on a
> 2008 A3 with the 2.0t FSI for the wife yesterday.



> given the huge numbers of cars these ended up at this point
> and the number I"ve either owned, or had friends/family in, those few  
> sludging
> engines seem to be the exception. I always wonder if it's related to the
> mfrs modern super long oil service intervals and if people did the old  
> school
> routine that my 4kcsq had with something like 2 changes within first 2k  
> miles
> then regular 2-3k mile changes if it'd ever be a problem. the stupid coil
> failures seem to be the biggest potential inconvience issue, and I
> really prefer it driving-wise over the 2.8 with a manual. few other little
> picky issues like the BPV or DV or whatever they want to call it always
> seems to fail but you just replace that with either a cheap new one or a  
> nice
> metal Forge or whatever... I hear there's MAF issues on some cars, but
> I have a dozen close friends or family with these engines who never had a
> significant problems.



> of course for a 1.8t or 2.0ta nice conservative Stage I chip
> is a must, like an UrS car ot leaves the car completely stock driveable  
> and
> dependable but better in all ways. :^)



> the boring 2.8 AHA motor obviously has better torque and
> so better for a CrapTronic transmission, but IMO it's kind of an
> anti-Beemer/anti-Alfa motor - aka no driving joy comes just from  
> operating the
> engine and hearing it rev, it's a utilitarian power production appliance.
> I used to drive a friends A4Q with a 30v2.8 manual and somehow just never  
> as
> enjoyable as driving my own chipped 1.8t. as I've posted here before, I
> did up an AHA 2.8 in my C5 with a PES blower kit and that did wonders for  
> it but
> it still didn't have much personality. however they do seem to be reliable
> enough so if it's practicality you're looking for they certainly work and  
> if you
> found an otherwise mint specimen with that motor it shouldn't be a deal
> breaker...






> ---- current ----
> 1995.5 S6 Avant

> 2008 A3
> 2.0tDSG
> ---- past lives ----
> 2006 A4 2.0TQA
> 1998 A6Q 2.8 PES
> G2
> 1989 200TQA SJM
> 1990 CQ
> 1997 A4 1.8TQ Wett
> 1987 4kCSQ




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> From: dbkase at gmail.com
> [mailto:dbkase at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 9:34
> AM
> To: JC; dbkase at gmail.com
> Cc: S-Cars
> Subject:
> Re: RE: [s-cars] Looking for a 99-02 A4 - clean within 250 miles of
> Lancaster,PA




> Ha! Ya got me there.

> I am actually not leaning 2.8 or 1.8 -
> any comments? I would think the 30v 2.8 should be peppy enough.

> I know
> the 1.8 in the Jetta has oiling problems. I don't know if its the same  
> for the
> A4 application. A history of synthetic oil use seems important with the
> 1.8.

> Dave

> On Feb 26, 2010 8:53am, JC jc at j2c3.com>
> wrote:
> > Dave -
> >
> >
> >
> > I would think you
> might have trouble finding a car that old with only 250
> >
> > miles
> on it...
> >
> > Boy you're really lookin' for a museum piece,
> eh? Picky picky. I bet you
> >
> > can find one with a more
> reasonable mileage that is located in a near
> >
> > proximity to the
> mid-atlantic region though. ;^)
> >
> >
> >
> > Sorry
> I don't have any real help to offer instead of just wise-ass
> >
> >
> remarks... This shouldn't be a tough get though.
> >
> > Are you
> leaning 1.8t or 2.8?
> >
> >
> >
> > JC
> >
> >

> >

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