[s-cars] B5 S4 opinions

[Michael Lardizabal]

Second Martin's statement about chipped Ko3's not lasting too long.

The whole motor has to come  out to replace them. Once you've upgraded to Ko4's 
or Rs6 turbos w/ proper tuning and supporting hardware like bi 
pipes,clutch,injectors, basically Stg 3 trim....they're pretty robust and all 
out monsters.

Non-chipped B5's seem to go a while, but again..maintenance history on these are 
mission critical as is a PPI. 
 



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From: Martin Kozaczek <mkozaczek at gmail.com>
To: Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net>
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Tue, October 26, 2010 5:55:22 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] B5 S4 opinions

We have four in the family right now, a 2001 sedan and wagon and 2001.5sedan
and a 2002 sedan, with 55k/110k, 99k and 125k respectively (the 02 is sedan
and 01 avant are for sale BTW).  They are pretty good cars, overall.   There
are some typical problems, leaky afterrun pump, CVs fail, valve cover
gaskets leak, turbo oil lines leak, weak sauce control arms.

With that said, chipped S4 K03 seldom last very long, so look to replace
those if they haven't already been.

I would strongly suggest you look at the maintenance history, as with any
other car and look for a lot of preventative work rather than just the
mileage.

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net>wrote:

> What is the list opinion/experience with well sorted B5 2.7tt S4's?  This
> one has the ECU modified by APR and a few other minor pieces; APR Bi-pipe,
> K&N cone intake and hoses.  How do they hold up once they get through to
> 100k+?
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> Thanks,
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> Steve
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