[V8] ARGH! NAC

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I do a bit of work with someone that has a 2.7t.  She's put $THOUSANDS$ into the car in the last few months, almost all under the hood.  I wouldn't call her a satisfied customer...
 
John
 
PS - My 3.0 Taurus has been beaten to death and keeps runnning... wish I'd known about the 3.8 issues before picking that one up.  Oh well, at least it was cheap, until the head work... maybe I'll drop a 3.0 in there instead.  Unless someone has a RELIABLE Avant for sale. 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Bowers <justin.bowers at comcast.net>
To: v8 at audifans.com
Sent: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:31:16 -0800
Subject: RE: [V8] ARGH! NAC


My brother-in-law HAD an A6 2.7t...I warned him before he purchased that
that particular model had shown a fairly high percentage of issues - he
found out after he purchased that I hadn't exaggerated!  I must admit that
early on I was intrigued by the possibilities of the 2.7t, but overcame my
initial desire based upon the reviews I had read regarding reliability.

Still loving my V8,

Justin
90 V8q - 193k and I'm still not looking to replace her.  (The wife has had 4
new cars in the same period that I've owned my v8!)

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
Buchholz, Steven
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 6:43 PM
To: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [V8] ARGH! NAC

... a friend and coworker of mine had the transmission problem that is also
fairly common to the Taurus/Sable models ... funny, he used to have the
Sable and a T-bird SC ... now he's got an A6 2.7T and a Mini.  I must say
that his A6 has not been the most trouble free though ... 

Steve B
San José, CA (USA)
> 
> Classic 3.8 failure.  Coolant mixes into the oil and takes out the crank.
The
> other "feature" to the Taurus 3.8 head gasket failure is inflation and
ruin
> of both the heater core and radiator.  Replacing the heater core on a
Taurus
> is
> a PITA, just like an Audi V8.  Ford many unhappy 3.8 customers that they
> bought back cars and extended the warranty to 7/100.
> Craig Nicol
> You ever have one of those days...?
> 
> First I had the head gaskets done on my wife's Taurus (the evil 3.8l)
along
> with a bunch of other tuneups, belts, pumps, gaskets and fluid swaps to
make
> it
> happy... to the tune of nearly $2500.  Then, on the way home from the
shop,
> it spins a bearing...
> 
> AUUUUGH!
> 
> Sorry, just needed to vent, and reassure everyone that fixing something
often
> breaks something else on stuff besides our V8s...
> 
> Anyone got a 3.8l Ford laying around... I could just move all the new
stuff
> over since it has about 30 miles on it :(

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