Re: A4 turbo failure?

[John Cunningham <johnc@together.net>]

excuse me for being  behind on threads... at least i'm not forwarding full
digests...

rocky - i'll send you my snailmail for the check later  :-)

For the bizillionth time, the dealer and/or AoA can't just blanket void all the
warranties.  they hafta prove that your mod caused or contributed to the
problem.  doesn't mean that they won't try to do that, or that it won't be a
hassle, or that YMMV or whatever, but if they do... they are wrong bad guys.

amurican car mfg. used to do this all the time - that putting in an aftermarket
stereo voided any and all electrical warranties. then they got slapped down and
had to be reasonable.

now if you overbore your motor and run insane compression ratios and excessive
boost - the factory may have a point.  on the other hand, motors running the same
boost that Audi allows in other markets under factory warranty clearly isn't
excessive...

(expecting flames...) JC

MCTXR4@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 5/3/99 2:52:10 PM EST, caliban@sharon.net writes:
>
> << here's my $100 bet that chipping your a4 voided just about
>         any warranty you had, especially wrt the turbo.  maybe you
>         can "unchip" it before taking it in for warranty service,
>         though. >>
>
> The car's been in for service before, with the chip in situ, and the VAG 1551
> has not detected it.
>
> The chip is a Garrett chip that he burned specifically for me. It was reverse
> engineered to look like an Audi chip to the tool. The only way a service