Engineering Flaws Behind the 1.8T
#12
04-09-2011, 08:57 PM
ok this is the b/s behind the sludge problem. have i seen the problem....yes i have. does audi say 10,000 mile intervals on changing oil.. yes they do. should you wait 10k... no synthetic oil changes every 5k miles YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A SLUDGE PROBLEM. period. i work on a few customer cars with close to 300k on them. some i have had to repair internally for other reasons. has there been any sludge found at all? NO. actually the engines were spotless. ask for some of the hoses needing replaced. every company has this issue. rubber hoses with hot oil in them break down and become soft and goey over time. i have also seen sludge problems with bmw. do you know they say 15k for services... they are usually clanking and ticking right out of warranty. when they roll into my shop they usually get 2 cans of engine flush and a couple oil changes and we advice them on 5k changes from here on out.
As for the ridiculous service interval that Audi and BMW practice, its very stupid. My E90 325i had new lifters installed on BMW's dime due to "valve tick" and then less than a year later, when the noise returned, they installed a brand new and updated head at their cost again. Seems a lil counterproductive to me.
#13
04-09-2011, 09:36 PM
Guys this guy is here to spam our post he probably get's paid to post **** up notice he has only two post and has nothing else to say and $20,000 thats 4 times more than what a audi b5 is ignore this post and move on
and we all know run good synthetic oil and the sludge promblem is gone end of story
and we all know run good synthetic oil and the sludge promblem is gone end of story
#14
04-09-2011, 11:32 PM
Not here to spam anything. I've been quiet about this but have been through more bullshit with Audi.
Not just a sludge problem.
And any of you folks that work for Audi disguised as owners can suck my ***.
3 timing belts, transmission replaced, sludge problem, steering rack, 3 turbo's, etc, etc, etc...it goes on and on and on.
All happening with flawless maintenance.
If I can talk anyone from owning a car that clearly has engineering flaws...This is my mission.
I haven't been on here but will now.
Not just a sludge problem.
And any of you folks that work for Audi disguised as owners can suck my ***.
3 timing belts, transmission replaced, sludge problem, steering rack, 3 turbo's, etc, etc, etc...it goes on and on and on.
All happening with flawless maintenance.
If I can talk anyone from owning a car that clearly has engineering flaws...This is my mission.
I haven't been on here but will now.
Last edited by worstaudieva; 04-10-2011 at 01:30 AM.
#15
04-09-2011, 11:52 PM
What an ef'ing moron. If he wants to talk engineering flaws he obviously hasn't owned anything made by the big 3. I'd take my 10 year old Audi with 130k over a brand new dodge any day.
#17
04-10-2011, 12:30 AM
Not here to spam anything. I've been quiet about this but have been through more bullshit with Audi.
Not just a sludge problem.
And any of you folks that work for Audi disguised as owners can suck my ***.
3 timing belts, transmission replaced, sludge problem, steering rack etc, etc, etc...it goes on and on and on.
All happening with flawless maintenance.
If I can talk anyone from owning a car that clearly has engineering flaws...This is my mission.
I haven't been on here but will now.
Not just a sludge problem.
And any of you folks that work for Audi disguised as owners can suck my ***.
3 timing belts, transmission replaced, sludge problem, steering rack etc, etc, etc...it goes on and on and on.
All happening with flawless maintenance.
If I can talk anyone from owning a car that clearly has engineering flaws...This is my mission.
I haven't been on here but will now.
#18
04-10-2011, 12:47 AM
Most of you idiots commenting to this have joined this forum within the last few months which means you're a new Audi owner...You'll see very soon what I'm talking about.
Flawless maintenance means synthetic oil changes EVERY 3,000 and everything else that makes a car run and look good.
No **** replacing timing belts is normal maintenance. When they snap before the manufacturer suggests, that's a problem.
The design of a ZERO tolerance timing belt is just the stupidest idea any engineer could ever have.
Everyone telling me about all other cars that have sludge problems, go look and see how many cars have a ZERO tolerance timing belt.
I've already been through that class action lawsuit, morons
The 1.8T if a Failure in Engineering and Audi would rather let their owners sue them than own up to engineering flaws.
Flawless maintenance means synthetic oil changes EVERY 3,000 and everything else that makes a car run and look good.
No **** replacing timing belts is normal maintenance. When they snap before the manufacturer suggests, that's a problem.
The design of a ZERO tolerance timing belt is just the stupidest idea any engineer could ever have.
Everyone telling me about all other cars that have sludge problems, go look and see how many cars have a ZERO tolerance timing belt.
I've already been through that class action lawsuit, morons
The 1.8T if a Failure in Engineering and Audi would rather let their owners sue them than own up to engineering flaws.
#19
04-10-2011, 01:03 AM
Your join date is 2006, yet you only have 4 posts. Do you not see the problem here?
#20
04-10-2011, 01:06 AM
Engineering Failure Example:
Lower door moldings with metal tracks.
FAIL (Which I bet half of you commenting, haven't replaced with new plastic tracks. I crack the **** up when I see 50%+ of 97-01 B5's with hanging, missing or no door moldings. Start with replacing those before you start commenting here with somebody who has bee through everything with Audi corporate including talking to Johan de Nysschen and all his flunkies.)
Lower door moldings with metal tracks.
FAIL (Which I bet half of you commenting, haven't replaced with new plastic tracks. I crack the **** up when I see 50%+ of 97-01 B5's with hanging, missing or no door moldings. Start with replacing those before you start commenting here with somebody who has bee through everything with Audi corporate including talking to Johan de Nysschen and all his flunkies.)