Another pile of crap - 1998 Audi A6 with HOW MANY MILES????
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So.... I was missing having a 1.8T Audi A6 to make my life a misery (for those of you who remember my previous one)
Picked up this one for £0.00 on the condition that I return the plate to the previous owner. Fair enough.
It's done some miles......
Unfortunately it has some pretty big running problems - no boost at all. Changed a lambda sensor because it was faulty and this improved the idle however I think the catalytic converter is broken - I can see lots of white powder down there if I stick an inspection camera down the sensor hole.
Plan to remove the cat and smash out it's internals to see if it will run properly again and then replace it if it does
Picked up this one for £0.00 on the condition that I return the plate to the previous owner. Fair enough.
It's done some miles......
Unfortunately it has some pretty big running problems - no boost at all. Changed a lambda sensor because it was faulty and this improved the idle however I think the catalytic converter is broken - I can see lots of white powder down there if I stick an inspection camera down the sensor hole.
Plan to remove the cat and smash out it's internals to see if it will run properly again and then replace it if it does
Considering the two Audi's I had with that engine grenaded themselves before 110K miles, that is very impressive.
Makes me all nostalgic for my old A6 1.8T when I see the failing center instrument display screen!
Once that engine starts to either leak coolant or oil, it will only start to get more and more expensive to keep running.
Makes me all nostalgic for my old A6 1.8T when I see the failing center instrument display screen!
Once that engine starts to either leak coolant or oil, it will only start to get more and more expensive to keep running.
rb5er said:
Thats quite some mileage. I assume not the original engine as they don't usually last that long
One of the things on the to do list is check the engine number against the paperwork, doubt any change was recorded so it's probably still got its original on the logbook regardless Started taking it apart yesterday to address the suspect catalytic converter. What an utter pain in the arse job, makes me relive all of the pain I went through with the last one!
Powerflow stainless exhaust doesn't help - it's one part from the cat back unlike the original which is modular. No access at all to the rear cat bolts despite making it mostly loose (the back box support is very rusty so I'm not touching it)
Looks like I need to remove a couple of heat shields from the drivers inner CV joint which are equally f
king impossible to get to
Arse.
Also - this sump plug needs changing pronto!!
Powerflow stainless exhaust doesn't help - it's one part from the cat back unlike the original which is modular. No access at all to the rear cat bolts despite making it mostly loose (the back box support is very rusty so I'm not touching it)
Looks like I need to remove a couple of heat shields from the drivers inner CV joint which are equally f
king impossible to get toArse.
Also - this sump plug needs changing pronto!!
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