Audi A4 2.0 TFSI (2009) with 100k miles... Yes or No?
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I'm looking at buying a 2009 Audi A4 Avant 2.0TFSI, manual gearbox and 100k miles on the clock. It's got a full Audi service history but I have read many stories about oil consumption and timing chain tensioner failures. Should I walk away and look at a B7 model instead? All comments, advice and suggestions welcome!
I have just sold my 2006 2.0T Quattro Avant (B7) for a 2010 2.0T Quattro Avant (B8) with 92k miles. Before buying the car I checked the service history book and rang the Audi dealer who serviced the car from new as I always do when buying. Fortunately for me, the bottom end was replaced by them at 86k miles back in April this year. Phew!
It seems to be a common problem and the response from Audi is varied at best.Audi will start to investigate if oil use is a litre of oil used in less than 600 miles. If you have a full Audi SH it seems that Audi will either pay for all the work (about £6ks worth) or just the parts or some of the parts, or ask for a contribution from the owner. Pretty shoddy really - no consistency from the dealers - for an issue which is allegedly a design fault by the manufacturer - (the updated bottom end uses redesigned parts - allegedly)
So try and check if the work has been carried out. If not, try and check with the previous owner how often they had to top up the oil - anything over a litre needed every 1k walk away!
It seems to be a common problem and the response from Audi is varied at best.Audi will start to investigate if oil use is a litre of oil used in less than 600 miles. If you have a full Audi SH it seems that Audi will either pay for all the work (about £6ks worth) or just the parts or some of the parts, or ask for a contribution from the owner. Pretty shoddy really - no consistency from the dealers - for an issue which is allegedly a design fault by the manufacturer - (the updated bottom end uses redesigned parts - allegedly)
So try and check if the work has been carried out. If not, try and check with the previous owner how often they had to top up the oil - anything over a litre needed every 1k walk away!
vapourtrail said:
I have just sold my 2006 2.0T Quattro Avant (B7) for a 2010 2.0T Quattro Avant (B8) with 92k miles. Before buying the car I checked the service history book and rang the Audi dealer who serviced the car from new as I always do when buying. Fortunately for me, the bottom end was replaced by them at 86k miles back in April this year. Phew!
It seems to be a common problem and the response from Audi is varied at best.Audi will start to investigate if oil use is a litre of oil used in less than 600 miles. If you have a full Audi SH it seems that Audi will either pay for all the work (about £6ks worth) or just the parts or some of the parts, or ask for a contribution from the owner. Pretty shoddy really - no consistency from the dealers - for an issue which is allegedly a design fault by the manufacturer - (the updated bottom end uses redesigned parts - allegedly)
So try and check if the work has been carried out. If not, try and check with the previous owner how often they had to top up the oil - anything over a litre needed every 1k walk away!
Thanks, much appreciated!It seems to be a common problem and the response from Audi is varied at best.Audi will start to investigate if oil use is a litre of oil used in less than 600 miles. If you have a full Audi SH it seems that Audi will either pay for all the work (about £6ks worth) or just the parts or some of the parts, or ask for a contribution from the owner. Pretty shoddy really - no consistency from the dealers - for an issue which is allegedly a design fault by the manufacturer - (the updated bottom end uses redesigned parts - allegedly)
So try and check if the work has been carried out. If not, try and check with the previous owner how often they had to top up the oil - anything over a litre needed every 1k walk away!
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