2002-2004 A4 Avant TDi 130.

[The Riddler]

Anyone know anything about them?

New job involves a 50+mile round trip, mainly motorway and not sure if my 188k 1.8T is upto the job. I'd be looking at a sport/S-line spec with leather.

What are the must have options ect? MPG? General reliabilty and service intervals?

So far spotted these two, prefer the Silver one over the blue in terms of spec/looks, but not a massive fan of resale silver cars in general, if that makes sense.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1533580.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1796982.htm

Edited by The Riddler on Wednesday 23 June 01:10

[Petrolhead_Rich]

only thing I know of with this model is the tiptronic gearbox is prone to faults, but your looking at manuals!

My friend has had one for a couple of years with no issues that i am aware of!

[00161wj]

Petrolhead_Rich said:

only thing I know of with this model is the tiptronic gearbox is prone to faults, but your looking at manuals!

My friend has had one for a couple of years with no issues that i am aware of!

This is why i hate internet forums. The information above will put someone off buying a perfectly good car! Ive never had a problem with a tiptronic gearbox. Multitronics on the other hand are not great and i have had many problems. Go for a tiptronic or manual.

[The Riddler]

It would be a manual for me.

Issues which would concern me would be injector or pump issues, dual mass flywheel (not sure if they are fitted on these, will know more soon) and potential turbo problems.

Thanks so far.

[mbrain]

00161wj said:

Petrolhead_Rich said:

only thing I know of with this model is the tiptronic gearbox is prone to faults, but your looking at manuals!

My friend has had one for a couple of years with no issues that i am aware of!

This is why i hate internet forums. The information above will put someone off buying a perfectly good car! Ive never had a problem with a tiptronic gearbox. Multitronics on the other hand are not great and i have had many problems. Go for a tiptronic or manual.

Exactly.

The Multitronic is a CVT, the Tiptronic is a more conventional torque convertor and very reliable.

[Tame Technician]

The Riddler said:

It would be a manual for me.

Issues which would concern me would be injector or pump issues, dual mass flywheel (not sure if they are fitted on these, will know more soon) and potential turbo problems.

Thanks so far.

There is no avoiding these types of issues, you will either be unlucky and have them or you wont.

For every blown up DMF there will be 10,000s cars that were fine.

Tanden pump and injector failures are alot less common, almost rare on the 1.9, the 2.0TDI suffers much more so. But that said we do change the odd 1.9 TDI injector here and there, oh and they cost £500 each.

The Turbos are no different to any other variable vain turbo fitted to any modern Turbo Diesel, so by avoiding an A4 and getting a Ford Vauxhall or even BWM etc to avoid potencial turbo problem you have read about on here will make no difference.

[The Riddler]

Tame Technician said:

The Riddler said:

It would be a manual for me.

Issues which would concern me would be injector or pump issues, dual mass flywheel (not sure if they are fitted on these, will know more soon) and potential turbo problems.

Thanks so far.

There is no avoiding these types of issues, you will either be unlucky and have them or you wont.

For every blown up DMF there will be 10,000s cars that were fine.

Tanden pump and injector failures are alot less common, almost rare on the 1.9, the 2.0TDI suffers much more so. But that said we do change the odd 1.9 TDI injector here and there, oh and they cost £500 each.

The Turbos are no different to any other variable vain turbo fitted to any modern Turbo Diesel, so by avoiding an A4 and getting a Ford Vauxhall or even BWM etc to avoid potencial turbo problem you have read about on here will make no difference.

I wouldn't go down the Ford or Vauxhall route, but have been sniffing around 330D, but would need a drive before ruling it in or out. It's going to be a few months before I start seriously looking. So really I'm just trying to gauge potential for big bills.

One of the reasons I'm swinging more towards the Audi is the new job I have with TPS.

When I worked for Toyota we we're doing a fair few DMF's, but mainly on higher mileage and private hire vehicles. I guess I'll get a better feel for reliability when i start flogging the parts.

O/T, Did you decide to go down the lease route you posted about around a month back? The A3 Black looked seriously good value.