CDN_THNK_TNK

Thanks for the info Tony.

Interesting story on the Warranty. When I purchased the car I was told
that the 1.8T engines have a problem with oil sludge but the engine was
to be covered by an 8 year warranty (i.e. on an '02 this would take the
warranty period to 2010). To me this sounded great. I did not
anticipate any problems and my mechanic said the car seemed in great
shape (obviously didn't look into the engine). About 200KMs into my
ownership of the car - it died - oil sludge.

Downside - I did not have the service records for the vehicle. Upside
was that the local Audi dealer/service center provided this information
and certified it in the Service Manual. Downside is that the previous
owner lapsed a few thousand kilometers on a couple of oil changes and
Audi was not honoring the warranty (initially) - after some heated
discussion and a very useless call to Audi Customer Advocacy center
(HAHAHAHA), VAG is now covering the car under the warranty. I would
have been screwed if they did not.

The turbo should be done by today.

This vap thing sounds a little fishy to me and I do wonder if it is the
center trying to recoup some margin off me since all of the work done
on my car to date is under warranty.

I may consider a mod chip in the future but at this point I want to
keep the warranty intact. It sounds like I will need it!

Cheers

CDN_THNK_TNK

Thanks for the info Tony.

Interesting story on the Warranty. When I purchased the car I was told
that the 1.8T engines have a problem with oil sludge but the engine was
to be covered by an 8 year warranty (i.e. on an '02 this would take the
warranty period to 2010). To me this sounded great. I did not
anticipate any problems and my mechanic said the car seemed in great
shape (obviously didn't look into the engine). About 200KMs into my
ownership of the car - it died - oil sludge.

Downside - I did not have the service records for the vehicle. Upside
was that the local Audi dealer/service center provided this information
and certified it in the Service Manual. Downside is that the previous
owner lapsed a few thousand kilometers on a couple of oil changes and
Audi was not honoring the warranty (initially) - after some heated
discussion and a very useless call to Audi Customer Advocacy center
(HAHAHAHA), VAG is now covering the car under the warranty. I would
have been screwed if they did not.

The turbo should be done by today.

This vap thing sounds a little fishy to me and I do wonder if it is the
center trying to recoup some margin off me since all of the work done
on my car to date is under warranty.

I may consider a mod chip in the future but at this point I want to
keep the warranty intact. It sounds like I will need it!

Cheers

CDN_THNK_TNK

Thanks for the info Tony.

Interesting story on the Warranty. When I purchased the car I was told
that the 1.8T engines have a problem with oil sludge but the engine was
to be covered by an 8 year warranty (i.e. on an '02 this would take the
warranty period to 2010). To me this sounded great. I did not
anticipate any problems and my mechanic said the car seemed in great
shape (obviously didn't look into the engine). About 200KMs into my
ownership of the car - it died - oil sludge.

Downside - I did not have the service records for the vehicle. Upside
was that the local Audi dealer/service center provided this information
and certified it in the Service Manual. Downside is that the previous
owner lapsed a few thousand kilometers on a couple of oil changes and
Audi was not honoring the warranty (initially) - after some heated
discussion and a very useless call to Audi Customer Advocacy center
(HAHAHAHA), VAG is now covering the car under the warranty. I would
have been screwed if they did not.

The turbo should be done by today.

This vap thing sounds a little fishy to me and I do wonder if it is the
center trying to recoup some margin off me since all of the work done
on my car to date is under warranty.

I may consider a mod chip in the future but at this point I want to
keep the warranty intact. It sounds like I will need it!

Cheers