2000 A4 Avant 1.8 T Sport Oil Pressure Sensor Failure
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Re: 2000 A4 Avant 1.8 T Sport Oil Pressure Sensor Failure
"Marcus Redd" <read@it.com> wrote in message
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> "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
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>>> And are you seriously saying it needs a complete oil-change every 5,000
>>> miles???
>>
>> Yes.
>> It's not out of warranty for the Sludge issue. (Warranty was extended for
>> this)
>> See my story at
>> http://members.***.net/ambox/audi_sludge/
>>
....
>> --Art
>
> Art - thanks for this info.
>
> Is there any official Audi site where this extended warranty is mentioned?
>
> I've looked at the letter you received - is it possible this only applies
> in the US? I'm in the UK.
I never received the warranty letter. It's possible that the previous owner
did. That link on my site is to someone elses site.
It's possible that it only applies in the US. Here Audi (of America) paid
for oil changes at 10000 mile intervals, but they allowed and used mineral
oil at those long intervals instead of synthetic which I'm told was a bad
idea in a turbo.
So, have you verified that you do have an oil pressure / sludge problem?
I'm always interested in hearing about the oil change history that led to
that. If you want to tell me more you can send me a message at arthurruhtra
at netscape dot net.
It's an understatement to say I'm not a big fan of AoA. It's bad enough they
didn't cover my sludge problem under warranty at 36k miles, but they negated
the warranty and refused to cover anything as unrelated as a broken radio
and refused to do the 40k service work at no charge.
--Art
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Re: 2000 A4 Avant 1.8 T Sport Oil Pressure Sensor Failure
"Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
news:L9wmh.47921$WM3.14263@newsfe11.phx...
> I never received the warranty letter. It's possible that the previous
> owner did. That link on my site is to someone elses site.
>
> It's possible that it only applies in the US. Here Audi (of America) paid
> for oil changes at 10000 mile intervals, but they allowed and used mineral
> oil at those long intervals instead of synthetic which I'm told was a bad
> idea in a turbo.
>
> So, have you verified that you do have an oil pressure / sludge problem?
Ok, just got the car back from Audi as it finally developed bad noises from
the top-end on Christmas Eve - nice...
They confirmed it WAS a sludge issue, dropped the sub-frame, removed the
sump and cleaned it all out. It now has fully-synthetic oil in it.
The engine appears to be fine - the contact guy at Audi commented on what a
lovely quiet engine it is. It's pulling like a freight-train again and
sounds just as inaubible as it did before the incident.
Regarding the warranty being extended - that appears only to be true for
Audi in the US. I emailed Audi UK and got this response:
> Thank you for your recent e-mail concerning Audi 1.8T engines with oil
> sludging and the warranty on these engines being extended to eight years.
>
> I would just like to confirm that the warranty on any new Audi UK vehicle,
> is three years or 60.000 miles (whichever occurs first) and the Audi UK
> warranty does not alter from this.
> Can I request, if you are experiencing an issue of this kind that you make
> contact with your local Audi Centre and they will be able to investigate
> the concern on your behalf.
> Thank you for taking the time to write to Audi UK.
Total bill was 370UKP. Ironically, I was intending taking it to Audi in the
days immediately following Christmas to get the oil pressure checked, as I
was really not happy about it continuing to beep after having a second
sensor replaced. Just as a quick recap, we had the pressure-sensor replaced
back when we bought the car in April '06, as well as a full oil-change and
new filter, which made the problem go away until November. I find it hard to
believe that the car has been suffering from low oil-pressure for all of
that period and yet the engine still sounds as quiet as it does.
Anyway, thanks for your interest and taking the time to reply.
> I'm always interested in hearing about the oil change history that led to
> that. If you want to tell me more you can send me a message at
> arthurruhtra at netscape dot net.
>
> It's an understatement to say I'm not a big fan of AoA. It's bad enough
> they didn't cover my sludge problem under warranty at 36k miles, but they
> negated the warranty and refused to cover anything as unrelated as a
> broken radio and refused to do the 40k service work at no charge.
They negated your warranty??? How could they do that?
news:L9wmh.47921$WM3.14263@newsfe11.phx...
> I never received the warranty letter. It's possible that the previous
> owner did. That link on my site is to someone elses site.
>
> It's possible that it only applies in the US. Here Audi (of America) paid
> for oil changes at 10000 mile intervals, but they allowed and used mineral
> oil at those long intervals instead of synthetic which I'm told was a bad
> idea in a turbo.
>
> So, have you verified that you do have an oil pressure / sludge problem?
Ok, just got the car back from Audi as it finally developed bad noises from
the top-end on Christmas Eve - nice...
They confirmed it WAS a sludge issue, dropped the sub-frame, removed the
sump and cleaned it all out. It now has fully-synthetic oil in it.
The engine appears to be fine - the contact guy at Audi commented on what a
lovely quiet engine it is. It's pulling like a freight-train again and
sounds just as inaubible as it did before the incident.
Regarding the warranty being extended - that appears only to be true for
Audi in the US. I emailed Audi UK and got this response:
> Thank you for your recent e-mail concerning Audi 1.8T engines with oil
> sludging and the warranty on these engines being extended to eight years.
>
> I would just like to confirm that the warranty on any new Audi UK vehicle,
> is three years or 60.000 miles (whichever occurs first) and the Audi UK
> warranty does not alter from this.
> Can I request, if you are experiencing an issue of this kind that you make
> contact with your local Audi Centre and they will be able to investigate
> the concern on your behalf.
> Thank you for taking the time to write to Audi UK.
Total bill was 370UKP. Ironically, I was intending taking it to Audi in the
days immediately following Christmas to get the oil pressure checked, as I
was really not happy about it continuing to beep after having a second
sensor replaced. Just as a quick recap, we had the pressure-sensor replaced
back when we bought the car in April '06, as well as a full oil-change and
new filter, which made the problem go away until November. I find it hard to
believe that the car has been suffering from low oil-pressure for all of
that period and yet the engine still sounds as quiet as it does.
Anyway, thanks for your interest and taking the time to reply.
> I'm always interested in hearing about the oil change history that led to
> that. If you want to tell me more you can send me a message at
> arthurruhtra at netscape dot net.
>
> It's an understatement to say I'm not a big fan of AoA. It's bad enough
> they didn't cover my sludge problem under warranty at 36k miles, but they
> negated the warranty and refused to cover anything as unrelated as a
> broken radio and refused to do the 40k service work at no charge.
They negated your warranty??? How could they do that?
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Re: 2000 A4 Avant 1.8 T Sport Oil Pressure Sensor Failure
"Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
news:L9wmh.47921$WM3.14263@newsfe11.phx...
> I never received the warranty letter. It's possible that the previous
> owner did. That link on my site is to someone elses site.
>
> It's possible that it only applies in the US. Here Audi (of America) paid
> for oil changes at 10000 mile intervals, but they allowed and used mineral
> oil at those long intervals instead of synthetic which I'm told was a bad
> idea in a turbo.
>
> So, have you verified that you do have an oil pressure / sludge problem?
Ok, just got the car back from Audi as it finally developed bad noises from
the top-end on Christmas Eve - nice...
They confirmed it WAS a sludge issue, dropped the sub-frame, removed the
sump and cleaned it all out. It now has fully-synthetic oil in it.
The engine appears to be fine - the contact guy at Audi commented on what a
lovely quiet engine it is. It's pulling like a freight-train again and
sounds just as inaubible as it did before the incident.
Regarding the warranty being extended - that appears only to be true for
Audi in the US. I emailed Audi UK and got this response:
> Thank you for your recent e-mail concerning Audi 1.8T engines with oil
> sludging and the warranty on these engines being extended to eight years.
>
> I would just like to confirm that the warranty on any new Audi UK vehicle,
> is three years or 60.000 miles (whichever occurs first) and the Audi UK
> warranty does not alter from this.
> Can I request, if you are experiencing an issue of this kind that you make
> contact with your local Audi Centre and they will be able to investigate
> the concern on your behalf.
> Thank you for taking the time to write to Audi UK.
Total bill was 370UKP. Ironically, I was intending taking it to Audi in the
days immediately following Christmas to get the oil pressure checked, as I
was really not happy about it continuing to beep after having a second
sensor replaced. Just as a quick recap, we had the pressure-sensor replaced
back when we bought the car in April '06, as well as a full oil-change and
new filter, which made the problem go away until November. I find it hard to
believe that the car has been suffering from low oil-pressure for all of
that period and yet the engine still sounds as quiet as it does.
Anyway, thanks for your interest and taking the time to reply.
> I'm always interested in hearing about the oil change history that led to
> that. If you want to tell me more you can send me a message at
> arthurruhtra at netscape dot net.
>
> It's an understatement to say I'm not a big fan of AoA. It's bad enough
> they didn't cover my sludge problem under warranty at 36k miles, but they
> negated the warranty and refused to cover anything as unrelated as a
> broken radio and refused to do the 40k service work at no charge.
They negated your warranty??? How could they do that?
news:L9wmh.47921$WM3.14263@newsfe11.phx...
> I never received the warranty letter. It's possible that the previous
> owner did. That link on my site is to someone elses site.
>
> It's possible that it only applies in the US. Here Audi (of America) paid
> for oil changes at 10000 mile intervals, but they allowed and used mineral
> oil at those long intervals instead of synthetic which I'm told was a bad
> idea in a turbo.
>
> So, have you verified that you do have an oil pressure / sludge problem?
Ok, just got the car back from Audi as it finally developed bad noises from
the top-end on Christmas Eve - nice...
They confirmed it WAS a sludge issue, dropped the sub-frame, removed the
sump and cleaned it all out. It now has fully-synthetic oil in it.
The engine appears to be fine - the contact guy at Audi commented on what a
lovely quiet engine it is. It's pulling like a freight-train again and
sounds just as inaubible as it did before the incident.
Regarding the warranty being extended - that appears only to be true for
Audi in the US. I emailed Audi UK and got this response:
> Thank you for your recent e-mail concerning Audi 1.8T engines with oil
> sludging and the warranty on these engines being extended to eight years.
>
> I would just like to confirm that the warranty on any new Audi UK vehicle,
> is three years or 60.000 miles (whichever occurs first) and the Audi UK
> warranty does not alter from this.
> Can I request, if you are experiencing an issue of this kind that you make
> contact with your local Audi Centre and they will be able to investigate
> the concern on your behalf.
> Thank you for taking the time to write to Audi UK.
Total bill was 370UKP. Ironically, I was intending taking it to Audi in the
days immediately following Christmas to get the oil pressure checked, as I
was really not happy about it continuing to beep after having a second
sensor replaced. Just as a quick recap, we had the pressure-sensor replaced
back when we bought the car in April '06, as well as a full oil-change and
new filter, which made the problem go away until November. I find it hard to
believe that the car has been suffering from low oil-pressure for all of
that period and yet the engine still sounds as quiet as it does.
Anyway, thanks for your interest and taking the time to reply.
> I'm always interested in hearing about the oil change history that led to
> that. If you want to tell me more you can send me a message at
> arthurruhtra at netscape dot net.
>
> It's an understatement to say I'm not a big fan of AoA. It's bad enough
> they didn't cover my sludge problem under warranty at 36k miles, but they
> negated the warranty and refused to cover anything as unrelated as a
> broken radio and refused to do the 40k service work at no charge.
They negated your warranty??? How could they do that?
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Re: 2000 A4 Avant 1.8 T Sport Oil Pressure Sensor Failure
"Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
news:L9wmh.47921$WM3.14263@newsfe11.phx...
> I never received the warranty letter. It's possible that the previous
> owner did. That link on my site is to someone elses site.
>
> It's possible that it only applies in the US. Here Audi (of America) paid
> for oil changes at 10000 mile intervals, but they allowed and used mineral
> oil at those long intervals instead of synthetic which I'm told was a bad
> idea in a turbo.
>
> So, have you verified that you do have an oil pressure / sludge problem?
Ok, just got the car back from Audi as it finally developed bad noises from
the top-end on Christmas Eve - nice...
They confirmed it WAS a sludge issue, dropped the sub-frame, removed the
sump and cleaned it all out. It now has fully-synthetic oil in it.
The engine appears to be fine - the contact guy at Audi commented on what a
lovely quiet engine it is. It's pulling like a freight-train again and
sounds just as inaubible as it did before the incident.
Regarding the warranty being extended - that appears only to be true for
Audi in the US. I emailed Audi UK and got this response:
> Thank you for your recent e-mail concerning Audi 1.8T engines with oil
> sludging and the warranty on these engines being extended to eight years.
>
> I would just like to confirm that the warranty on any new Audi UK vehicle,
> is three years or 60.000 miles (whichever occurs first) and the Audi UK
> warranty does not alter from this.
> Can I request, if you are experiencing an issue of this kind that you make
> contact with your local Audi Centre and they will be able to investigate
> the concern on your behalf.
> Thank you for taking the time to write to Audi UK.
Total bill was 370UKP. Ironically, I was intending taking it to Audi in the
days immediately following Christmas to get the oil pressure checked, as I
was really not happy about it continuing to beep after having a second
sensor replaced. Just as a quick recap, we had the pressure-sensor replaced
back when we bought the car in April '06, as well as a full oil-change and
new filter, which made the problem go away until November. I find it hard to
believe that the car has been suffering from low oil-pressure for all of
that period and yet the engine still sounds as quiet as it does.
Anyway, thanks for your interest and taking the time to reply.
> I'm always interested in hearing about the oil change history that led to
> that. If you want to tell me more you can send me a message at
> arthurruhtra at netscape dot net.
>
> It's an understatement to say I'm not a big fan of AoA. It's bad enough
> they didn't cover my sludge problem under warranty at 36k miles, but they
> negated the warranty and refused to cover anything as unrelated as a
> broken radio and refused to do the 40k service work at no charge.
They negated your warranty??? How could they do that?
news:L9wmh.47921$WM3.14263@newsfe11.phx...
> I never received the warranty letter. It's possible that the previous
> owner did. That link on my site is to someone elses site.
>
> It's possible that it only applies in the US. Here Audi (of America) paid
> for oil changes at 10000 mile intervals, but they allowed and used mineral
> oil at those long intervals instead of synthetic which I'm told was a bad
> idea in a turbo.
>
> So, have you verified that you do have an oil pressure / sludge problem?
Ok, just got the car back from Audi as it finally developed bad noises from
the top-end on Christmas Eve - nice...
They confirmed it WAS a sludge issue, dropped the sub-frame, removed the
sump and cleaned it all out. It now has fully-synthetic oil in it.
The engine appears to be fine - the contact guy at Audi commented on what a
lovely quiet engine it is. It's pulling like a freight-train again and
sounds just as inaubible as it did before the incident.
Regarding the warranty being extended - that appears only to be true for
Audi in the US. I emailed Audi UK and got this response:
> Thank you for your recent e-mail concerning Audi 1.8T engines with oil
> sludging and the warranty on these engines being extended to eight years.
>
> I would just like to confirm that the warranty on any new Audi UK vehicle,
> is three years or 60.000 miles (whichever occurs first) and the Audi UK
> warranty does not alter from this.
> Can I request, if you are experiencing an issue of this kind that you make
> contact with your local Audi Centre and they will be able to investigate
> the concern on your behalf.
> Thank you for taking the time to write to Audi UK.
Total bill was 370UKP. Ironically, I was intending taking it to Audi in the
days immediately following Christmas to get the oil pressure checked, as I
was really not happy about it continuing to beep after having a second
sensor replaced. Just as a quick recap, we had the pressure-sensor replaced
back when we bought the car in April '06, as well as a full oil-change and
new filter, which made the problem go away until November. I find it hard to
believe that the car has been suffering from low oil-pressure for all of
that period and yet the engine still sounds as quiet as it does.
Anyway, thanks for your interest and taking the time to reply.
> I'm always interested in hearing about the oil change history that led to
> that. If you want to tell me more you can send me a message at
> arthurruhtra at netscape dot net.
>
> It's an understatement to say I'm not a big fan of AoA. It's bad enough
> they didn't cover my sludge problem under warranty at 36k miles, but they
> negated the warranty and refused to cover anything as unrelated as a
> broken radio and refused to do the 40k service work at no charge.
They negated your warranty??? How could they do that?
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Re: 2000 A4 Avant 1.8 T Sport Oil Pressure Sensor Failure
"Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
news:L9wmh.47921$WM3.14263@newsfe11.phx...
> I never received the warranty letter. It's possible that the previous
> owner did. That link on my site is to someone elses site.
>
> It's possible that it only applies in the US. Here Audi (of America) paid
> for oil changes at 10000 mile intervals, but they allowed and used mineral
> oil at those long intervals instead of synthetic which I'm told was a bad
> idea in a turbo.
>
> So, have you verified that you do have an oil pressure / sludge problem?
Ok, just got the car back from Audi as it finally developed bad noises from
the top-end on Christmas Eve - nice...
They confirmed it WAS a sludge issue, dropped the sub-frame, removed the
sump and cleaned it all out. It now has fully-synthetic oil in it.
The engine appears to be fine - the contact guy at Audi commented on what a
lovely quiet engine it is. It's pulling like a freight-train again and
sounds just as inaubible as it did before the incident.
Regarding the warranty being extended - that appears only to be true for
Audi in the US. I emailed Audi UK and got this response:
> Thank you for your recent e-mail concerning Audi 1.8T engines with oil
> sludging and the warranty on these engines being extended to eight years.
>
> I would just like to confirm that the warranty on any new Audi UK vehicle,
> is three years or 60.000 miles (whichever occurs first) and the Audi UK
> warranty does not alter from this.
> Can I request, if you are experiencing an issue of this kind that you make
> contact with your local Audi Centre and they will be able to investigate
> the concern on your behalf.
> Thank you for taking the time to write to Audi UK.
Total bill was 370UKP. Ironically, I was intending taking it to Audi in the
days immediately following Christmas to get the oil pressure checked, as I
was really not happy about it continuing to beep after having a second
sensor replaced. Just as a quick recap, we had the pressure-sensor replaced
back when we bought the car in April '06, as well as a full oil-change and
new filter, which made the problem go away until November. I find it hard to
believe that the car has been suffering from low oil-pressure for all of
that period and yet the engine still sounds as quiet as it does.
Anyway, thanks for your interest and taking the time to reply.
> I'm always interested in hearing about the oil change history that led to
> that. If you want to tell me more you can send me a message at
> arthurruhtra at netscape dot net.
>
> It's an understatement to say I'm not a big fan of AoA. It's bad enough
> they didn't cover my sludge problem under warranty at 36k miles, but they
> negated the warranty and refused to cover anything as unrelated as a
> broken radio and refused to do the 40k service work at no charge.
They negated your warranty??? How could they do that?
news:L9wmh.47921$WM3.14263@newsfe11.phx...
> I never received the warranty letter. It's possible that the previous
> owner did. That link on my site is to someone elses site.
>
> It's possible that it only applies in the US. Here Audi (of America) paid
> for oil changes at 10000 mile intervals, but they allowed and used mineral
> oil at those long intervals instead of synthetic which I'm told was a bad
> idea in a turbo.
>
> So, have you verified that you do have an oil pressure / sludge problem?
Ok, just got the car back from Audi as it finally developed bad noises from
the top-end on Christmas Eve - nice...
They confirmed it WAS a sludge issue, dropped the sub-frame, removed the
sump and cleaned it all out. It now has fully-synthetic oil in it.
The engine appears to be fine - the contact guy at Audi commented on what a
lovely quiet engine it is. It's pulling like a freight-train again and
sounds just as inaubible as it did before the incident.
Regarding the warranty being extended - that appears only to be true for
Audi in the US. I emailed Audi UK and got this response:
> Thank you for your recent e-mail concerning Audi 1.8T engines with oil
> sludging and the warranty on these engines being extended to eight years.
>
> I would just like to confirm that the warranty on any new Audi UK vehicle,
> is three years or 60.000 miles (whichever occurs first) and the Audi UK
> warranty does not alter from this.
> Can I request, if you are experiencing an issue of this kind that you make
> contact with your local Audi Centre and they will be able to investigate
> the concern on your behalf.
> Thank you for taking the time to write to Audi UK.
Total bill was 370UKP. Ironically, I was intending taking it to Audi in the
days immediately following Christmas to get the oil pressure checked, as I
was really not happy about it continuing to beep after having a second
sensor replaced. Just as a quick recap, we had the pressure-sensor replaced
back when we bought the car in April '06, as well as a full oil-change and
new filter, which made the problem go away until November. I find it hard to
believe that the car has been suffering from low oil-pressure for all of
that period and yet the engine still sounds as quiet as it does.
Anyway, thanks for your interest and taking the time to reply.
> I'm always interested in hearing about the oil change history that led to
> that. If you want to tell me more you can send me a message at
> arthurruhtra at netscape dot net.
>
> It's an understatement to say I'm not a big fan of AoA. It's bad enough
> they didn't cover my sludge problem under warranty at 36k miles, but they
> negated the warranty and refused to cover anything as unrelated as a
> broken radio and refused to do the 40k service work at no charge.
They negated your warranty??? How could they do that?
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Re: 2000 A4 Avant 1.8 T Sport Oil Pressure Sensor Failure
"Marcus Redd" <read@it.com> wrote in message
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> "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
> news:L9wmh.47921$WM3.14263@newsfe11.phx...
snip
>> It's an understatement to say I'm not a big fan of AoA. It's bad enough
>> they didn't cover my sludge problem under warranty at 36k miles, but they
>> negated the warranty and refused to cover anything as unrelated as a
>> broken radio and refused to do the 40k service work at no charge.
>
> They negated your warranty??? How could they do that?
The dealer said Audi was calling it a "neglected vehicle" because the
previous owner went 12,400 miles before the second oil change (with mineral
oil and the small oil filter the dealers were using back then). From cases
I've heard of around here VW is much more accommodating than Audi on the
sludge issue.
I bought the car directly from a friend. He asked the service manager to
make sure the warranty would still apply to me and to find out if there were
any problems with the car. They had to know it had a sludge problem. Anyone
who knew about the sludge issue and who looked in my oil filler cap could
tell. I got free service work at first, but once they diagnosed and admitted
it had sludge I was denied coverage on anything. The only work they covered
since then was replacing the recalled fuel pump.
--Art
....if they didn't clean the engine head and valve cover you'll probably have
to do some frequent oil changes now.
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Re: 2000 A4 Avant 1.8 T Sport Oil Pressure Sensor Failure
"Marcus Redd" <read@it.com> wrote in message
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> "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
> news:L9wmh.47921$WM3.14263@newsfe11.phx...
snip
>> It's an understatement to say I'm not a big fan of AoA. It's bad enough
>> they didn't cover my sludge problem under warranty at 36k miles, but they
>> negated the warranty and refused to cover anything as unrelated as a
>> broken radio and refused to do the 40k service work at no charge.
>
> They negated your warranty??? How could they do that?
The dealer said Audi was calling it a "neglected vehicle" because the
previous owner went 12,400 miles before the second oil change (with mineral
oil and the small oil filter the dealers were using back then). From cases
I've heard of around here VW is much more accommodating than Audi on the
sludge issue.
I bought the car directly from a friend. He asked the service manager to
make sure the warranty would still apply to me and to find out if there were
any problems with the car. They had to know it had a sludge problem. Anyone
who knew about the sludge issue and who looked in my oil filler cap could
tell. I got free service work at first, but once they diagnosed and admitted
it had sludge I was denied coverage on anything. The only work they covered
since then was replacing the recalled fuel pump.
--Art
....if they didn't clean the engine head and valve cover you'll probably have
to do some frequent oil changes now.
#68
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Re: 2000 A4 Avant 1.8 T Sport Oil Pressure Sensor Failure
"Marcus Redd" <read@it.com> wrote in message
news:459e6410$0$27109$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
> "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
> news:L9wmh.47921$WM3.14263@newsfe11.phx...
snip
>> It's an understatement to say I'm not a big fan of AoA. It's bad enough
>> they didn't cover my sludge problem under warranty at 36k miles, but they
>> negated the warranty and refused to cover anything as unrelated as a
>> broken radio and refused to do the 40k service work at no charge.
>
> They negated your warranty??? How could they do that?
The dealer said Audi was calling it a "neglected vehicle" because the
previous owner went 12,400 miles before the second oil change (with mineral
oil and the small oil filter the dealers were using back then). From cases
I've heard of around here VW is much more accommodating than Audi on the
sludge issue.
I bought the car directly from a friend. He asked the service manager to
make sure the warranty would still apply to me and to find out if there were
any problems with the car. They had to know it had a sludge problem. Anyone
who knew about the sludge issue and who looked in my oil filler cap could
tell. I got free service work at first, but once they diagnosed and admitted
it had sludge I was denied coverage on anything. The only work they covered
since then was replacing the recalled fuel pump.
--Art
....if they didn't clean the engine head and valve cover you'll probably have
to do some frequent oil changes now.
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Re: 2000 A4 Avant 1.8 T Sport Oil Pressure Sensor Failure
"Marcus Redd" <read@it.com> wrote in message
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> "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
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>> It's an understatement to say I'm not a big fan of AoA. It's bad enough
>> they didn't cover my sludge problem under warranty at 36k miles, but they
>> negated the warranty and refused to cover anything as unrelated as a
>> broken radio and refused to do the 40k service work at no charge.
>
> They negated your warranty??? How could they do that?
The dealer said Audi was calling it a "neglected vehicle" because the
previous owner went 12,400 miles before the second oil change (with mineral
oil and the small oil filter the dealers were using back then). From cases
I've heard of around here VW is much more accommodating than Audi on the
sludge issue.
I bought the car directly from a friend. He asked the service manager to
make sure the warranty would still apply to me and to find out if there were
any problems with the car. They had to know it had a sludge problem. Anyone
who knew about the sludge issue and who looked in my oil filler cap could
tell. I got free service work at first, but once they diagnosed and admitted
it had sludge I was denied coverage on anything. The only work they covered
since then was replacing the recalled fuel pump.
--Art
....if they didn't clean the engine head and valve cover you'll probably have
to do some frequent oil changes now.
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Re: 2000 A4 Avant 1.8 T Sport Oil Pressure Sensor Failure
"Marcus Redd" <read@it.com> wrote in message
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> "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
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>> I never received the warranty letter. It's possible that the previous
>> owner did. That link on my site is to someone elses site.
>>
>> It's possible that it only applies in the US. Here Audi (of America) paid
>> for oil changes at 10000 mile intervals, but they allowed and used
>> mineral oil at those long intervals instead of synthetic which I'm told
>> was a bad idea in a turbo.
>>
>> So, have you verified that you do have an oil pressure / sludge problem?
>
> Ok, just got the car back from Audi as it finally developed bad noises
> from the top-end on Christmas Eve - nice...
>
> They confirmed it WAS a sludge issue, dropped the sub-frame, removed the
> sump and cleaned it all out. It now has fully-synthetic oil in it.
>
> The engine appears to be fine - the contact guy at Audi commented on what
> a lovely quiet engine it is. It's pulling like a freight-train again and
> sounds just as inaubible as it did before the incident.
>
> Regarding the warranty being extended - that appears only to be true for
> Audi in the US. I emailed Audi UK and got this response:
>
>> Thank you for your recent e-mail concerning Audi 1.8T engines with oil
>> sludging and the warranty on these engines being extended to eight years.
>>
>> I would just like to confirm that the warranty on any new Audi UK
>> vehicle,
>> is three years or 60.000 miles (whichever occurs first) and the Audi UK
>> warranty does not alter from this.
>> Can I request, if you are experiencing an issue of this kind that you
>> make
>> contact with your local Audi Centre and they will be able to investigate
>> the concern on your behalf.
>> Thank you for taking the time to write to Audi UK.
>
> Total bill was 370UKP. Ironically, I was intending taking it to Audi in
> the days immediately following Christmas to get the oil pressure checked,
> as I was really not happy about it continuing to beep after having a
> second sensor replaced. Just as a quick recap, we had the pressure-sensor
> replaced back when we bought the car in April '06, as well as a full
> oil-change and new filter, which made the problem go away until November.
> I find it hard to believe that the car has been suffering from low
> oil-pressure for all of that period and yet the engine still sounds as
> quiet as it does.
Gee, sometimes you do get good advice on Usenet.
Did they check the cam bearings for excessive wear? That is where the wear
shows and is what VW/Audi uses to determine to replace the entire engine.