VW 2.0L oil burner

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: lightdog555
I have a 98 Audi A4 with has 185k miles which has been nothing but the best car I have ever owned! Yes it does cost more to maintain but I had a 03 CTS which I just got rid of because I took very good care of it but the engine and sensore keep giving me issues so I traded it for a 08 TSX. I take very good care of my cars but sometimes its just the luck of the draw! Btw I love my A4 and plan on having it for another 185K


My '96 A4 quattro (2.8 V6 12v) has now 170k miles on it. It has been pretty much trouble-free since I caught up with repairing what the dealer failed to fix or maintain. I also hope to keep driving my A4 for another 170k miles!

As far as AoA and their dealer network goes, they are just as [censored] as VoA and their network. They only want to sell new cars and service them to death by the time the warranty is up. Then they want to sell you a new car with the intent of killing it. Seriously!

 

[Scout1]

I think the best indication is how many people you run across having a bad experience with a particular brand (like VW). It's pretty rare to find somebody bad-mouthing a Honda!

My 2001 Audi TT is an absolute joy to drive. But since buying it, I've had more mechanical problems than I had on my last three Honda's combined...

 

[JDD]

Originally Posted By: lightdog555
I do recall the mineral oil! yeah that stuff is expensive! I havent needed any for a while does anyone know if I HAVE to use that or is there an aftermarket product I can use?


As far as I know, there is no aftermarket fluid you can use--it has to be the Audi stuff. Audi's steering systems are one of their weak spots over the years. Same with their power switches. Find any Audi that is over 8 years old and at least one of their power windows won't work. Same thing with their pneumatic door locks. Spring a leak in the system and good luck finding it.

 

[Audi Junkie]

Mobil 1 ATF is widely used as a replacement for CHF-11S. Improvment, imo.

Here's another insider VW story. It sucks, but here it goes.

A boatload of PS racks was shipped from overseas mfg without fluid, (obviously) but also w/o anti-corrosive application. Well, as the rqcks were unpacked (J-I-T delivery) it was discovered they were rusted in the bores. Not much VW could so with a moving production line, orders to fill, etc. And again, where do you get 1000s of CORRECTED replacement parts? Some tech or whoever ran a steel brush through all the bores and blew them out...in they went. I'm not excusing it, just telling the story. I think it sucks too.

 

[ericthepig]

To thread jack a thread jack - I wonder how the U.S. cars are doing? For the first time (imo) the U.S. car companies are putting out some really nice looking cars - the Impala, the Cobalt (sport) are looking (visually) just as good as their japanese counterparts (in the past, it just always seemed like the american cars were aesthetically designed by slide-rule types and the japanese by artists). But being in my later mid-40's, I grew up with a distrust of American engineering - still remember those 1972 Honda Civics - true rice choppers - that would cruise right past the american cars on the side of the hiway with their blown transmissions, etc). This (imo) continued at least up thru the mid-90's - but I'm not sure where it stands now. Meanwhile, I've owned a - 1978 Subaru GL, 1976 Subaru DL, Datsun B210, 85 Mazda GLC, 88 Mazda 323 (still have it), 98 Sienna and now the Mazda 6. I feel so unamerican.

 

[Scout1]

Originally Posted By: ericthepig
I grew up with a distrust of American engineering - still remember those 1972 Honda Civics - true rice choppers - that would cruise right past the american cars on the side of the hiway with their blown transmissions, etc). This (imo) continued at least up thru the mid-90's - but I'm not sure where it stands now.


The US auto manufacturer's have gotten better, but so have the Japanese. US Engineering focus still is on making a quick buck while the Japanese make design decisions with more of a long term focus. They also really believe in and live by statistical process control. The better they control their manufacturing processes, the better the end result for the car owner.