#1986.5 hardbody ecu diagnostics cracked
#1986.5 hardbody ecu diagnostics manual

On justification is to look at the cost of depreciation and of money loaned on a new car. At the same time I know I will get quite a few years of enjoyment out of it and I really like the combo of a stick in a nice sedan with a warmed over motor. They were less then great back in those days.I know exactly, it feels a bit wrong putting money into an older car. The only thing I would say is get a stick shift not a autotragic. They are out there I am very happy with mine. I would find something that got decent miles on it but not a ton. I wouldn't go spending crazy money on a b6 as it is at best a 15 year old car. Time will tell if mine ends up with that.Īnyway, we have no plans on getting rid of our B6 A4 anytime soon. I finally got an Mk7 golf r which has the ea888 gen3 engines which no longer have the issues the earlier TSI/TFSI engines had, although these newer engines seem to now have issues too with leaking water pumps.

I considered getting a 2.0 b7 or b8 for many years, but the issues with cam followers and chain tensioners scared me away. I've done timing belts along with water pumps on all of them and it's not too bad on the A4's On our A4, our ABS module died but I replaced it with a used one from ebay and it's been fine for years. On one of the passats I had, it needed a new cam chain tensioner but that was because the previous owner was negligent with oil changes and it developed sludge. Like others have said, these 1.8t's are great engines with known minor problems.Īll those parts are cheap and easy to replace. Following that, I had two B5.5 Passat 1.8t 5sp's, then a TT225 6sp, then a B6 A4 1.8t 5sp which we still have today. I've been maintaining 1.8t's since I bought a 2000 GTI 1.8t new in 2000. Just make sure to do the timing belt and look for oil leaks and such. Other than that ill stick to my 1.8T less headaches. Currently from newer cars only engine I could say is decent is a 3.0T supercharged engine in s4,a6,a7,a8,q5,s5. Honestly I wouldnt dare touch anything with a 2.0T in it wether it be a b7 or a b8. I have been working on these cars for 15 years. O2 sensors once every 80k miles sometimes less. Turbo failure (once every 120k miles depending on maintnance)Ĭrank position failure(once in a blue moon) Pcv valve failure or any of the hoses in the pcv breather system But common things on these cars are as follows:

#1986.5 hardbody ecu diagnostics cracked

We see alot of cracked cylinder heads recently I think mostly because of materials used or the casting process used and a bunch of other factors. The 1.8T engine itself is not perfect by any means. This is more than the distance to the moon and back.

#1986.5 hardbody ecu diagnostics manual

The car in question is a 2003 a4 1.8T 5 speed manual quattro avant with 512k miles on it, yes 512k miles not km. One is down for the count permanently as its no longer worth it for me to invest into the car. The 2.0T is a bit more problematic as they use more plastics on the engine and so on.