Audi owners in here!

ianh said:
It's only a visual inspection to start with so lots of companys now cut them in half, gut them and reweld them back together so it looks like it's still fitted. However I'd guess, in the same way that they eventually brought in emissions testing for a diesel to test for your CAT's operation, they'll find a way to test a DPF somehow (even though it's not really an emissions thing).
Click to expand...

So a visual inspection would not pick up a nice new weld around the box?
 
AFAIK you cannot get to the dpf, just see that it is there, an MOT station is not allowed to remove parts of the car to get to it properly. If you have a modern audi try getting to the back of the turbo...it is so crammed in it is hard to.
 
Some research again suggests the 2.0t FSI is better than the TDI 170. Not just because it is petrol and sounds nicer.
 
86JR said:
I have decided to be a bit frugal and just get a low mileage 2007/8 (8p2) 170 tdi S-Line.
Click to expand...

I have a 170TDI S-Line Avant. Personally I think its a fine car. Mine is a manual but my mother has a 140 auto. She's had no problems with the auto box.

ianh said:
Removing the EGR itself, all the pipework and potentially the EGR cooler too and blanking off any holes left over.
Click to expand...

Have done this on my Avant. Darkside Developments have an EGR replacement pipe that they originally made for a Golf. I asked them if I could try it out on the Audi and they checked the manifold part numbers and they are the same. Fits fine and comes with the blank for the turbo housing. Also has a nipple you can remove to fit a vac gauge if thats your thing.

I removed the EGR cooler and just bought some samco hoses and metal tubes to re-work the cooling system.


chriscatt said:
So a visual inspection would not pick up a nice new weld around the box?
Click to expand...

I think its from the 16th the visual inspection comes in. I have my cars DPF in a box in the garage. I had a straight pipe fitted as the neck on the DPF looks really restrictive. My car doesn't have an aggressive map on it so passes emissions no problem. Its being MOT'd next week so I get a year to gut the DPF.

86JR said:
Some research again suggests the 2.0t FSI is better than the TDI 170. Not just because it is petrol and sounds nicer.
Click to expand...

Honestly, if you don't have to have diesel, I would get petrol every time. Some folk do seem to get close to 40mpg where my 170 manages high 40s if I'm very honest with it.

Diesels will go wrong but then you are likely to take the bits off that do go wrong - more expense though.

Insurance is cheaper, tax is cheaper and fuel will ultimately be cheaper. By how much I don't know.
 
Last edited:
ianh said:
Yes it would but as Testers aren't allowed to remove the DPF and look inside all they can say is "it looks like there's one fitted" which is a pass currently.
Click to expand...

True, but if it has obviously been interfered with it kinda looks obvious what has happened. I guess the onus is on the tester proving it isn't there as apposed to the owner proving it is....
 
EddScott said:
I have a 170TDI S-Line Avant. Personally I think its a fine car.
Click to expand...

I remember you frequently posting quite the opposite. I wasn't going mad it seems..

EddScott said:
I've pretty much given up with my Audi. Its a B7 A4 170TDI and yes I'm aware its not really very good out the box and I have to agree.

I've spent £500 on fixing an oil leak, £1000 on a new turbo and this morning its stuck in neutral. I know we all need a reliable car but recently my wife has become very ill and the car seems to fail just at the point I need it most. I really need it next week as she is having daily treatment and now I've got this stupid car to deal with. Frankly I've had enough.

I say 3 series because its what I want. Pretty much put off by anything VAG
Click to expand...

:confused:
 
My last 2.0t FSI A3 did around 17mpg average in the two weeks I actually used it.

Having said that I was doing 150 miles a day at the time, plus a 600 mile run once a month, and now I do about 70 miles a week.
 
86JR said:
Well I had a heavy foot and 280hp, coming from a 140hp diesel a3 one could say I had fun!
Click to expand...

You had a 2 litre 4 cylinder engine too, doing 150 miles a day how did you even manage, did you drive everywhere in 2nd at 6500rpm or something?

You'd get more than 17mpg doing 150 miles a day in an S600 BiTurbo.
 
What does the engine size and number of cylinders have to do with it? A 500hp EVO 4-9 struggles to get double figures...so worse than an S600 BiTurbo too?
 
[TW]Fox;25801507 said:
150 a miles a day and just 17mpg? Surely not unless it was very broken?
Click to expand...

Must be broken, unless all he did was drive it hard from cold constantly, everywhere.

EDIT: I need opinions on a Audi A4 2.0 TFSI DTM Edition. Is this the same engine which is in the A3 2.0tfsi?
 
86JR said:
What does the engine size and number of cylinders have to do with it? A 500hp EVO 4-9 struggles to get double figures...so worse than an S600 BiTurbo too?
Click to expand...

The Audi A3 2.0TFSI is not an Evo though, is it? It's a mainstream mass produced mass market engine and it IS efficient.
 
Vita said:
Must be broken, unless all he did was drive it hard from cold constantly, everywhere.

EDIT: I need opinions on a Audi A4 2.0 TFSI DTM Edition. Is this the same engine which is in the A3 2.0tfsi?
Click to expand...

The engine is different but not massively so, same turbo just different compression ratio. More HP in stock form but there is something like 7 varients of the VAG 2.0TFSI engine :p
 
[TW]Fox;25801869 said:
The Audi A3 2.0TFSI is not an Evo though, is it? It's a mainstream mass produced mass market engine and it IS efficient.
Click to expand...

Same engine as the S3. My one had a FMIC, full exhaust, downpipe etc, induction kit, remap, was very quick. And I drove it hard all the time (not from cold obviously, let it warm up and cool down).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom