I have been searching for a second car for a bit over a month. Without getting too deep into that story....I ended up selecting a 2013 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0T. It's got the Premium Plus package and honestly offered every bell and whistle I wanted in a car within the price and age range I was looking for. I thought I had a good grasp on what I was getting into as I did quite a bit of uninformed research about the brand before purchase. It was by far the most well priced, best driving, and good looking vehicles I had looked at. We looked at it early in the week before it had been touched or detailed and picked it up after a test drive on Friday this past week. The car is outwardly very clean, drives great and is quite powerful feeling for it's output, but....
I had read about these cars having oil consumption problems. The factory manual states that they can consume some oil between scheduled maint. It is apparently not uncommon for this to be ~ 1Qt for every 1K miles. According to the enthusiast sites this can readily approach 600 or so miles to the quart with spirited driving. The first two days we had the car it did not use oil and only had evidence of "lot rot" in regard to a small bit of sooty smoke on rev which quickly subsided. This afternoon bringing it home from work I had been driving at some very pedestrian pace. I found an opening, got into it's ass a bit and a nice plume of oil smoke trails out back. Shortly thereafter a check engine light (the second one) comes on. I check to find that within roughly 300 miles I have used 3/4 of a quart of oil with very little to no outward sign of it.
The first CEL was in relation to the car being low on gas when I went on the test drive. Fairly sure that it pulled up some trash or whatnot from the bottom of the tank. Upon adding the half quart of oil the (second) CEL has gone out. The first set was in relation to some fuel composition, pressure on demand, and a lean condition on bank 1. This (first) issue has not reoccurred since clearing the codes.
I have a couple of checks to do sometime this week or weekend. I need to see if there is oil in the downpipe from the turbo, need to check/replace the PCV, and pull a fresh oil change and some really good gas. I know the oil was changed but cannot be sure it is the very specific oil that the manufacturer wants on this one. I have been asking around on the forums for such and seems like I might be over reacting in relation to this issue. I mentioned that I have owned RX7 that didn't use this much oil. I am rather hoping that it's just this finicky about some simple aspect. I come to find that even used engines and the labor to install are near the value of the car as a whole. None of the four Audi specialists I contacted today will even touch a rebuild (of existing). I found a place in Jax that will, but that's five hours away. Joy. Road Trip (with some oil in the boot)
I have to say, aside from all that mess, that this is likely one of the most fun cars I have ever driven in relation to it's power output. It's zippy without being obscene, handles like a dream and stops on a dime. All the while in comfort and quiet inside a well appointed interior. This seems to prove the pay to play adage.
I had read about these cars having oil consumption problems. The factory manual states that they can consume some oil between scheduled maint. It is apparently not uncommon for this to be ~ 1Qt for every 1K miles. According to the enthusiast sites this can readily approach 600 or so miles to the quart with spirited driving. The first two days we had the car it did not use oil and only had evidence of "lot rot" in regard to a small bit of sooty smoke on rev which quickly subsided. This afternoon bringing it home from work I had been driving at some very pedestrian pace. I found an opening, got into it's ass a bit and a nice plume of oil smoke trails out back. Shortly thereafter a check engine light (the second one) comes on. I check to find that within roughly 300 miles I have used 3/4 of a quart of oil with very little to no outward sign of it.
The first CEL was in relation to the car being low on gas when I went on the test drive. Fairly sure that it pulled up some trash or whatnot from the bottom of the tank. Upon adding the half quart of oil the (second) CEL has gone out. The first set was in relation to some fuel composition, pressure on demand, and a lean condition on bank 1. This (first) issue has not reoccurred since clearing the codes.
I have a couple of checks to do sometime this week or weekend. I need to see if there is oil in the downpipe from the turbo, need to check/replace the PCV, and pull a fresh oil change and some really good gas. I know the oil was changed but cannot be sure it is the very specific oil that the manufacturer wants on this one. I have been asking around on the forums for such and seems like I might be over reacting in relation to this issue. I mentioned that I have owned RX7 that didn't use this much oil. I am rather hoping that it's just this finicky about some simple aspect. I come to find that even used engines and the labor to install are near the value of the car as a whole. None of the four Audi specialists I contacted today will even touch a rebuild (of existing). I found a place in Jax that will, but that's five hours away. Joy. Road Trip (with some oil in the boot)
I have to say, aside from all that mess, that this is likely one of the most fun cars I have ever driven in relation to it's power output. It's zippy without being obscene, handles like a dream and stops on a dime. All the while in comfort and quiet inside a well appointed interior. This seems to prove the pay to play adage.
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