Hi all,
Just a quick thought from a new member.....(me)
I was just reading a post and came across a line saying "the typical cracked coolant pipe behind the engine" relating to the FSI model.
What i'd love to be able to read (and perhaps would be really helpful to others) is a thread dedicated to each of the engine types of A2 and common things that go wrong and how to avoid them (as much as possible).
Take this coolant hose for example. We all know the horrendous bills that can amount from sudden coolant loss / overheating etc. It most likely would be a good idea to routinely replace this hose with a new one every say 12 to 24 months if that eradicated this possible fault.
Along this line of thinking, Ive emailed earlier today Liqui Moly in Germany to see what benefit or problems could be gained / caused by using injector cleaner once a month or every 2 months etc. The reason for my enquiry is after owning my FSI sport with 54K for just 7 days the EML light came on.My OBD scanner showed multiple misfire and there was the odd blip on idling. I added some injector cleaner to it and some fresh super unleaded and cleared the fault. 200 miles ish of driving in all conditions and no more blips, and no more EML. My point is perhaps on these engines as they are a bit more "fussy" a higher degree of preventative care is needed to see them into a healthy old age?
Its clear there is a lot of knowledge and experience on here but I think it would be great to have some simple guides to help us newbies to A2 ownership
Thoughts?
Just a quick thought from a new member.....(me)
I was just reading a post and came across a line saying "the typical cracked coolant pipe behind the engine" relating to the FSI model.
What i'd love to be able to read (and perhaps would be really helpful to others) is a thread dedicated to each of the engine types of A2 and common things that go wrong and how to avoid them (as much as possible).
Take this coolant hose for example. We all know the horrendous bills that can amount from sudden coolant loss / overheating etc. It most likely would be a good idea to routinely replace this hose with a new one every say 12 to 24 months if that eradicated this possible fault.
Along this line of thinking, Ive emailed earlier today Liqui Moly in Germany to see what benefit or problems could be gained / caused by using injector cleaner once a month or every 2 months etc. The reason for my enquiry is after owning my FSI sport with 54K for just 7 days the EML light came on.My OBD scanner showed multiple misfire and there was the odd blip on idling. I added some injector cleaner to it and some fresh super unleaded and cleared the fault. 200 miles ish of driving in all conditions and no more blips, and no more EML. My point is perhaps on these engines as they are a bit more "fussy" a higher degree of preventative care is needed to see them into a healthy old age?
Its clear there is a lot of knowledge and experience on here but I think it would be great to have some simple guides to help us newbies to A2 ownership
Thoughts?
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