How are you getting on with this Mark? Would hate to see this car not be repaired.
Hi Mark,..........they said they have all the reboring facilities but don't have the facilities to strip down modern engines.........
Hi Mark,
Sorry my suggestion came to nothing. Regarding the quote above, I would have thought that is how the trade operates, viz. you/your garage removes the engine, the 'bare chunk of metal' is shipped to the engineers and they do thier precision machining, it is shipped back to you/your garage to be rebuilt and put back in the car. Maybe 'one stop shops' exist.
Out of general interest interest did you get round to costs?
You will sort it in the end.
Andy
Can you not use google translator mate?
I've been doing some more digging and it's all over the net including very old posts on here that these engines drink oil to the point as pointed out in the Guardian Newspaper (can't find the piece now) that in 2004 Audi recognised the problem and modified the oil control rings!!
Could all you good 1.4 petrol owners out in A2OC land pipe up and let us know what your oil consumption is like please? Silence is not an option as this indicates your car is drinking lots of oil. Lol.
Looking forward to your experiences of oil consumption or otherwise on these 1.4 petrol engines as it will at least help make my mind up which route to go down and will ultimately help all of us.
Cheers Mark.
My January 2003 A2 doesn't appear to use much at all, if any.
However, probably not a representative model as it was re-engined at 60K when a main agent (apprentice) mechanic totally messed up a cambelt change.
We weren't aware of anything but it only took 2,500 miles for it to go from full level
till the oil alarm would come on which took it just below the lower indicator level.