I just bought my first A2 (1.4 TDI 75hp AMF). It hadn't been driven for months and was sold with known errors such as faulty ABS controller. Car was high mileage (200k miles), looked clean, great spec, and was cheap.
I got in a rush... Owner was very nice and an Audi guy.. He knew cars. And he'd just made the A2 ready for me, put on summer tires and done a quick wash. I remember asking him about the oil change, and he said it was done last spring. Car had only been driven 10.000 km. Engine looked reasonably dry/dusty.
I was appalled when I found the dipstick a few days later.... I had to put in a lot of oil before it even reached minimum.. Yesterday I did an oil change (5W-40 VW 505.01) and inspected every creek of the filter. I found 4-5 pieces that looked like aluminium, tested non-magnetic. (Camshaft bearings?) Drained oil looked OK as far as it didn't have shine to it. But when emptying the pan I found A LOT of flakes. I am in disbelief that these flakes can have been inside the sump. (I didn't actually see them come out from the sump.) But I am quite sure my drain pan was clean.. the bits looks like rust scales, and the magnet confirms it is ferrous.
I always keep an eye on gauges and lights when I drive my cars. Thing is, this A2 may have duped me as well? As it has DIS (driving computer) and an ABS fault that does 3 loud beeps when you drive away, and then constantly shows an alert symbol in the display. I have now read that the very same display is used to display and OIL WARNING/ALARM.... ahem.... does anyone know how the computer prioritizes these faults? There was NO beeps from the display during my trips with this car. DIS has pixel fault. I have scanned it with VAGCOM and can't find any stored fault codes of low oil level or oil pressure alarm. But I don't know if these events would throw any code.
Please advise ?
I got in a rush... Owner was very nice and an Audi guy.. He knew cars. And he'd just made the A2 ready for me, put on summer tires and done a quick wash. I remember asking him about the oil change, and he said it was done last spring. Car had only been driven 10.000 km. Engine looked reasonably dry/dusty.
I was appalled when I found the dipstick a few days later.... I had to put in a lot of oil before it even reached minimum.. Yesterday I did an oil change (5W-40 VW 505.01) and inspected every creek of the filter. I found 4-5 pieces that looked like aluminium, tested non-magnetic. (Camshaft bearings?) Drained oil looked OK as far as it didn't have shine to it. But when emptying the pan I found A LOT of flakes. I am in disbelief that these flakes can have been inside the sump. (I didn't actually see them come out from the sump.) But I am quite sure my drain pan was clean.. the bits looks like rust scales, and the magnet confirms it is ferrous.
I always keep an eye on gauges and lights when I drive my cars. Thing is, this A2 may have duped me as well? As it has DIS (driving computer) and an ABS fault that does 3 loud beeps when you drive away, and then constantly shows an alert symbol in the display. I have now read that the very same display is used to display and OIL WARNING/ALARM.... ahem.... does anyone know how the computer prioritizes these faults? There was NO beeps from the display during my trips with this car. DIS has pixel fault. I have scanned it with VAGCOM and can't find any stored fault codes of low oil level or oil pressure alarm. But I don't know if these events would throw any code.
Please advise ?
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