Just read there is a recall on the fuel pump…
http://www.motortrend.com/cars/2003/audi/a4/recalls/
DAAMN!! Yours makes mine look like I don’t even have a problem!
I bet with new cams and lifters our motors are going to puuur :), how many are you doing, all 4? or just the exhaust??
That E30 is BEAUTIFUL!, So you have a 740il and 3.0 for daily? and the E30 is your track? Have you even considered doing the front USP on the 3.0! Red USP’s are hot!
I just had the one exhaust cam and 4 lifters replaced. It’s so quiet and smooth now. I keep listening for something to be wrong. The 740il died so I bought the A4. The E30 M3 is the first car I bought and have had it for 14 years now. It’s completely stock and never tracked. I’m going to keep the Audi stock. I’m in the keep it running and maintain it mode. That’s expensive enough.
E30 M3? Wow. Neat.
The car is all fixed and purrs like a kitten. Well almost. I got the car home and noticed it was leaking oil so I took it back to the shop. The valve cover was leaking at the gasket in one corner. They checked it out, put it back together, torqued the bolts and snapped one. So now I’m just waiting for the part to come in. Like I said the car is cursed.
And the driver side window started the crunching noise. I replaced the regulator about 5-6 months ago.
I believe I am cursed by my A6. It all started with what was assumed to be a cracked transmission, it was just the seals. While I had everything apart, I decided I would change all of the gaskets on the engine and clean it up. After giving up several times, I finally got the upper oil pan, after breaking 2 ears off of it because I forgot 2 bolts, and I also broke my oil pump drive chain…dont ask. The car was previously wrecked as well. I replaced the steering rack 2 weeks after I bought it, the original one was cracked in half, and both transmission mounts, the cast ones and poly one were broke as well.
Why not sell these cars if they are truly cursed or lemony?
In my case anything else will cost me more money. The car is paid off in 18 months and I need no car payments so I can afford for my wife to get her master’s. I love the car, I just hate that there is something constantly going wrong with it. I just have to deal with it and drive it until my wife is done school.
car payments or no car payments that’s kinda irrelevant
you have an asset (trade in value of your car) and a liability (your loan). The net value is the asset minus the liability (your equity). You then have 18 months of ‘payments’ that you are committed to the situation as well.
If we say your car is worth $5,000…and the loan is still $1800 and your monthly car payment is 150/month, that means your car’s net value is $3200 and you are willing to commit another $1800 to the situation. That’s $5,000. So you can go buy something that costs $5,000 all in and be in the exact same boat (unless you pay aggregious taxes and fees like we do in Canada).
Too many people feel like they can’t sell till their ‘payments’ are done. I don’t get that. I also don’t get why people say ‘my payments are done in December, so I will be looking for a new car’. Why not just drive the car you just bought over the last 3-4-5 years? The payment period isn’t a guide for when you should or shouldn’t buy a new car…it’s not indicative of a good time to make a change. It’s just indicative of how long it took you to comfortable pay for this car.
Personally I would keep a car for a long ass time if possible. Until the cost/benefit starts to get a little haywire. You appear to be extremely annoyed with your car…to the point you called it ‘cursed’. Frankly I wouldn’t drive a ‘cursed’ car. I’d exorcise that curse, pronto!
You kind of reinforced my thinking. Say I did owe $5,000. I’m not going to find a one owner car that is as fun to drive, in as nice condition and problem free for that price. My car is not problem free by far but if I buy another car it will have it’s problems too. In the end I want no car payments so I agree and I will drive it as long as I can. I would keep every car I owned if I could.
Gotcha. Keep it then and start thinking positive lol
I do love driving it. I look for any kind of excuse to drive it. The engine is silky smooth now the cam and lifters were replaced. I installed a magnetic drain plug so we’ll see if I pick up any of the metal from the damaged cam and lifters.
My thing is, once I get all of this work done, it will be more dependable than it was before. If I were to sell it as is, Id be losing out, and if I were to pick something else up, whos to say it would/wouldnt have the same problems. Most other cars out there that are in my price range are pretty boring as well.
Well she’s at it again. The check engine light came on yesterday. P0021. And today the sun visor broke. I can’t wait and see what happens by the end of the week.
I’m going to take a guess thats a camshaft sensor? Did you replace any sensors when you did your exhaust camshaft? and did you do the timing belt too? Maybe there was a install error, or could just be a bad sensor.
I had the car scanned at Autozone and this is what P0021 showed.
“A” camshaft posistion-timing over advance or… (thats what it shows on the autozone slip)
system performance bank 2.
Explanation: Open or short circuit condition.
Probable Cause:
- Poor electrical connection
- Failed Cam Shaft actuator-resistance 10-20 ohms
- Blocked oil passage.
What electrical connection should I check? My Bentley Manual on CD isn’t working right now. The car was leaking oil after I had the timing belt replaced. It was leaking at the twin cam gasket. That was fixed so I’m sure whatever electrical connection around there could be loose. The CEL came on 5 days after I got the car back from the oil leak fixed which was immediately after the timing belt service. The car is driving fine and no misses but the CEL stays on. I would like to clear it and see if it comes back before I throw parts at the car.
I usualy don’t curse the car for things that go bad.
I rub the dash and say nice baby please be nice today and tell her she’s great.
Its like praying to her.
Her=The car.
While most non-car people would think you are an idiot. I can totally relate to this.
My spare car at the moment requires a couple of parts, of which I would rather spend the money with JHM to get my 3.0 back up and running