agree 100%. Do the maintenance and its a solid car.
Are you getting a code…
Sounds like you did a good chunk of the top maintenance work. Generally misfires after all the parts you replaced tends to be injectors. They almost are always the biggest source of misfires. Not saying it can’t be your HPFP as many have seen issues with those as well. Just giving some perspective
Thanks justincredible for input. Its blowing fuse S5 on startup. Then a bunch of codes. Disconnect HPFP doesn’t blow. Swap pumps and problem moved. Sure this is for another place in forums but wanted to pass on my experience. Will know 20 minutes after I get pump next day or 2. Fingers crossed
WOW great job doing the investigation and getting to the route cause of it. Its the winding in the HPFP that goes bad. Sounds like yours is beyond repair if its blowing fuses.
131k mi. and beast will be unleash in couple weeks…
That’s the perfect mileage to really let it rip.
Anyone have 300k miles yet?
That would be amazing in any modern car! But, I think this one could be the type to make it.
My goal is make it to 150k, which would be about another ~2.5 years at my current ~13k/yr pace.
I wonder what parts availability will look like in another 5 years…we’ll all probably be scrounging around for parts off of salvage cars.
This Car will do 500k it’s really not that complicated. Yes To junkyards though, and Parts cars lol
Dam you didn’t even stop at 200k you jumped right to 300… Given the 5.2 is an even better version of the 4.2 and they make it well into the high 100k almost 200k range I think this motor should handle that no issues. Obviously you need to do your maintenance and up keep but other than that you should be good. Its a simple motor.
Haha yes, and agreed Justin! 996 turbo have gone 500k+, I think the s6 could also do it, as it’s honestly simpler and while some parts are very “special” most are proven and shares across other proven VAG cars with some tweaks here or there. When are you taking the plunge?
08 Here 125,k+mi blk on blk, with random issues everyone seems to either be experiencing or have in the past.
That’s one of the cool things. While these cars have issues they all seem to be quite common. so it makes it a bit eaiser to fix most issues as you already know what to look for.
Bump for updates and new members.
I’ll jump back into this conversation… my 2009 S6 now has 132k miles. It has been my daily driver and have put 75K of those miles on it in five years.
With the purchase price and all maint/repairs, this car has cost me over $1,100 / month to own, excluding gas and insurance. (It is water under the bridge but I could have leased a nice car for about that price and spent WAY less time going back and forth to the dealer and my local mechanic.)
I plan to stop using this as a daily driver and just drive it periodically but keep it garaged for a long time because I really love the V10 and appreciate that N/A cars are a dying breed.
Two questions:
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does $1,100/month expense sound in line with other S6 owner’s (excluding those who can do the work themselves)?
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does anyone think owning this as a 5,000 mi/year car will be ridiculously difficult (obviously it will be expensive) in the future because of the already rare parts, MMI updates, electrical gremlins, etc.?
I have made some silly expensive repairs. Here is a breakdown of my $40k in maintenance and repair expenses:
$17,600 - Regular maint (5 sets of tires, brakes, tuneups, etc. - stuff any car requires)
$11,800 - Non-Regular Repairs (New Intake Manifold, ABS, Seatbelt latches, coolant leak, etc - dumb stuff that shouldn’t need to be replaced)
$4,900 - Extended Warranty @ purchase (WELL WORTH THE COST)
$3,500 - Other (Damage from a it and run, not Audi’s fault)
The upside is once you do the maintenance things like the oil separator pcv… plugs… coil packs things of that nature. Your really good for the next 100k. Espically thins like the intake manifold. Make sure to get the newest version. (JHM only stocks the latest versions) parts warehouses have the older versions. I saw one two months ago from 2015 that was “new” in the box.
Things like the JHM ECU and TCU tune will help really make the S6 a safe fun but fast super car like experience. The OEM S6 was great but adding and unlocking the performance is better and in some cases the JHM Tune helps with things like carbon build up and overall driving pleasure.
Now I do almost all of the work myself other than small things like wheel alignments and I would say with the things you have done like the warranty and other small things that is still on the expensive side but things link insurance depend on where you live so that is hard go gauge.
I do think with all the overly techy cars the line in the sand is clearly drawn and to keep the real car experience keeping the S6 now that you have done all of the work needed to keep the car relyable would be a good idea
Thanks for the comments… I should do some more research on the Oil Separator and PCV. Not sure that has been done on mine yet. Also need to make sure the dealer used the latest/greatest IM. I didn’t know to ask that question.
Our S6 just rolled over to 207k. 95% of the miles are highway.
Intake, regular maintenance, mobile 1, and Italian tune ups are key.
Sprint Blue '07, black leather, carbon and tech package. I think it’s sister was listed above.
Love the car, although we’re starting to see some electrical gremlins affecting her.
What a positive review. These motors are really good overall.
What kind of oil consumption do you get ns have you done a compression test