Catalyst82
Registered User
Hi All,
My wife's 59 1.8 A3 has had a major mechanical failure.
It started with a rattle that kicked in around 2k rpm and stopped at around 2.5k. I assumed this was an exhaust issue which was resonating at certain revs. It appears not.
She started the car Saturday morning, it fired up, went crunch and stopped. It would then turn over but not start. We called out the recovery service, the guy tried starting it and said "that is not good", checked the oil and found metal fragments in it! He suspects a timing issue.
Anyone else recognise this? Is it cam shaft/valve/spring failure? Has the belt/chain gone? The car wasn't suffering any performance issues before hand.
Anyway, we're left with two options. Take it to an Inde and hope they can repair it more economically or take it to the Audi main dealer and hope for a good will gesture. The car was bought 2nd hand from Audi in 2013 with a FASH and only has 45k miles on it.
What would your course of action be?
Thanks in advance,
Alex
My wife's 59 1.8 A3 has had a major mechanical failure.
It started with a rattle that kicked in around 2k rpm and stopped at around 2.5k. I assumed this was an exhaust issue which was resonating at certain revs. It appears not.
She started the car Saturday morning, it fired up, went crunch and stopped. It would then turn over but not start. We called out the recovery service, the guy tried starting it and said "that is not good", checked the oil and found metal fragments in it! He suspects a timing issue.
Anyone else recognise this? Is it cam shaft/valve/spring failure? Has the belt/chain gone? The car wasn't suffering any performance issues before hand.
Anyway, we're left with two options. Take it to an Inde and hope they can repair it more economically or take it to the Audi main dealer and hope for a good will gesture. The car was bought 2nd hand from Audi in 2013 with a FASH and only has 45k miles on it.
What would your course of action be?
Thanks in advance,
Alex