Went to my local Audi dealership and said to them i would be interested in getting the car serviced in the future there to make it sound like i meant business in the future but also said the car was using ALOT of oil. So the car is booked in on Tuesday for them to give it a once over and look for oil leaks etc (which i know it doesn't) and then go from there. No doubt it will cost me for this first work to be done but at least its on the books then.
I would be concerned that Stage 2 is not the crank modification that cost me £600. Or if not it could be that the £1900 is what they are going to charge you as the actual cost will be much higher, as everyone else has had bills in the several thousands and mine is going to cost over £6K (although Audi are paying).
Just waiting for Audi to decide if they are going to do just the pistons or complete new block as well.....
Update on my A4, Audi came back with the price of £400 inc VAT for the first part of the oil consumption test, I need to drop the car off tomorrow, I asked them to give me a ball park for stage 2, they have told me that worst case scenario it will cost £1900 inc VAT Max. Which is great from an original quote of £5000 but still a lot of money.
The garage I bought the car from have said that they will cover the costs of oil consumption test stage 1 (£400) which is great and much appreciated. They haven't yet confirmed if they will cover stage 2 (£1900) I hope so as it will save me a lot of grief.
I asked the person I am dealing with at Audi, how they had come to the conclusion that it is the pistons on their advisory note I got from my diagnostics check? He answered that the car is showing all of the symptoms of this fault, I said (as I have said before) as this is a known fault, why are Audi not repairing this as a warranty repair / recall on the cars, he said it isn't a recall because it isn't a safety issue, which is fair enough, but I said Audi US cover the cost of these repairs, why are the UK not doing the same to which he couldn't answer, but the important thing here is, should I get to stage 2, which I think I will, I am going to bring that little conversation up with Audi UK to see if anything else can be done.
The only reason I have managed to get this far is because of the full Audi Service History and threads like this, giving me knowledge on the car issues, without that, I think I would be in a pickle.
Does anyone know of anyone that has ever had the issue resolved from Stage one of the oil consumption test, or anyone who has just had stage 2 done straight away without Stage one being carried out?
I'm going to ask for a detailed break down of the fault and find out why each part is required. Car is smoking heavy though under load so oil is def getting past something.
As far as I'm aware the mmi graph only represents 1litre of oil like a dip stick would. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
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I was just reading back through the forum and was wondering if that is correct, the oil level on the MMI represents only 1 litre of oil? Well I never
It is ridiculous to hear how people can pay anything from nothing to £7000+ to have it put right when it is nothing to do with how they have looked after it, driven it or cared for it. It should have been down to Audi to recall (although not a safety issue) to have it corrected, to save all the time and money wasted by the Audi drivers who only in the end get to the same point as each other... New Pistons, engine breather, crank shaft etc. it would be better customer service at the end of the day.
Does this happen to all of the Audi Tdi's ?? I am really concerned about this have just for the fist time gone for a Tdi after only driving petrol cars before....