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Audi a4 tdi

  • 16-01-2012 3:29am
    #1
    PeterB11
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭


    looking at a few of the 1997 models that are for sale.
    Wonder has anyone any experience with them, the 110bhp models.
    What are they like and what to look out for when looking at one?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Chimaera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,652 ✭✭✭Chimaera


    Same chassis as the VW Passat sold from 1996-2005 so the same issues a lot of the time.

    Front suspension ball joints wear out - parts kit to replace the whole lot is about €400-500 for decent stuff.

    TDI engine is basically sound once it's been maintained properly - they don't tolerate poor maintenance well. The variable geometry turbo on the 110 bhp version you're looking at could be sooted up if the car's been driven too gently. Vacuum lines can rot out after a while: on a car this old they should hopefully have been replaced by now.

    Expect the injector nozzles to be worn on a diesel that old. A new set will be a few hundred euro by the time they're fitted and tested.

    The dual mass flywheel will almost certainly need to be replaced if it hasn't been already.


  • #3
    PaulKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭PaulKK


    Chimaera wrote: »
    Same chassis as the VW Passat sold from 1996-2005 so the same issues a lot of the time.

    Same as the Bora you mean?

    My 98 passat was way longer than our 97 A4.

    The 97 A4 we had was a 110bhp TDI, great car.


  • #4
    Chimaera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,652 ✭✭✭Chimaera


    PaulKK wrote: »
    Chimaera wrote: »
    Same chassis as the VW Passat sold from 1996-2005 so the same issues a lot of the time.

    Same as the Bora you mean?

    My 98 passat was way longer than our 97 A4.

    The 97 A4 we had was a 110bhp TDI, great car.

    No, same as the Passat. They just shortened it by 10 cm behind the front seats for the A4. It's called the B5 platform within the VW group.

    Bora has transverse engine, Passat and A4 are longitudinal.


  • #5
    PeterB11
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭PeterB11


    Would you be severely put off by one with two hundred thousands kms??

    Its gleaming in every way judgin by pics etc but would all the above mentioned, be a problem if they havent been sorted/


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