JoshM

Final update to my ongoing issues. I have recently returned the car and am being issued with a full refund due to the engine showing signs of failure and after an independent inspection comeing back with and telling me that they do not think i even have my original engine in the car. Id like tothank everyone for being so helpful i have really appreciated it. I think im going to stay away from this generation of Audi now. And save up for one of the facelifted 8V models instead

Well they said that the were doing a full rebuild and that there was quite alot to replace. They did not say every single piece that is being replace but they said it is about £1000 in parts being shipped directly from audi in germany. And thanks for the advise i will definitely be asking for an invoice

Will do. Should hopefully be only another 2 weeks now from what they were saying

Just wanted to do a quick update on everything thats going on. I took the car back to the dealer a few weeks ago and after a bit of testing they have confirmed that it was infact the piston rings that have failed. They are getting in a VW specialist to do a full engine rebuild for me completely free of charge and have just given me a courtesy car in the mean time. I want to thank everyone for all your help and advise. It is much appreciated and has really helped

Ok. Thank you for the advice. I will get onto them tomorrow and will update once i know more

Yes i did. It came with a 3 month warranty so im hoping that it may be covered. But want to have at least some idea on what im dealing with. I spoke to them a couple weeks ago and they just told me to monitor it for a while but did not say much else

Hi. Just wanted a bit of advice. I have a 2010 a3 1.8 tfsi, the car seems to be hoing through its oil very quickly and when me and my stepdad looked at the exaust its is spitting out quite a bit of black liquid and occasional smoke when i rev the engine. The image i have provided is what came out holding this bucket a few inches away if that helps. I have only had the car about a month and have alrady had the oil light come on once and so topped it up and have then had to top it up again from half way since then. I have only driven about 400 miles since buying the car. I saw one post on here that said failed piston Rings are common with these engines could that be the case with this one. Any help and advice would be much appreciated thanks!