I have a friend who owns a repair shop and he just picked up a b5 1.8T (non-quattro) and he is trying to decide if he wants to keep it or just sell it. The reason he is thinking he may sell it is because after about 10 minutes of driving the check engine light, oil light, and the oil pressure alarm came on. The motor doesn't have any knocks, should I VAG it and see what error codes come up to help him decide if its worth keeping or not? Anyone have any ideas if it could be an easy fix or if its something major and he should just sell it?
View Poll Results: Should he keep or sell the B5 1.8T
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Sell it!!! Motor is shot!
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Pics and sell it here so someone can use it as a parts car!
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Keep it sounds like a easy fix!
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Need to be VAG report to answer
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05-26-2011 10:26 AM #1Veteran Member Four Rings
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05-26-2011 03:27 PM #2Veteran Member Four Rings
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Well if I were m I would pull off valve cover off in check for sludge probably is the issue. If its sludge I would do auto rx on it and see if that helps.
Vag is a given to get codes firstmy ride: 2001 A4qtm... 2871r, 440cc, 3 bar, turbo xs dv, custom 3" exhaust, test pipe, Cm fx400 billet LWFW...
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06-20-2011 05:36 PM #3Senior Member Three Rings
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you dont have anything to lose by vaging it, and it only takes 5 min.
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10-19-2011 04:23 PM #4Active Member Two Rings
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if he owns a repair shop then he can fix it for free just buy the parts duhh
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11-04-2011 10:11 AM #5Senior Member Three Rings
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Seems a little extreme to sell it without even running a VAG on it.2001 1.8TQM
Speed doesn't kill. It's that damn sudden stop.
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11-04-2011 12:43 PM #6Site Moderator Four Rings
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A repair shop owner should never sell a car because he is scared of potential problems. He should at least investigate them and provide an estimate for repair to the potential buyer. Better yet, fix it and sell it as serviced. For a mechanic to push problems onto a customer.... just so wrong.Jim - Moderator
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