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Ritchie
05-24-2012, 01:18 PM
I have a 2005 A4 quattro with the 1.8L. It just turned 76k on the odometer. Yesterday I drove to work no issues parked and the idle sat high then the CEL came on solid. I left work and when I started the car the idle was still high and CEL was still on. Stopped to pick my kid up and plugged in obd2 reader. It came up with random misfire, misfire cylinders 1-4, and high idle speed. I cleared the codes and the idle dropped became extremely rough with very noticeable misses. I drove home a couple of miles and at higher rpms it smoothed out. I got on it once and it spooled up but not as peppy as before. When I got home I could smell oil. Popped the hood and the dipstick had been blown out and the engine bay was covered in vast amounts of oil. Not sure where to go from here. Could the pcv valve do all of this? A coil pack should not creat crank case pressure. I'm not rich enough at this point to take it to Audi or to start just throwing money at it. Any input is appreciated. I did flush out and clean pcv valve when the dealer said they'd have to order one and there was no change and all the same codes.

Emilgevor
06-25-2012, 05:25 PM
Hey man I just got mine fixed after few weeks of troubleshooting it. It turned out that its a crankcase breather valve.
Took me about 1 hours with a friend to get down there and replace it.

http://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-B6_A4-Quattro-1.8T/Engine/ES2214901/

take yours out and see if its still good. I bet money that if you close all the ports and blow into top nipple air will come out of the sides.

Good Luck