Hey guys, im having 3 problems with my car that any help would be greatly appreciated. So 1st problem, my car is suffering a huge power loss going up hills, upon inspection i noticed a hose in between the fire wall and the head which im guessing is the pcv hose was covered in oil, could this be the problem? Also my 02 sensor is dead so mabe that is contributing to these problems including, burning oil and the scent of hot oil, im not leaking any or burning it on the exhaust but internally. And valve lifters ticking, also when i start the car it makes a rattle like the oil is not getting to the top fast enough. I use a high flow oil filter k&n and i use royal purple 5 30w synthetic oil usually i do my oil changes myself but i had valvoline do it and they put a 5 20w syn power in there but it should be ok because it is winter. Second problem, my motor mounts keep breaking, im using duralast mounts from autozone but i have replaced my driver side mount 3 times in the span of 6 months so its only the driver side that is breaking, the passenger mount is an oem mount from a german auto parfs store, so is it just crappy quality mount or is there another problem somewhere causing this? Third problem, i hit an axle on the freeway from a semi truck and shattered 2 bbs rims and shredded 2 michellin pilot tires, thats 1800 bucks down the
drain i had new rims and tires put on and had them balanced and rotated, shortly after i had an alignment done. But i noticed the cleaeance between the tire and fender on the front passenger side is closer than the driver side. Also i feel a shaking at 65mph. What could it be? Lca? Screwed strut? Its annoying, my axles click sometimes but those are cheap and easy to replace but they shoildnt cause a shaking. Please help, all of these things alltogether make me feel like im driving a piece of crap but i love my audi and just want its performance and smooth ride back.

 

Power loss is a bit vague and might be tough to track down. Obviously oil anyplace outside of the engine is usually a bad sign. Any chance you could take a picture of the exact hose you're talking about? Dead 02 sensors never do anything good, so I'd get that guy replaced as well. The ticking you're describing could be any number of things: injectors, lifters, cam chain tensioners, valve tap, etc. Does it get better or worse when the car reaches operating temperature?

As for the motor mounts, there's gotta be a reason they keep breaking. Have you been replacing all three or just the two on the sides? How about the trans and diff mounts?

If you hit an axle from a tractor trailer hard enough to shatter two wheels and shred two tires, then you hit it hard enough to bend some suspension parts. That's likely the cause of your clearance issues, and quite possibly the shaking. Leave the front passenger's side wheel on and jack up that corner of the car--and for ****'s sake don't use the widow maker. PLEASE use a real jack and some jack stands.

When you get that corner jacked up, grab the wheel at 3 and 9 o'clock and wiggle it, then do the same at 12 and 6. It shouldn't move around much at all, or make any noise. If it does either of those things you're gonna need to replace some control arms, TREs, sway bar links, wheel bearings, etc.

 

Sounds like your valve cover gaskets are blown. the engine will loose oil rapidly and most likely slow burn off on the block so you won't see much smoke. This explains why ***** covered in oil. pcv hoses might be broke as well. causing the oil to fling every where. Engine mounts. are you using a snub mount.? if not this will cause your engine to fling forward and break mounts. Also on german cars use quality parts not some cheap general ****. ECS will have the right parts you know you can trust. 034 density line parts are great swell.

 

Thank you for your reply. I will post a picture for you later today, its not a whole lot of oil but enough to be a clue, the clicking noise doesnt really change from cold start to warm up, its pretty consistent, i know for a fact its coming from under the valve covers so it cant be injectors, but it is something valve related tho, and for the mounts, i bought oem tranny mounts and motor mounts only one of which is an autozone mount, and for the suspension, lol i have a snap on jack and snap on stands, i will get to the suspension tomorrow also and let you know how that goes. I hope its not any bent parts, think mabe my strut lost its rebound? Like a seal in there just took a crap from the trauma?, ill update my post tomorrow so you can get a better look

 

Well theres not very much oil, just a little bit coating the pvc hose, "i think" and i already replaced my valve cover gaskets, cam seal tentioners so i shouldnt be leaking from there, i need to get my mirror out and double check, that is a possibility, funny you mention the snub mount tho, i just put in a new oem one from the dealer. The funny thing is when i put the new mount in it broke after 10 miles, that really pissed me off. All of my mounts are oem from a german parts dealer but my driver side mount, which happens to be the only one breaking so it probabally is quality related but regardless, 10 miles and it breaks? Thats just shitty. Ill go ahead and get my money back and buy the oem mount and see how that goes

 

did you replace the snub after it broke? even without the snub it should be braking both of them together. Did you jack the car up and see if any bolts have rattled out or misplaced?

 

No, every thing is in its place and snug, i now have a brand new snum i just put in, so far so good, i cant find a way to post a pic on my iphone so i can only describe the hose, it comes from the crank case to the back of the intake manifold, im pretty sure thats the pcv so would that be the problem for my power loss? I already changed coil packs and plugs along with a seafoam treatment and also changed my fuel filter and fuel pump so i dont know why my car has a loss of power. Also i did check for movement on my front wheel, no movement, its all snug and tight so strut mabe?