Good Morning. This is my first post here.

I just bought a (used) 2002 Audi A4 QUATTRO 3.0 V6 yesterday.

It has 91,000 miles on it. I test drove it before I bought it and all that other good stuff, and it ran fine, no issues.

While I was driving to friends house to go out to dinner, the engine stopped running. I pulled off the road and did the guy thing, of opening the hood and acting like I could do something. I looked under the car to discover it had dumped about a quart of oil on the ground. At this point I put the key in my pocket and called AAA to tow it back to my house. (I have the best lawn ornament on the block now)

The little engine light with a slash through it is on. Therefore I already know not to start the engine because of oil leakage, and it won't start even if I did try.

I went outside this morning and looked underneath it and I do not see any oil puddles.

Washington state has a 3 day law that I can give the car back if it's under three days. I really do not want to because this is my first Audi and I REALLY like it. But, if it's more hassle than what it's worth, then I might just take it back.

What do you all think?

-EDIT-
After the engine stopped, the oil warning light came on.

 

I would take it back. Audis are not cheap to have worked on and yours def needs work. Keep looking, you'll find another one!

 

UPDATE

Called up the dealer.

They are towing it back to there place and putting it in the shop to get it repaired. He stated that if it is something that cannot be repaired, then they would put me in another Audi, or give me my old Impala back.

Hope it can be repaired, cause like I stated above, I really like it.

 

I would be wary of them doing work on it if they aren't audi techs or well experienced in audi.

 

There are plenty of A4 3.0's out there. I'd reccomend giving this one back to the dealer and finding another one. You do not want to risk the dealer doing a temporary fix and then your warrenty running out and you being screwed if something else happens. If you're going to get one with that kind of milage on it make sure the timing belt has been replaced. They are big bucks to do and even bigger bucks if it fails.

 

(EDIT - DISCLAIMER - I am not a mechanic, this is what I was told by the mechanic)

The mechanics could not tell what was wrong with the car at first. They knew it was leaking oil from the front of the car, but could not see it. Well in order to work on the front of any Audi engine, the ENTIRE front end has to be taken off. Five hours worth of labor to take the front end off. Bang! Found the problem. There is an eight inch screw with an oil retaining washer that had failed. The screw had broke six inches down, therefore allowing the road vibrations to jiggle it loose and spray oil all over the damn place.

The dealer is buying a warranty for me, so that they can re-coup some of their money.

In the mean time, I am stuck driving BMW for a loaner car. But, they could looked at me, flipped their middle finger and said, "you bought it, it's your problem now."

But, they didn't. They are replacing the motor as I type. So in a few days, I hope to get back to my Audi experience, and enjoy driving again.

 

Sounds great! I would stop by often to see the work and maybe take some pics of the engine out just to have proof that it was swapped.

Is it a remanufactured motor from audi?? This is the best thing that could have happened, it's like a free timing belt job but better! That belt job wouldve run $2k.

 

Went to the mechanic yesterday. When that bolt broke it sent the timing belt out of whack and all 24 valves (exhaust and fuel) punched through all six piston heads. So yea, the engine is toast. The timing belt was new, so the 90,000 mile maintenance was carried out on the car. Just a coincidence that a three dollar bolt broke, and destroyed a $5,000 engine.

Here, I have pics of my baby in the shop..... (sniffle)

 

Looks like that bolt was overtightened.

 

That would be my guess too. Seems to be the only logical explanation. To bad I can't go back and look up the shop that performed the job. Cause most shops warranty their labor, and I could probably take them to the cleaners for it.

After I get it back out of the shop, I'll dig into the depths of the forum to find this thread, and post a "post" update.