All,
I need as much good solid advice as possible. I've always loved Audi's, but know they can tend to be a bit higher maintenance than some other cars and want to try and make sure I make a good investment....well as good as a car can be anyway. And figured no better place to ask than on this forum full of professionals on these cars.

I'm looking at a 2007 Audi A4, 6 speed manual 2.0T w/ Titanium package.

The car has 58K on it and seems very solid and the guy is asking 18K for it.

I think it is a decent deal, but curious if you can help me with any advice on what to looking out for so that I don't hose myself over. Obviously it is a used car, so no guarantees, but trying to cover my butt as much as possible.

Any feedback I can get would be very much appreciated. If I purchase I will definitely be posting pics.....Thanks in advance!!

 

Timing belt needs to be replaced pretty soon and it can get pretty pricey.

Also is it a Quattro?

 

Yes, the car is a quattro. Does not have a ton of other options though. No Bose or navi or anything like that.

So the timing belt needs to be done? The audi dealer said 100K it needs to be done. Ya know, I heard so much conflicting info on the belt replacement of the 2.0T. I hear 75K and I hear 100K......how do I determine which it is?

 

Its been covered extensively on the forums. While Audi says the timing belt itself is good to 100K, the problem usually comes from the tensioner for the belt giving out, or the water pump. Either of which makes the belt jump, strips it a bit, and makes your pistons become intimately familiar with your valves. Not fun, or cheap.

So, better safe than sorry.

 

I defer my inferior knowledge to the more knowledgable members above, but I thought Audi fixed the TB/ Tensioner problem in the 2.0T by using a timing chain instead. I have no idea why I think this, but I do...

 

for me, the timing belt was decided by the water pump giving out, and since it's ran by the timing belt, I had no choice.

 

Thanks Guys,
That is all good info. I'm still not sure what I'm going to do, but I need to do something this week....sold my old car yesterday....Yikes....thanks again for your input!!

Kind Regards,
Nate

 

the B7 2.0T is a FSI motor. it has direct injection which means fuel does not flow over the intake valves. this causes carbon build up on the intake valves. at 58k, it should've been cleaned once already. make sure you find out about that.

other than that i haven't heard of any major problems with the B7. listen to the turbo when it's under boost (3k-4.5k rpm). it shouldn't be loud at all yet a nice shhhhhHHHH sound is what you should hear.

test the clutch out by getting up to 30mph on an uphill, put it in 5th and floor it. if the rpm doesn't surge up, you are golden

 

Thanks for that feedback.....how do they clean the intake valves? Is this something an additive can take care of or is their some specific process the dealer does?

Nate

 

Only 99.9% sure of this, but I think it's a dealer process that must be done. Additives won't work because like Hiwords said, the fuel doesn't go over the valves which helps "clean" them.