Someone Else's Problem: My Winter Car - 2003 Audi Allroad - Of all cars, why this one?

[CraigB]

Yeah, most likely the valve stem seals. Probably dried up a bit from sitting or worn from infrequent oil changes.

 

[public]

Can it be a turbo oil feed line? BMWs have that sometimes, the first start produces a bit of oil smoke.

 

[93Flareside]

Can it be a turbo oil feed line? BMWs have that sometimes, the first start produces a bit of oil smoke.

Quite possibly, but if it's under the exhaust manifold like I think, that will not be fixed. No way am I doing that.

 

[93Flareside]

Braking news.

 

[CraigB]

Those are broken.

 

[93Flareside]

Those are broken.

Not only that but with how worn they were, it made the brake pedal travel very long which lead me to believe the calipers were messed up or I had a ton of air in system. Seems that wasn't the case at all.

 

[CraigB]

At least it was an easy fix.

 

[loose_unit]

Yay! Nice work!

 

[93Flareside]

Took the shitbox on a 175 mi round trip this weekend. Performed beautifully with the 6-CD changer filled up. So that was nice.

 

[93Flareside]

Had to do some testing today.

 

[93Flareside]

And Sold. New owner picks it up this week.

 

[loose_unit]

It was fun while it lasted and now it’s gone!

 

[lip]

Phew.

 

[CraigB]

Phew.

Same. I thought I was going to have to buy it from him.

 

[lip]

So then, what's next?

 

[ninjacoco]

So then, what's next?

https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?dam=0&isSearchRequest=true&ms=25300%3B%3B%3B%3B&ref=srp&refId=28d86b98-c6ce-8093-d686-061ff7648a48&s=Car&sfmr=false&vc=Car

 

[DanRoM]

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Those prices are insane.