My 1.8t just ticked over 132,000 miles on my way home from work. Been my daily and stage 2 mapped since 2011. I look after her but also drive her hard. Best engine Audi ever made if you ask me. Can't imagine any of their recent engines surviving 24 years lol.
I recently sold a 2005 A4 3.2 V6, mileage not as high at 75,000 or so but still an old car, ran pefect still felt tight. Kinda regret selling it now, had it looking like an S4.
Tomas, thanks for nice video, I am also proud owner of this engine, 1.8T in Skoda Octavia Combi 1, bought it almost new and have since 2000. Now with 380 000 tkm, daily driver around the city. I drive it almost every day, picking up kids, doing shopping... Every time I start the engine, i feel the joy of all the miles we did together. It was my first car (bought with all of the money) and will stay with me until I can hold the steering wheel in my weak old hands. Since then, more than few cars came and passed by, I don't care, they are long gone and forgotten. But the first one, is the one. I do most of the service myself nowadays, been there in many of your shots from video, replaced almost all of the parts you did. But engine is completely untouched, and looks almost as shiny from inside (i have some build ups, i dont use BFG, change at 7.5-10tkm, Shell Helix Ultra). I have complete service and almost complete fueling history of that car in notes and app, and to me, it is the best car I could ever have. Had some ups and downs, but it never let me down stranded in the middle of the road. Just did EK/TK earlier this year, and also costed me more than 1k EUR just for maintenance (in parts, labor mostly myself), well, but thats life. Once again, thumbs up for nice car you have and please, show us how's the ride.
Octavia RS 1.8T bought used with K04-064 turbo - I paid more or less the same in parts and labour (2.3K Euro) to get it decent mechanically, touch wood (different parts to this vid). Or it would have cost the same except the 5 speed box has developed what looks like a big (and common?) problem with the diff........
Still driving the MK 4 BEV 2.0 8 valve manual trans Cars... so simple and easy to work on. Just bought a MK 4.5 City jetta 2.0 8 valve BEV manual trans 130,000 km very little rust. One place they rust is up under the plastic fender liners , the rear seams to be worst, the spot weld seam to pop off the paint and start rusting plus around the plastic inserts where the liner screws go in. Clean it up with a lock disc thingy and then I put Ospho Metal Treatment on any rust pits that you cant get with the cleaning disc. Prep it with acid etch primer then sealer, a bit of whatever other paint you want to put on it, put the liners back in, bobs your uncle.
For the earlier Audi tt's (same Haldex as your S4), with a filter change, Audi sells you a Haldex oil tube that has 275ml of fluid so 300ml should be ok. You normally fill with the squeeze tube from the drain hole in the bottom, quickly remove the squeeze tube and insert the drain plug (per the shop manual).
What tyres did you end up going wth Tomas? I see they are Toyo but??? Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for all the great content over the past year. Loved it.
My 1.8T which is on my 2004 A6 manual Quattro has just turned 270,000Km(167,000miles) and is running very strong, all is original(turbo, gearbox, internals and so on....). It was rated at 150hp from factory and i've been running it with a stage 1 for the last 30-40k km. The clutch seems to be weak now, i have just noticed some slippage under certain circumstances so i guess that's my next job on the car. But i am really impressed with this little motor, it is very very reliable as long as you maintain it well and it isn't a very demanding one in terms of maintenance, just keep up with the small things like minor oil leaks, plugs, timing and never go for long service intervals especially since for a supercharged engine it has quite a low oil capacity so it will wear it out quickly, i don't go over 9-10k km between services. It is a bit thirsty for its power output but can't all be perfect, better pay a bit more for fuel than for replacing the engine or having major issues with it. Definetely one of the best engines VAG made, reliable and very tunable!
Intake temp is high, because you have exhaust manifold below it and engine is idling, so the air flow is very low. When you drive and open the throttle, it will drop.
You can put the discs and 4 pot brembos off a seat Leon cupra r on these with standard wheels I had one of these on a 53 plate bam in silver it had 112 400 miles I just px for s3 sport back in August because the front wings were rotting and you can’t get them anymore like a lot of the parts I had it for 11 years it was a money pit but it put a smile on my face every day i do miss her but not the road tax it was 415 quid if you want a bigger turbo intake pipe check out badger 5 and get the v2 with the billet adapter to turbo
I found the oldest s3 in the classifieds for €11,500, 2009, 300,000 km, the question is whether you want to return the investment, and that should be the main reason for this undertaking, to earn more than if the same car was brought by the owner and the same things were done
When I had my s3, I read that some engines died, because of wrong air flow mass and lean combustion. you can check ot with vcds, but I actually doesn't know the right amount of air
Hey Thomas one irrelevant question but I am trying to understand: What is the difference between the v6 tdi 349 hp of 2020 year with the v6 tdi 344 hp of the 2024 year (except the obvious 5hp)
Haldex was bought in for this model which is FWD transverse engine from the start rather than spending money developing the Quattro system to fit Other transverse FWD cars use Hadex ,Volvo Ford and Mercedes. Transverse engines cars are cheaper to make than rear wheel driven one as the mini proved when it came out in the 60s plus its handling in slippery conditions.
@@Audimad52A4 and up were always Audi platforms and longitudinal with multilink since the B5 (C5 for A6). All lower A-characters (except A2 for body) are based on some VW platform with a transverse engine. This is a Golf.
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Thanx for this video , I prefer these older more practical audi's , have a 98 avant 2.8.with all leaks sorted , was my mums car toll she past on , but she drove into a traffic light island kerb , bent o/s stub axle , changed lower arm antiroll bar , which was 300£+ from dealer , said suspension is all rs4 on this car , no luck on ebay getting this stub axle . Can you recommend supplier ?
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More projects like this! Love the rescue missions of old classics.🤩
My 1.8t just ticked over 132,000 miles on my way home from work. Been my daily and stage 2 mapped since 2011. I look after her but also drive her hard. Best engine Audi ever made if you ask me. Can't imagine any of their recent engines surviving 24 years lol.
Most audi drivers don't look after them that well, when they are well maintained they ant so bad
I’m pretty confident my 3.0 supercharged engine will outlive any other Audi engine! Really reliable besides the supercharger intercoolers.
Gasoline engine maybe, but that Euro 3 1.9 TDI... 😅
I've been daily driving my 1.8T for 20 years it's now got 234k and still sounds sweet.
It's been mapped since 90k too.
I recently sold a 2005 A4 3.2 V6, mileage not as high at 75,000 or so but still an old car, ran pefect still felt tight. Kinda regret selling it now, had it looking like an S4.
Tomas, thanks for nice video, I am also proud owner of this engine, 1.8T in Skoda Octavia Combi 1, bought it almost new and have since 2000. Now with 380 000 tkm, daily driver around the city. I drive it almost every day, picking up kids, doing shopping... Every time I start the engine, i feel the joy of all the miles we did together.
It was my first car (bought with all of the money) and will stay with me until I can hold the steering wheel in my weak old hands. Since then, more than few cars came and passed by, I don't care, they are long gone and forgotten.
But the first one, is the one.
I do most of the service myself nowadays, been there in many of your shots from video, replaced almost all of the parts you did. But engine is completely untouched, and looks almost as shiny from inside (i have some build ups, i dont use BFG, change at 7.5-10tkm, Shell Helix Ultra).
I have complete service and almost complete fueling history of that car in notes and app, and to me, it is the best car I could ever have. Had some ups and downs, but it never let me down stranded in the middle of the road.
Just did EK/TK earlier this year, and also costed me more than 1k EUR just for maintenance (in parts, labor mostly myself), well, but thats life.
Once again, thumbs up for nice car you have and please, show us how's the ride.
Octavia RS 1.8T bought used with K04-064 turbo - I paid more or less the same in parts and labour (2.3K Euro) to get it decent mechanically, touch wood (different parts to this vid). Or it would have cost the same except the 5 speed box has developed what looks like a big (and common?) problem with the diff........
"The car looks great" is an under statement. I'm not sure if its the camera but Patrick done a excellent job
Another brilliant video 😊 you should be proud how it looks 👏
I would highly recommend getting an oil sandwich plate with a thermostat so you aren’t cooling already cold oil all the time!
Still driving the MK 4 BEV 2.0 8 valve manual trans Cars... so simple and easy to work on. Just bought a MK 4.5 City jetta 2.0 8 valve BEV manual trans 130,000 km very little rust. One place they rust is up under the plastic fender liners , the rear seams to be worst, the spot weld seam to pop off the paint and start rusting plus around the plastic inserts where the liner screws go in. Clean it up with a lock disc thingy and then I put Ospho Metal Treatment on any rust pits that you cant get with the cleaning disc. Prep it with acid etch primer then sealer, a bit of whatever other paint you want to put on it, put the liners back in, bobs your uncle.
A metal oil sump. Those where the days.
That's got to be the most sorted Audi on the Uk roads
A S3 in its natural habitat - the workshop. That radio and heater / ac control panel still looks mint, no worn off markings
Good production and presentation as always,,thanks
You guys did a great job, you should repair cars for a living 😉, great video, keep them coming!
YOU enjoy it = WORTH it! (+ Good ripper for th Track)
Great video Sir, it has to be one the best sorted s3s out there 😃
For the earlier Audi tt's (same Haldex as your S4), with a filter change, Audi sells you a Haldex oil tube that has 275ml of fluid so 300ml should be ok. You normally fill with the squeeze tube from the drain hole in the bottom, quickly remove the squeeze tube and insert the drain plug (per the shop manual).
very cool project, looking forward to track day
Great one once again Thomas 😁
This was a much better behaved Audi then the R6.
What tyres did you end up going wth Tomas? I see they are Toyo but???
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for all the great content over the past year. Loved it.
@@chrispy104k Toyo yes
Nice car, definitely worth saving! Love the 1.8T.
My 1.8T which is on my 2004 A6 manual Quattro has just turned 270,000Km(167,000miles) and is running very strong, all is original(turbo, gearbox, internals and so on....). It was rated at 150hp from factory and i've been running it with a stage 1 for the last 30-40k km. The clutch seems to be weak now, i have just noticed some slippage under certain circumstances so i guess that's my next job on the car. But i am really impressed with this little motor, it is very very reliable as long as you maintain it well and it isn't a very demanding one in terms of maintenance, just keep up with the small things like minor oil leaks, plugs, timing and never go for long service intervals especially since for a supercharged engine it has quite a low oil capacity so it will wear it out quickly, i don't go over 9-10k km between services. It is a bit thirsty for its power output but can't all be perfect, better pay a bit more for fuel than for replacing the engine or having major issues with it. Definetely one of the best engines VAG made, reliable and very tunable!
Definitely worth restoring this one
Please explain more the stuff you are doing in detail
Ahoj. Awesome project but shocking on the price!
One last thing remaining - get the 3DColorMFD installed 🙂
Is there still a source for that?
@@kingchaos4306 for what?
Intake temp is high, because you have exhaust manifold below it and engine is idling, so the air flow is very low. When you drive and open the throttle, it will drop.
You do understand he's an Audi specialist mechanic 😊
Love those 2000's S3's.
You really should get yourself and inductive heater for those exhaust nuts/bolts ; red hot in a minute or two!
Or brake them, slam the bolt uit and use nut and bolt at the holes.
You can put the discs and 4 pot brembos off a seat Leon cupra r on these with standard wheels I had one of these on a 53 plate bam in silver it had 112 400 miles I just px for s3 sport back in August because the front wings were rotting and you can’t get them anymore like a lot of the parts I had it for 11 years it was a money pit but it put a smile on my face every day i do miss her but not the road tax it was 415 quid if you want a bigger turbo intake pipe check out badger 5 and get the v2 with the billet adapter to turbo
well done im sure it will be fun
OK so I'm not the only one who has hell with the engine mount bracket.
you forgot to show the after short shifter :) it's a thing that I'm thinking to change in my car
@@RATADATUAVELHA accidentally deleted the footage 🥹 will go for a drive with it
I have it in mine. Feels great. Definitely worth it.
For the money, a short-shift kit is one of the best smiles per mile you can do for any car.
I found the oldest s3 in the classifieds for €11,500, 2009, 300,000 km, the question is whether you want to return the investment, and that should be the main reason for this undertaking, to earn more than if the same car was brought by the owner and the same things were done
Is it worth it? It is if you are happy with it Thomas. The return is not in cash, but in smiles per hour😂😂😂😂
When I had my s3, I read that some engines died, because of wrong air flow mass and lean combustion. you can check ot with vcds, but I actually doesn't know the right amount of air
It Can but That should come as lean / rich condition on lambda
My 2005 A4 B7 Avant is bankrupting me but for some reason I keep throwing money at it. New problem every week! Dont you just Love old Audis.
Did you change the battery in the smoke alarm?
😂😂😂😂
Maybe it is just too humid where he is at, it is the UK after all... 😂
Did you check the chain tensioner? Also, this engine is known to foul up the oil pick up. Worth dropping the sump to check.
Please if you didn’t see the whole video don’t comment 😀
Hey Thomas one irrelevant question but I am trying to understand: What is the difference between the v6 tdi 349 hp of 2020 year with the v6 tdi 344 hp of the 2024 year (except the obvious 5hp)
That's when Audi was were well built not like rubbish today
Do you have to use a new bolts for the engine mount?
@@victorg1931 no
@@VAGTechnic thanks 👍🏻
any update on the c6?
@@2xvxb609 just pick her up from Mallory
Before VAG went to sxxt
Lol a reliable Audi for a change 😂
29:13 lit lolled
Bs why would audi placed the engine transversely? Only for using haldex in this model? It would be faster than subaru with torsen
Haldex was bought in for this model which is FWD transverse engine from the start rather than spending money developing the Quattro system to fit
Other transverse FWD cars use Hadex ,Volvo Ford and Mercedes.
Transverse engines cars are cheaper to make than rear wheel driven one as the mini proved when it came out in the 60s plus its handling in slippery conditions.
A4 of this and next era were still longitudinal and torsion.
@@Audimad52A4 and up were always Audi platforms and longitudinal with multilink since the B5 (C5 for A6). All lower A-characters (except A2 for body) are based on some VW platform with a transverse engine. This is a Golf.
@@Audimad52 👍
@@rkan2 👍
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kasles na SR kanal? :) :)
uploaduje stare veci aby tu nebolo mrtvo
@@TomášOstrožlík tu sa už čaka na tvoj zamer s rs6 v usa :) filip už dal info a u teba furt mrtvo :D ale chapem, že pred sviatkami asi roboty po kkt
How dare Audi put a Haldex into an S3 and have the balls to brand it a ‘Quattro’.
They should put a small writing before it “sometimes “
I'm a rich man, if I count 500&/hour, how many hundreds of hours have I spent on maintaining and modifying my cars
You wanna sell it to me ?
urwałeś śruby z ukladu wydechowego na własne życzenie, takiej amatorki na tym kanale jeszcze nie widziałem, druga uwaga to odpowietrzanie układu chłodzenia, dlaczego nie używasz zestawu do chłodnic? pozdrawiam.
Thanx for this video , I prefer these older more practical audi's , have a 98 avant 2.8.with all leaks sorted , was my mums car toll she past on , but she drove into a traffic light island kerb , bent o/s stub axle , changed lower arm antiroll bar , which was 300£+ from dealer , said suspension is all rs4 on this car , no luck on ebay getting this stub axle . Can you recommend supplier ?