Nickberto

My mechanics swear did the same fix on over 20 cars already and of course mine is the only one with oil leaks. I’m trying to find the invoice for Check if he change the gasket or not, open the engine and change half of it and then don’t change the gasket is criminal! as I wrote before he told me yesterday that no have anymore the gasket for this car, sounds impossible to me but I will look onto it.

10 year sharp last month

this was the first car I bought in Thailand and was not a nice experience. I was fond of Audi but now I am pretty sure would be the first and last one. sell it fast,it’s the logical thing to do, but lose 300.000 thb for one year of usage sounds a bit too much. right now the oil used is Total brand (5w40), in the different forum i check everybody advice one or another brand so I just stick to what the mechanic use ( as he put on 100 of Audi’s should to be ok I hope). I will just keep an eye and get ready for some other deal… wife told me she loves the new Great Wall Haval but a new Chinese car sounds a bit risky too lol

Well I can’t exactly say how much oil was burned as the check isn’t with a gauge but electronic through the Mmi. Anyway after drive it for 100 km the level on the screen was half ( done this 5 times in a month start to be a major concern for me as I use the car daily)… insane and I am aware many people here they don’t care so much to keep putting oil inside the engine( Audi forum in thai)but going around with a tank of oil in the back was not feasible for me. Now I just change the oil yearly and not add one drop in 15.000 km/1 year…so I think the problem is solved.

No it’s not like that. Audi, worldwide and not only here( I read many forums already) never take the responsibility for completely mistake the design of the cylinder that eventually burn huge amount of oil, Audi also write in the maintenance book that use 1 lt of oil every 5000 km is completely normal. My bad I didn’t know it happen anything about this but was a big scandal especially because in Europe, if you wanted to fix this problem in an official Audi repair they asked an astonishing 5.000 or more euro. Problem that was their fault 100% but they simply don’t care or accept their wrongdoing. Some people involved lawyers but mainly Audi get away without any re-call or compensation also because happened only for this gasoline engine and for a couple of years, probably also not a top seller if you compare to the same engine but diesel. So ten years later the few cars still around or they to pay for fix( nobody) or still not fixed and move the problem from one owner to another. I’ve bought a car that used more oil than gasoline and I was so <deleted> of with the seller( that surely knew the situation but didn’t warn me)that he agreed to pay for half of the repair. a nice first purchase in the Los…but at the time I thought was the car that i was looking for and I probably rush too much. The spec on paper were good: one only owner with not many km ( I let later the mechanic check if they were real and he said yes), a few problem ( shock absorber to change and some nasty scratch on the side)that helped me to get a discount ( every other car I went to check or had 4/5 previous owner, too many km,sketchy or no maintenance, seller didn’t want to discount 1 thb even with the parking full of cars and covid 19 situation and didn’t let me try the car or let me take a mechanic here for check) Another problem that I didn’t know was that the car was grey market import ( I’m not sure 10 years ago have already an officiali Audi Thailand) so I couldn’t take it to repair at Audi Thailand or buy any spare parts from them ( Porsche has the same policy here in Thailand) A quick research and I found 3 shops specialized in Audi with positive review ( and at the one that I eventually choose, doesn’t matter what day of the week you go, he always have one or more of my specific model for fix… not a good sign). So i start to take the car there and I let him fix for me everything, until yesterday I can’t complaint him too much. Others shops I found who can deal with exotic cars or take months for a repair (they need to order the parts but him has a stock ready available)or ask 3/5 times more than him for the same job. I am aware this car it’s a money pit and I would never see that money back so i’m not avoiding any fix but trying to keep the cost sustainable. I’ve learn many things in 1 year that I would prefer knew before buy it and I would never expect a German brand so difficult or so expensive to take care. Lesson learned Next time sure I would buy a Japanese car same the wife’s Suzuki Swift that almost every shop can fix for few thb and have cheap spare parts. sorry for the long post but maybe can help somebody in the future to make a reasoned choice.

That was the idea as I :” invest” in 1 year over 200.000 thb and still not change the 4 tyres which are 20 inch (9000 thb per tyre). thai people really dislike Audi and the few interested they told me I should arrange finance for them but I’m not a second hand car dealer so I can’t. the only one real interested agree a price and after a few days just before delivery tell me he was interest but for 100.000 thb less and you can imagine where I told him to put his discount. Prices online for the few Audi available in Thailand with same age and km ( not over 4/5 cars)aren’t far from what I paid ( and surely km aren’t real or maintained same mine)but advertised online I got only calls from dealers that offer 50% or less than retail price. I’ve also tryed to exchange it for a new Benz, dealer offered me again 50% less than what I paid a few months earlier and again I walk away. The question is :”What am I going to buy if I can sell it?”. Another second hand car with the risk to get more expensive problem to fix? I drove 15.000 km and the only cost was 5.000 thb for change oil and filters. water pump, timing belt, shock absorber and half engine is new so car should be ok for many km. In one year pay only that amount for standard maintenance and the gasoline it’s not too much Imho…until something else broken down probably lol.

As he speaks Thai only I let my wife talk. So I ask him to do a proper repair and he told me the spare parts for my Audi ( 10 years old already) aren’t available anymore. Sounds a <deleted> as 1) he let me pay the same part 1 year ago and now unavailable?2) if I give him a car without leaks and he turn out to be a car with leaks it’s not ok. he send me a picture of what he uses and that would last around 2 years maybe less. Put this silicone again would cost 2/3.000 thb. I spoke with my Thai uncle who used to work for Toyota here and he told me that’s pretty normal to fix a leak like this here. I will let him search for me the code of this parts and try to get in Europe and shipped to me. Then I would let him put it again for free. Let’s see if I can do it

I don’t understand sorry

2.0 T with 211 hp and 4 cylinder Today he kept the car half day and i hoped he fixed it better than that. I will give him a call but I’m pretty sure he will say :” mai pen rai, it’s fixed ( for now)”

Long story short one year ago I’ve got this not very brilliant idea to buy a second hand Audi. Drove the first month I notice something strange, every 100 Km the car “ ate” 1 lt of oil. Simply insane. After visit 5 repair shops I got the verdict, Audi completely mistake the engine design and fix their production mistake cost 100.000 thb. After almost one year since the repair and 15.000 km, I can say the engine eating oil problem was fixed but yesterday I saw oil leaking, took today and the mechanic agree to fix it for free as still under his warranty for the expensive job done. In the picture you can see he put some black silicone and give a wipe to the oil leaks. now I’m not a professional mechanic but look like he doesn’t fix anything and only postponed the problem. And I believe the reason doing that is that would be expensive to fix and he doesn’t want to reseal the engine as he should have done ( and was paid)1 year ago. should I take the car again and complain him? Should I keep it like that? And he if refuse, how long can last a job like that?