>I concur, regarding the 2.3L 10v fivers. They're rugged and quite possibly >in the top five for VAG's all-time most durable engines. Not to say that >they're perfect, but they certainly deserve respect. And best, is that >they're a non-interference design, so catastrophic failure is less likely >than their V6 replacements. I dig em. > >On 9/2/07, Chris S. <mrpolak@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> From my experience the 5-cylinder Audi engines are wonderful and hard to > > kill. I sold an Audi 90 with a 5-cylinder and 425,000 miles. It >ran great.
Apparently the early Audi 5s (were they 1.9 or 2.0?) were extremely unreliable. That is, if I remember, according to VolksWorld magazine. But later engines were reasonably solid. |
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