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Date:         Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:11:45 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: 2.5 Liter 5 Cylinder "Volksie Bus"
In-Reply-To:  <1b85fa6a0709021458s29561716w615d9395b8b1c3c1@mail.gmail.com>
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>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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