Hey all,
Hope a few peeps can help me.
My folks back in Ireland have asked me to pick up an A4 1.9 TDI for them. They are particularly interested in a really nice S-line they spotted which I looked at yesterday.
The car is near immaculate and I can only fault it on one thing.....
There are only 3 stamps in the service history. Its got 78K and by my reckoning it should have at least 7 stamps (if fully senthetic was used) or 15 stamps if semi was used for the oil changes.
Ive not much experience with Diesels but the oil was really black so it defo needs changing asap.
The oil cap had some "gunk" on it as shown in the below photo. Now its not quite like mayo....so head gasket should be fine, but never the less it simply shouldnt be like that! I suspect its just some moisture in the oil and the age of the oil.
So this is my dilemma..... my folks really want it...but i dont want to buy them a dud. The car is mint and the service history and oil condition really lets it down, but its the gunk on the oil cap that has alarm bells ringing in my head.
Is this standard on diesels? Or is it really alarming???
Also....are those audi TDI engines bullet proof (particularly big ends) or if a few oil changes are skipped are they weak as and detrimental?
Cheers,
Jon