Revived! My 346k mile Audi A7 TDI Hits the Road Again -- Service History, Tour, and Whats Next
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Part II of my 346k Mile 2016 A7 TDI Prestige! This beautiful, one owner, absolute unit of a car recently underwent major open heart surgery receiving a new (used) engine! She's back and better than ever! In this video, I go through the service history ($58k of work done at Audi that I know about), give a walkaround of the car, and try to figure out what to do next (do I tune it???)!
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Now you got it back on the road, just drive it and enjoy it. Can’t wait for the detailing video
I' m Spanish and have one of those, it's stage 1 tuned, with 300 HP and 680 Nm of torque, and it's a beast!!!!!!! Just an sporty car with an incredible 25 MPG average fuel consumption.
The problem of the tune is that the Stronic (here, in Spain, this car suites dual clutch trans) will suffer . But in your country, where suites the automatic trans (zf 8HP), the tune is a must!!!!!
The stuff the extended warranty covers usually fails because of the emissions system anyway. They're extremely reliable once deleted, get a signficant MPG boost and the 80hp extra on a stage 2 tune is a good bonus.
Egr?
what are your recommendations for an a7?
The dieselgate extended warranty covers everything that sets of a check engine light. If the code wouldn't have came up when he went to have them do the diesel gate inspection, he could've got a brand new engine.
Whoa, the previous owner replaced all injectors and DPF, that's very good.I also have a 3.0tdi Phaeton with 160.000miles.
I suspect the new engine have the original chains so it's still a problem for the distant future, not to worry about but just change oil at 7k miles max and 5w30 only!
5-40w
So glad you changed the engine..and you now have a fantastic car that should cover at least another 150,000 to 200,000 miles..👍🤛🤛
Totally agree with you, just too much of a coincidence that the engine destroyed itself after a service and one trip when you picked it up. Someone fucked up badly.
I enjoyed both videos on the Audi. I'm shopping for a daily driver and your story helped me to make comparisons of this luxury brand to mainstream brands that I have owned. Well done.
All that maintenance would’ve been a lot cheaper at a local (well known) German car shop but that’s the last owners problem lol. Nice car man, really clean for the mileage
Yeah, I thought the same. I know his service advisors were sad to see him sell the car! Thanks man!
Have paint correction, revivify nano-coating/ceramic coating,PPE AND be aggresively early on your oil changes (Audis recommended oil change interval is total BS) - less dirty oil circulating internally.The additionally factory warranty is short - chances are you'll encounter more problems and headaches. Tune it and that torque is enough to make you swear and possibly smile like the Joker
Do you recall, my DPF went out a month after I bought my TDI and it was covered. So many super expensive components are covered under that warranty, if you read it. It is the only reason I bought the car because otherwise, it was an expensive gamble. $1800 for labor. My VW dealer wanted $1k to replace the thermostat on my TDI. Crazy! F you're states fees. Your A7 looks really nice, when I bought my MK6 with 62k it wasn't this clean.
Just Drive it and Enjoy it.. don't mess it up with altering .. with normal oil changes and maintenace.. you can take it to a million miles.. 👍
Very interesting story. I just bought this same car in the UK
isn't the recommended oil change interval 5-10k miles for the TDI? I think there's a gap between 235 and 255 and huge gaps after that. (or maybe it's just not written down in the list) but if so, this certainly didn't help.
I'd leave it be and enjoy it or tune it. For youtube views, tuning it is going to get more attention. Check your local laws regarding emissions equipment, especially prior to posting on youtube. I had a BMW 335D years ago and loved the power and fuel economy. But the BMW regularly wanted to check-in with the mother ship at the dealership and none of the local shops would work on the diesel beast. Before selling it, I cleaned the intake and replaced the MAF Sensor to clear a check engine condition. I couldn't believe the amount of crude the EGR had deposited on the intake, I scraped off loads carbon crude. Good luck, I hope you post more adventures about this car.
I live in AL, so minimal laws besides the federal ones and no emissions inspections! People here who delete diesels really only get hosed when they go to trade them in and the dealer doesn’t want to buy it! I’ve always wanted a 335D! That’s actually the car that got me into diesels - I was in high school at the time, watching loads of Top Gear wondering why we didn’t have diesels in America, and then bmw dropped the 335d! All these years later and I’ve still never driven one! I’m working on an update video now, been about a year with the car, I paint corrected it and basically rebuilt the front suspension chasing a small noise - she’s doing great!
I can understand why people dump these cars before 100k the service and parts are crazy
dawg I have a volkswagen 4 cylinder TDI and even that has cost a fortune to repair. Can’t imagine how expensive it is to fix and TDI V6 in an audi
I just seen this channel has under a thousand subscribers im shocked cause for only watching 2 videos on an old Audi im hooked, what do you think are you going to delete it?
You have no idea how happy this comment made me! I actually have another Audi video pretty much finished and a few other projects that I’m trying to figure out what to do with!
The current thought with the Audi is that because of the miles it’s pretty much worthless, and I can’t see anyone giving me what it’s worth to me. So if I’m married to it, I might as well delete it and maybe wrap it a cool color or something
so those 58k for service, could of been about 20k at indie shop.
Just made a comment about that, I’m glad I’m not the only one to realize. Dealerships are why people go broke trying to maintain luxury vehicles. He could’ve invested that other 38k and have dbl, triple the amount by the end of that time prd 🤦🏽♂️
Seems like he didnt have too many issues before 300k--pretty good.
Thats a respectable mileage
I have to admit that deserves some respect. Most people would just scrap or junk a car with that many miles once a repair costs a certain amount. Kudos to you sir for keeping a well used Audi on the road. As far as what to do next? Maybe update the infotainment and sound system? Lovely looking car as is so doesn't really need much in the way of body kit mods. Tune it for sure at least to stage 1/1+.
The drive back to home chewed the engine up for a reason, and I suspect swarf and debris in the oil pan, it should have been dropped cleaned or replaced to remove the sediment and sludge. I think the previous owner did smaller journeys which didn't disturb the good and dirt in the oil pan, a state to state drive will push so much oil around the pan it into the oil circulation like a shaken snow globe.
Its so unfortunate because it would've been interesting to see this car go 500k or a Million miles on one engine like a Toyota, Honda, Saab, Volvo.
The bloated sensor based electronic system and German analysissy has turn the A7 into a cost computer. As nice as the previous owner seemed he knew or felt it was going out, or else he would have driven the wheels off it.
I know that sounds mean but in the car trade I've had plenty types of people lie to me that where wealthy, upper class even a children clown. Poorer social people tend not to lie as easily because they have a sense of guilt that chews them up.
Hutchinson auto on the southside down from UAB are great and honest
Just subscribed watching your last video on this car
There is a really nice car and unique experience. With this high mileage this car is still in the mint conditions. I believe to dump this car would be the biggest sin))
You can silence the annoying door chime by pushing the arrows on the steering wheel
Dude THANK YOU! Used engine came from LKQ - no complaints!
Do you know how many miles the replacement engine had on it?
Where did you get that new used engine?
Audi dealership was reaming him with no lube 🤦🏽♂️ $500 oil changes!? At my indie shop I supply my own oil and filters, $67.50 for the service 😅. Honestly dealer services is why most ppl go broke trying to maintain luxury vehicles. Find a reputable Indie shop and pay just a fraction for the same work.
For example, I saw he paid $3500 for fuel injector replacement 😮💨. I own an Audi A5, obviously different vehicles and engines. But I can get 4 for $268 if going with Bosch, which is OEM exact as Audi just minus the branding which is around $900. My shop charges $105hr. Let’s just say it took 4hrs (they’re relatively easy to get to, probably a 2hr job) the total would be $688 before tax let’s just say $750 out the door! Even less if the job takes less time.
Yeah I thought the same thing! I bought all the expensive “correct” oil and was at like $70 with filter. Like dude what are you doing! But hey, we can say what we want but he kept a damn clean car!
@@danielcars367 Hey if you have the money to spend and it gives you peace of mind, I guess who are we to judge right lol. He definitely took great care of the car regardless!
What price you bought it for?
What did you pay for the car?
If around $6-7k then you got a deal and now you’re ahead.
It was the fuel system that ruined your engine. The engine would have kept going had the HPFP failed. 346k miles it was due.
10k 😬 and at 15k with a used engine installed. So my idea to have a cheap, cool, A7 kind of got ruined!
I’m not unhappy though. Win some and lose some! That’s an interesting take, I figured the timing chain guides started breaking
You spent 15k, this car is worth about 20-25k???
@@danielcars367 15k all in isn't bad at all. how many miles did the Q5 donor have?
@@arthurs7882 Only like 110k!
@@danielcars367 That's not bad. This engine didn't have issues till like 2.5x that many miles!
Questions2 - Where or what brand software to update the MMI? And have you entertained deleting it and Malone Tune?
So apparently all 2016’s came with the hardware to enable CarPlay, but only 17+ had it enabled from the factory. There’s a thread on one of the forums that goes into how to do it, involving downloading a bunch of bash files onto an SD car and loading them to the car.
It’s a pretty technical (and glitchy) process but there’s a guy mentioned in the thread that will do it remotely for like $50.
I’m still so tempted to take it to Audi, have them do the recall, and get me 4/48k mile warranty! But like at the same time that’s gonna kill the power even more and yeah there’s another huge part of me screaming “who cares about the warranty just delete it and have fun”
I’m undecided haha
Tune it!
Do you have an update on this car?
How did you enable car play on MMI?
It only works on the 2016 models, but there’s a thread somewhere on audizine or Audi forums that goes through it. Basically you download a software update to an sd card and install it to mmi. I remember it being surprisingly technical, but there were a lot of people who offered to do it remotely for like $80
Keep the car "as is" without mods, enjoy it and take to 500,000+ miles
No!
the seller stitched you up a kipper
Tune it
Take the warranty unless it’s really important to you to have an extra 20% torque.
DPF 5500bucks, injectors 4000, nox and adblue sensor 2500.... No wonder people in the US call those cars money pits, you guys are getting ripped off.
To be fair those are dealer prices which is a ridiculously dumb place to service a car like this. Would be much more reasonable at an indy but still not even close to Europe prices
A downpipe cost 300bucks and the EGR delete cost a software that you have to do with the dpf cat delete anyways.
Delete the emissions and you ll have a 10x better car
Delete the emissions!!
EGR DPF CAT Delete and you will have a much more reliable car that sounds lika GTR!
Chaning the oil at 10000 miles and using the start/stop is a recipe for disaster
I hope you get it deleted because if you do it’s gonna get much better fuel mileage, power and last a lot longer with less things to worry about.
I was just thinking about throwing together a video on it actually! So I’ve just been driving it, at like 349,700 right now. Put brakes on it, a control arm or something has started making some noise so I have to address that, and I’m waiting for the pollen to die down so I can go out there and do a full paint correction, gonna look awesome!!
I’m still tossing the idea of taking it in to get the emissions fix done and claiming my 48k mile warranty! The reality of this car being nearly worthless has sunk in though and I figure if I’m gonna probably have it around forever I’d really love it deleted and tuned!
whats that ticking sound?? hahaha
Audi cars have that sound.
when is da next vid comin
Hopefully soon! I need to do brakes, rotors, a control arm that’s making a noise, and paint correction! Now that it’s nice weather out I want to get back to the cars