Hey Scotty! I know your gonna hate me but my first car is a used 2005 audi a4 1.8t with 160k miles my buddy sold to me for $1000. I drove it problem free except a broken heater for about 4 months until my check engine came on. I scanned it and got P0302 which upon further research says a cylinder 2 misfire so i replaced all 4 spark plugs and all 4 coil packs but the car still felt off and the code remained. So I found out fuel injectors could aslo cause misfires and i watched your video how to test them at home with a flathead screw driver and as I was doing that and I started seeing a little bit of white smoke rising from what looked like the engine head I quickly turned the car off and haven't driven it since. If it came to it i would send it to a shop and rebuild the engine or replace it complety
Did you try any further diagnosis?
https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/qa/misfire-4/
Before you replace the engine, check the market value of your vehicle, first.
I havent done any diagnosis since ive seen the smoke im pretty sure my fuel injectors are alright
Have a read through the link above, however, if it’s the engine wearing out, don’t bother fixing it. I say you made out well with a $1000 A4 for 4 months. Try doing a wet & dry compression test first.
Thank you much appreciated with the wet and dry test will that basically determine if its worth keeping
It’ll let you know how much life is remaining in your engine, and if it’s worth fixing it further. Since it’s an Audi, even the simplest repairs (with labour) may exceed the value of the car. Precious money which you could invest in another vehicle (should you have to). Go through the videos in the link. Scotty does a video on an Audi too..
I know i should probably sell it and cut my losses here, but i really love this thing and the price of used cars are going up so much i cant seem to find anything that isn't in the high 6ks. Im really taking your guys advice on this you people are all i got on what i should do. But I was thinking about swapping the engine with one with 10k miles, but im being honest i dont even know how to go about this if i wanted to, im 19 living in Northern cali i probably should have said this earlier but im new obviously to cars. Would i call my local dealer and ask them if they do engine replacements and go from there? I know these are probably dumb questions but thank you
All the more reason for you get rid of it.. Don’t get infatuated by an endless moneypit, it’ll bankrupt you at 19!
Ahhhhhh i just cant bring myself to do that