My mistake. Sorry to get anyone's hopes up. They also have an Allroad in the familly and it was related to the 2.0T.

I would say absolutely. Same engine base with same problem reported. Also, more production on those cars and thus more experience/results to harvest.

I posted in the C7 S6 S7 RS7 sections, hope I hit them all. I linked this thread in my first post, hopefully we get some more input from the other 4.0TT folks!

From the other Forum posting, most recent I have seen is version 4, shown below.


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Try this search term for the PDF file:

21 Engine difficult to start, turbocharger damaged, V8 4.0TFSI

This link: http://www.revbase.com/BBBMotor/TSb/...dPdf?id=205336

There are 44 Audi 4.0TT failed turbos on another forum.

Here is the Silly Rabbit Motorsports gasket sets, Turbo cartridge aand turbo upgrades....4.0TFSI RS7 CHRA Turbo Upgrade

"Factory size and hybrid RS6 RS7 S8 Turbo core upgrade to take your S6 S7 A8 to stage 3 power or simply replace your blown RS6 RS7 S8 chra's. For more power than RS7 OEM turbos, you need to look at the ball bearing upgrade solution listed here http://sillyrabbitmotorsport.com/tur...turbo-upgrade.

2013 S8 with 77K miles, APR Stage 1 and 2, and I drive it like I stole it, hard. Probably just a matter of time on the turbos. I'm already looking into silly rabbit and others.

So this thread (and others like it) have been giving me heartburn for some time, so I figured I better chime in. I purchased my 2013 S8 with 48,000 miles on it in October of 2017. <knock wood>It now has about 58,000 trouble free miles <\knock wood>

The previous owner (or more likely the dealer that took it back in on lease expiration) did the turbo coolant line TSB on mine just before I purchased it. Unfortunately, that TSB doesn't cover the upgraded oil strainer or check value.

So here's my question...

If the 'Optimized' oil strainer ($15) and check valve ($50) fixes the problem, why wouldn't AOA just issue a recall? They should be able to upgrade every single 4.0 TFSI in USA for less than the cost of one new D5. Its certainly a hell of a lot less money than a set of blown turbos for us faithful customers left twisting in the wind. Does it make sense to just do this at my next service visit?

Has anyone done the Silly Rabbit upgrade? Is this a reasonable prophylactic to undertake? And my big concern would be, why wouldn't the upgraded turbo's fail just like the factory turbos are prone to do? And does Silly Rabbit have an ECU tune that works with the upgraded turbo's? Does APR tune work well with the upgraded turbo's?

You see honey, I had no choice but to get the upgraded turbos for my S8 and an APR stage 1 tune. The Audi turbo's blow up and cost $10k to replace. Silly Rabbit has better turbo's for only $2k. It's a smart and prudent investment. If we don't get in front of this now and fix it before it breaks... oh well, I suppose the kids can always put themselves through college. ;)

Lastly I'll just say that I'm not going to throw in the towel on this car - it seems we have some options. Luckily with turbo's on the top of the engine and they appear to be somewhat easy to service. And service, with what sounds like, potentially better performing aftermarket parts. So even if they do go, a fix can be had for roughly $2k-3k. That just doesn't seem that terrible to me - certainly not worth a case of heartburn. I get it and I'm with you: a $10k repair bill keeps me awake at night. $3k I can live with - maybe even jump in and do it as preventative maintenance. But I'll have to learn more about what the aftermarket options are before making my decision.

Aftermarket/upgrades sourcing