Audi made it right by making the oem water pump replacement aluminum, not plastic smh.
Pros: aluminum material
Cons: plastic material
Vehicle:
Audi
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If you're skeeved out and want to return it, I usually go with the knuckleheads over at [ShopDAP.com](https://ShopDAP.com) (love their VW/Audi YT channel too). They seem to be Liqui-Moly fans and have kits for the Golf and other 1.8TSI vehicles that you can buy. I use Liqui-Moly 5W-40 and it works great, if maybe slightly pricey. I used to use Mobile 1 0W-40 Euro Car Formula in my old Audi S4 and it would probably work OK in these engines too but I wanted to stick with 5W-40.
Pros: works great
Cons: slightly pricey
Vehicle:
Audi S4
However, the biggest difference I've noticed was going from good brake pads to great ones. I recommend anything by Project Mu (I use their RC09 "Club Racer")
Pros: great brake pads
Vehicle:
Audi
Part number: RC09
IMO, Akebono Ceramics are the shiz. I had some on my Audi A4. Way better than stock, very little dust to clean off, and you can just get them off Amazon for less than OEM.
Pros: better than stock, little dust
Vehicle:
Audi A4
Those cracks look worse than what mine did. I had gotten my car at 134k mileage and I changed my belt at 180k but to be very honest I think my belt had been on there for much longer before I owned that vehicle and I think I got lucky it never snapped into pieces.
Pros: got lucky, never snapped
Cons: cracks look worse
Vehicle:
Audi
Mileage: 180000 km
I bought a 2017 S3 with 40k kms, best car I’ve owned so far, had to replace the water pump but I swear the OEM one is made of cardboard. No more expensive than any other car to service.
Pros: best car I’ve owned
Cons: OEM made of cardboard
Vehicle:
Audi S3
Mileage: 40000 km
My buddy has P Zero Winter on his S4
and he likes them. I have Yokohama BluEarth Winter V905 and they are nice but the sidewall is not as stiff as the Pirellis. Still happy with them though.
Pros: nice, happy with them
Cons: sidewall not stiff
Vehicle:
Audi S4
My EBC red pads do dust but no where near as bad as OEM
Pros: not as bad as OEM
Cons: EBC red pads do dust
Vehicle:
Audi TT
Audi glass is awful. My original windshield was full of black specks. When it cracked all the way across the middle
Cons: awful quality, black specks, cracked easily
Vehicle:
Audi Q5
I did 10k the last two times and was finding some metal in my filter so I’m going down to 5k.
Cons: metal in filter
Vehicle:
Audi S4
Mileage: 10000 km
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