Answer by Sean Reifschneider for Audi A4 (1998) extremely noisy when idle,...
If this is the 2.8L engine, I'd be willing to bet that it's lifters. I have a '97 A4 2.8 quattro and around 140K miles one morning when I went to start it I heard a rattling. I immediately took it over...
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The reason the oil light is coming on is because the oil pressure in the engine does fall low enough for the oil pressure switch to trigger. After all, it's a pressure warning light and not an oil...
View ArticleAnswer by Brian Knoblauch for Audi A4 (1998) extremely noisy when idle,...
Possible low oil pressure. Could be due to, or currently in the process of causing damage to the main bearings.I had a similar situation with my Toyota. Apparently the oil pressure light comes on only...
View ArticleAudi A4 (1998) extremely noisy when idle, occasional oil light
I have an Audi A4 1998 with over 200k miles. It gets extremely noisy when idle. It usually doesn't happen until it has been running for a while. Revving above 2000rpm can settle it and it isn't noisy...
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