Overview
Community orientation
The Audi 80 B4 (1991–1996) spans the 1.6–2.0L 8v four-cylinders (EA827), the 2.6/2.8L V6 30v, and the 1.9 TDI (EA188), as sedan and Avant, front- or quattro all-wheel drive. Its 1.6–2.0 8v (EA827) patterns are authored on this generation and resolve, through the shared engine graph, onto every other Audi that uses that engine; the V6 and TDI patterns are owned by other corpora. This is an editorial catalogue summary, not a reliability rating; the per-configuration community-orientation patterns are below, each with the build window it applies to.
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Filtered: 16-8V · 1.6–2.0L 8v petrol (EA827).
Known issues
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Engines & reliability
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Pre-purchase checklist
Cold start
- ☐Start the engine from cold and listen for rattling or ticking from the timing chain area
Diagnostics
- ☐Ask for the last timing-belt change date/mileage and inspect the belt condition
- ☐Scan stored DTCs and check live fuel/ignition/boost data before the test drive