I want to second the reliability of a well-maintained A4. Shortly after purchase, we replaced our badly maintained A4 with a rebuilt short block from MMI in 2010. Since then, we’ve put almost 2000 hrs and over 8000 nm on her, including a DelMarVa circumnavigation and two trips down the Atlantic ICW to Florida, the Bahamas, and back. The failures have almost all been in peripheral systems, mostly pumps. Specifically, over ten years:
*TWO failed facet pumps due to “stuck ball”
*Failed carb float with one chamber partially filled with gas
*Failed raw water pump bearing
*Leaky HX due to failed braze at the raw water connection
*Leaky coolant pump due to failed seal
and that’s it. Only one of these caused a delay of three days as we waited for a new pump to make its way to Coinjock, NC. (Now I carry a spare pump and a rebuild kit)
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@(^.^)@ Ed
1977 Pearson P-323 "Dolce Vita"
with rebuilt Atomic-4
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