Need of someone that knows Audis

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So my business partner was left in a bad situation. About 6 months ago he had a friend who is a very experienced mechanic (obviously not Audi) attempt to change his timing tensioner. He said while he was in there he should probably do something in the variable valve timing. While I work on a lot of cars I don't like to jump into someone's mess because I don't have enough knowledge when it comes to Audi. Especially knowing Audi does require special tools sometimes.

This is a 2007 A6 3.2 non-turbo. It is currently sitting at our shop with towels over the valves. We are looking for someone to come by the shop have a few beers take a look and let us know what it would take for them to finish it up.

I appreciate any help I can get with this.
 

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audi timing chain setups :iough:


yea, you need specialty nazi specific crank/cam lock and alignment tools, along with a pre-tensioning tool to set the cam actuator.
what chain tensioner(s) did he attempt to replace? upper or lower? both? usually it's just the tensioners that shit the bed, not the cam actuators (for the variable timing)

i avoid these like the plague. they're hitler's revenge. good luck to you though
 

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Yeah it's a shitty situation but trying to find a way out for him. So I just looked and he already replaced the passenger side upper. The driver side is pulled apart and needs to get a new upper tensioner put it.

He did buy all the specialty tools so we have them.
 

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Yeah it's a shitty situation but trying to find a way out for him. So I just looked and he already replaced the passenger side upper. The driver side is pulled apart and needs to get a new upper tensioner put it.

He did buy all the specialty tools so we have them.

I may know a guy, PM me your number and I’ll send him your way.
 

Mike K

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Burn it. They're horrible cars. You'll fix that and something else over-engineered and made out of brittle plastic from the cheapest bidder will break, leaving you with another multi-thousand dollar repair bill. Audis are the worst. Here's what you're working with:

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And people wonder why I think IC engines are dead. :rofl:
 

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Blows my mind how anyone buys an Audi that doesn't have a warranty, or doesn't have enough cash that they just don't give a fuck.

non car person and his family bought it as a nice small hatchback for being in chicago.

I told him I will be helping pick his next car. Just taught him how to change his own oil while checking for bearing material. Going to send it and hope it lasts 2 more years. :jg:
 

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Used Audis are why all German cars have horrible depreciation. Oh hell, for that matter, even my beloved BMWs are pretty horrible. The M motors are shit, the twin turbo V8's are shit... Ironically the only motor that isn't shit is the one everything thinks is shit: the twin turbo inline six. It has a bunch of common and cheap to fix quirks but is more or less bullet proof.

Anyhow, I digress. Burn it to the ground. The cost of lawyers fees from your insurance fraud case and lost wages from the time you spend in prison will still be less than having to maintain that pile.
 

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Ugh, I need to do something similar to a 1.8T that possibly jumped timing while low on oil. I have replaced motors in japanese cars no issue. Get to this motherfucker and almost none of my existing tools work on it, because german.

I haven’t dug too deep in the motor, but what don’t you have besides triple squares?
 

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Used Audis are why all German cars have horrible depreciation. Oh hell, for that matter, even my beloved BMWs are pretty horrible. The M motors are shit, the twin turbo V8's are shit... Ironically the only motor that isn't shit is the one everything thinks is shit: the twin turbo inline six. It has a bunch of common and cheap to fix quirks but is more or less bullet proof.

Anyhow, I digress. Burn it to the ground. The cost of lawyers fees from your insurance fraud case and lost wages from the time you spend in prison will still be less than having to maintain that pile.

The only german vehicle i'd ever own is a turbo i6 bmw. I didn't realize there was a negative perception of that engine.
 

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The only german vehicle i'd ever own is a turbo i6 bmw. I didn't realize there was a negative perception of that engine.

The N54 is famously shit according to everyone that hasn't owned one. It does have an earned reputation because of the older cars that had the bad fuel pumps and wastegate issues. Now the problems are a lot more predictable and cheap to fix. Things like injectors, spark plugs, water pumps and the occasionally walnut blasting but the engine itself is amazing. When I sold my 535 they were up to something like 700hp on the single turbo setups and doing nothing to the bottom end of the engine. I believe at that point there wasn't anyone that had destroyed a motor on horsepower alone. When you consider that these guys weren't even monitoring for knock, that's just insane. The I6 was BMW's engine. I wouldn't own one without it.
 

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I haven’t dug too deep in the motor, but what don’t you have besides triple squares?

4mm torx socket to remove the window glass was my previous wtf moment with it. Also remember left tighty/righty loosey because it is actually just a normal bolt that was put in the opposite way.

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Currently the car is outside so I haven't dug into it since it got cold. My guess is I will end up having to pull the head/replace valves.
 

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Burn it. They're horrible cars. You'll fix that and something else over-engineered and made out of brittle plastic from the cheapest bidder will break, leaving you with another multi-thousand dollar repair bill. Audis are the worst. Here's what you're working with:

TimingChainProblemFixedDSC0024.jpg


And people wonder why I think IC engines are dead. :rofl:

to me this setup wouldnt be so insane if it wasn't on the back side of the engine. which means engine removal to service cheap shitty failed plastic.
 

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to me this setup wouldnt be so insane if it wasn't on the back side of the engine. which means engine removal to service cheap shitty failed plastic.

OMG, is it on the back side of the engine. WTF. I had no idea. On the A8's it was on the front which still sucked because you had to remove the front clip of the car to replace the timing belt.

Other Audi gems... Replacement of an oxygen sensor on the W12 A8. Step 1: Remove engine.
 

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OMG, is it on the back side of the engine. WTF. I had no idea. On the A8's it was on the front which still sucked because you had to remove the front clip of the car to replace the timing belt.

Other Audi gems... Replacement of an oxygen sensor on the W12 A8. Step 1: Remove engine.

i think audi wrote the book on ass-backwards engineering :bowrofl:
 
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