Comanche County Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Anyone familiar with Audis? A friend of a friend was trying to help out a friend so he took her car to another friend who couldn't fix it so my friend mentioned to the friend that you should have brought it to her friend (me), being friendly to my friend's friend, I said I'd take a look......looks like it needs an engine swap, which I haven't really laid the hard news on him yet.....if the original friend didn't have such a nice pair of legs, he and I wouldn't be in this mess. Now I gotta fix a freakin audi. I'm on the hunt for a 1.8T audi/vw engine now, oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richasco Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 What happened that it needs a new engine? The bottom end is fairly robust, it's usually a broken timing belt that results in a new/rebuilt head. Also VAG-COM will be your best friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airspeed Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 I would agree, the engines are very robust. The engine code is important, i.e. AEB, AWP. The engine code must be matched to the ECU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Thanks for the tips! Yeah I've been watching some videos of these things boosted with 500hp with the stock bottom end. I'm not sure whats wrong internally. The mechanic I picked it up from said it had a knock. The girl evidently bottomed it out on something. The oil pan is cracked and there's a new oil pump in the passenger seat. I'm going to get it in and see if it'll run. Also, she lost the long yellow plastic plug that surrounds the dipstick and plugs the crankcase. Either it was blowing oil out the dipstick tube or it leaked it. The oil light kept coming on and the girl kept adding and adding. It had 5 quarts too much when it was dropped off at the other mechanic's house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richasco Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Cracked oil pans are common but usually only on lowered cars. If it turns out that it is salvagable try http://www.germanautoparts.com they usually have the best prices and great service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airspeed Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 The plastic dip stick tube is about $14 at the auto parts store, easy to change, . Remember everything is based off the engine code on those motors. I was just thinking, if that motor ran low on oil the turbo could be done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnj92131 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Cracked oil pans are common but usually only on lowered cars. If it turns out that it is salvagable try http://www.germanautoparts.com they usually have the best prices and great service. Small world. I was just on the phone with a fellow VW owner who told me about getting some good stuff on germanautoparts..com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Cracked oil pans are common but usually only on lowered cars. If it turns out that it is salvagable try http://www.germanautoparts.com they usually have the best prices and great service. Agree. Have used these guys several times in the past for Benz parts, always excellent service and prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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