You way over dismantled that car, good god, I usually wait until after reinstalling the head to put it into service position, it only takes 15 min, there is absolutely no need to pull the front end off, or in peices like that. You can slide the belt off, unbolt the turbo and intake manifold and have the head pulled in an hour. I only put it in service position to access the crank pulley to install and time the new belt and pump
wow thats a pain in the ass for sure, pulling the front facia to replace head gaskets BUT on quite a few GMS now you gotta pull the front fascia/bumper to replace the fucking headlamp bulbs….
Great vid And I was just about to buy an Audi A4. Looks like a nightmare to work on this engine. Labor costs can be more than the car is worth. Thx for posting.
I’m not exactly sure on hours, I should have kept track of them but I know that I had the car back on the road 2 1/2 days after I started the job. This was my 2nd time pulling and re installing the head and the first time took significantly longer!
Thanks! haha there’s a ton of great info available through discussion forums on this car you can find a DIY guide for just about anything. I’m unable to post links in comments but a great place to start are the Audizine forums. A google search for “DIY Audi A4 1.8T Head Gasket” will bring you to several detailed guides with plenty of photos.
@fly2kde This is true, but on an Audi it looks exceptionally challenging! I know on Subarus they have the lateral engines so you either have to jack the engine up or remove it in order to perform this repair.
Three hours for a timing belt is pretty quick! I would say that the most time consuming part of the job was dealing with all the lines (coolant, vacuum, etc.) and electrical connections however it was easier for me than if I was working on a stock B6 since I had already simplified my engine bay significantly by following a vacuum line and check valve removal/simplification guide. I can’t post links in comments but you can find it by searching on Audizine.com
){kind=link}
you are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Master
You’re chingon like me, I like mechanic stuff.
I have a audi a4 2006 2.0 turbo
I do the mechanic stuff my self.
You way over dismantled that car, good god, I usually wait until after reinstalling the head to put it into service position, it only takes 15 min, there is absolutely no need to pull the front end off, or in peices like that. You can slide the belt off, unbolt the turbo and intake manifold and have the head pulled in an hour. I only put it in service position to access the crank pulley to install and time the new belt and pump
wow thats a pain in the ass for sure, pulling the front facia to replace head gaskets BUT on quite a few GMS now you gotta pull the front fascia/bumper to replace the fucking headlamp bulbs….
Great video, a badly engineered Car that requires so much dismantling.
How many hours? Thx.
Great vid And I was just about to buy an Audi A4. Looks like a nightmare to work on this engine. Labor costs can be more than the car is worth. Thx for posting.
It shows that you acquired experience 😛 I was like no way it’s his first time !
I should have became a car mechanic rather than a truck and tractor mechanic, look how clean he’s the entire time!
Question, I have to do a head gasket job also, what do I do about the timing as I was told watch for that
Thank you
how much would you charge to do this again???
Great job!
great job on the video and hopefully the car. I liked seeing the family/friends around, that’s what makes this stuff enjoyable. Also the horses.
German engineering
I’m not exactly sure on hours, I should have kept track of them but I know that I had the car back on the road 2 1/2 days after I started the job. This was my 2nd time pulling and re installing the head and the first time took significantly longer!
How long did that take you?
Thanks! haha there’s a ton of great info available through discussion forums on this car you can find a DIY guide for just about anything. I’m unable to post links in comments but a great place to start are the Audizine forums. A google search for “DIY Audi A4 1.8T Head Gasket” will bring you to several detailed guides with plenty of photos.
vary nice man, can you teach next time, have a camera man or some thing will be awesome.
Really Dan? Anything you can’t do?
@fly2kde This is true, but on an Audi it looks exceptionally challenging! I know on Subarus they have the lateral engines so you either have to jack the engine up or remove it in order to perform this repair.
haha yeah although I’ve only done this job on my A4 I can’t imagine it’s an easy job on any vehicle!
this looks like a really big gigantic job on an Audi!
Ninja stuff!
Absolutely, what makes you think I didn’t? haha
Three hours for a timing belt is pretty quick! I would say that the most time consuming part of the job was dealing with all the lines (coolant, vacuum, etc.) and electrical connections however it was easier for me than if I was working on a stock B6 since I had already simplified my engine bay significantly by following a vacuum line and check valve removal/simplification guide. I can’t post links in comments but you can find it by searching on Audizine.com
I’m not entirely sure but it was all done in 2 1/2 days and I definitely spent most of that time working on the car! haha