I have an interesting project. Just got a 2002 Audi A6 Quattro from a guy for free. Dealer's mechanic diagnosed it as having broken timing belt, bent valves and a repair bill more than the value of the car. So my friend says, "user, want it? It's going to the scrap yard otherwise."
So I ran down and look. Timing belt looks OK. Tight, teeth not chewed up, some rubber shavings, but not bad for 100K miles. I towed the car home and got the title. The symptom of it's demise was overheat, at which point my friend pulled it over and stopped to let it cool down. Then engine would not turn over. I suspect that the water pump may have seized and, once shut off, the starter is incapable of turning the car over. I need to check the timing to see if the belt has jumped or not. If not, I will risk replacing belt, water pump and misc tensioners and pulleys and then starting it up. If it has jumped, I'll pull the heads and look at the valves.
So far, Googling has shown the use of camshaft locking tools (pic related) to actually do the replacement. But my questions is: Are there any timing marks on the cam and crank pulleys that one can use for a diagnosis before digging further into the engine? Other engines I've worked on have crank TDC and crank pulley index marks one can use. But Google is mute on the subject.
might help if you told us what kind of fucking engine it has.
Christopher Bennett
Sorry about that. It's a 3.0L V6 type AVK.
Jose Ross
Bump for interest
Kayden Perez
Sweet job at acquiring a free ride.
Don't do it. Don't spend a single dollar on that car.
Deregister it as soon as you take ownership, then part it out immediately.
It's an Audi, you're going to hate every second of fixing it because the second you fix 1 thing, you'll break 3 others.
Austin Rodriguez
Here's what happens when an engine overheats, if you shut it off and let it sit, it heat soaks.
As in, it continues to get hotter. Starters churn out more torque than you think, a siezed pump wouldn't stop it, the belt would just slip.
Jayden Peterson
>Here's what happens when an engine overheats, if you shut it off and let it sit, it heat soaks. What should you do if your engine starts to overheat? I figured you should turn it off as soon as you can to stop blowing a head gasket / warping the head etc
Christopher Morales
Are you the same guy who keeps bashing audis and saying stuff like replacing valve cover gaskets requires front end removal? You need to stop.
OP, first of all find out what caused the engine to seize. Don't buy parts until you know what exactly is broken
Nicholas Martinez
Good luck finding documentation on German cars. Probably will need someone will dealer level access.
