Seized 3.0 Supercharged Audi Engine ~ Complete Engine Failure 

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2.0 TDI

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2.0 TDI AGREED - plus a timing video on a 2.0 TDI - 2015+ - CVCA and CRUA

How about a junk yard rs3 5 cylinder for your spectrum Golf R

Good points!

Similar issue on v6 Jaguar engines too. Oil dilution causing spun crankshafts.

Yep, because VAG. Having worked in a shop with mainly VAG products I know this is just one of the many problems.

Any way to diagnose this upfront?

@@XFC8800 maybe have old oil sent for analysis regularly?

THANK YOU!

@@HumbleMechanic I'm assuming this is a fake reply you asking me to message you back right away?

@@404notfound..... get me what u smokin

@@404notfound..... would’ve been a spam account

@@80glk5 No need, i think ya already smoking it.

You won't, no one has ever succeeded in doing one... 😂

Check out VAG TECHNIC channel on RU-vid 👌🏼

@@groosbro1 are you serious ?

@@groosbro1 I did on my B8.5 S5

Checkout VAG Technic channel - small UK shop, very thorough. They do a 3.0T rebuild here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bgpa0uZPu5w.html

LOL youve obviously havent seen 4.2L V8 from Audi or the POS N63 from BMW

Germans they always make this overcomplicated rubbish so that then they charge an arm and a leg when something goes bad.

I would place money on crap oil viscosity from fuel or water intrusion. If your low on oil, your going to get a nice flashy light on the dash, and start to hear some tapin.

In another commnet the hpfp leaks fuel intot the oil. Wrecking its viscosisty and those pcv valves also leak coolant in.

Its unfathomable for people to not change the oil regularly on cars they spend tens or even hundreds of thousands dollars on to purchase just to not care for it. Some people really have no mechanical sympathy eh.

Long oil change intervals are not the problem. People who hot rod their engine and then don't change the oil at all are the problem.

@@einfelder8262 why would driving hard have an impact if the engine runs cool and the oil is high quality?

@@jamesmedina2062 putting more strain on the engine and he said no oil changes so yeah engine go boom

@@liquidsweg4858 I am all for often enough changes and the best oil. I do it myself and at one time I paid a Korean guy to do it for me. Now I take my sweet time to do it myself. That gives me the confidence to drive the vehicle as it should be and expect good longevity from it. Thankfully its a Honda with high ceiling for miss-shifts aka money-shifts. If people spent the time inspecting and changing their own oil, the neglect would not happen.

Thats a great point! We saw that in my R32 engine video.

Sadly nobody wants to see that. Ppl just want to see neglected engines so they can LOLZ because VAG 🤷‍♂️ and talk smack. Or you have the camp that says hush mechanic you just want to sell more oil changes. Like we even make money doing that. I’ll take a timing job, or a tear down rebuild job over a 80 dollar oil change any day.🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Thank you!

Thank you

I just got a 2013 Q7 with the 3.0T - same issue suspected on exhaust valve. Did you have to pull the engine to get the head off? Do you want to sell any of those specialty tools?! :)

Hi. I have a problem with this engine in my S5. If I rev it over 5k it starts "burping" in a similar fashion as it does when you change gear, but constantly. If I keep revving, it loses power, doesn't respond to throttle and goes to idle vibrating weirdly meanwhile the EPC and Engine Light come on. I have to shift into neutral, stop the engine and restart it for it to work again. Anyone know what it might be? I've asked around in shops and nobody knows what it is. I use premium gasoline fuel.

No different than it is on the V8’s. The 3.0T is essentially the same engine, sans two cylinders

@@lynxstarautomotive208 Translation: An expensive nightmare either way.

@@Mayamax3 depends on the platform. On something like a Q5? It will run you like 6k parts and labor. ALL parts OEM VAG. No exceptions.

@@lynxstarautomotive208 I think 3.0 TDI also had almost the same timing chain design, but they switched over to a less complicated one later

So 20k for a new motor for one of these?? Damn what's sad is I would probably go ahead and put an engine in it, even if I could do it myself because getting out from under one of these cars and selling it with a blown engine is probably pretty difficult right??? Idk maybe thrtes some guys that would eant to diy an engine in there

Maintenance is the key to ANY car's longevity 😂 But sadly in most cases it goes unattended. And then something like this happens

Be very careful and don’t be opposed to writing it off in an “accident” if it starts shitting the bed in either the engine or transmission department. I got $16k CAD payout for my ‘11 A5, after it started burning oil

Sell that turd and run

@@richardwilliams9181 What regular maintenance (aside from the obvious oil changes) would be suggested for this particular engine and at what intervals? High pressure fuel pump? Injectors? Coils? Seals? Timing chains? Would it be worth replacing the high pressure fuel pump and injectors every 90,000 miles? It seems the PCV is an issue too, what would the maintenance interval on that be, 60,000 miles? Unfortunately a lot of this maintenance is not actually in the service schedule I think, so it is up to owner's to schedule this maintenance.

@@TassieLorenzo Tbh, I don't have much experience or knowledge on Audi services. My only suggestion is check all fluids regularly. And it's at the discretion of whoever is doing the check whether the fluids would need changed. And the only reason I'd say the fuel pump would need to be replaced is if there is an issue related to it. Like hard starting, running rough, or not staying running very long. Typically any kind of engine that has a cam actuated high pressure fuel pump is going to have a reduced service life of the timing components because of the extra force the pump puts on it. And all services are also dependant on how much driving or what kind of driving you do. Do you drive it from your house to the store every day? Or do you have to drive hours on the highway for work? Do you spend a lot of time idling in traffic or at a job site? The shorter distance trips usually have less of an impact on the life of fluids, but can have an adverse effect, especially with engine oil, if the engine hasn't had time to warm up to temp. Long distance constant speed trips are almost ideal for fluid life. But things like engine oil, trans. fluid/diff fluid will have a reduced life. And constant low speed start/stops with a lot of idle time is arguably the hardest on any fluid or parts. Because with no cool air moving through the radiator or around parts, it generates a lot of heat. Which breaks down the fluids and related parts faster. Again, I'm no Audi specialist by no means. But it shouldn't be too hard for an experienced technician to know upon visual inspection whether a fluid should be replaced or not. Some parts can be tricky to diagnose without first having to remove and inspect. Which some parts on some vehicles can be a few hours of work just to get to a simple part. And then there's having proper equipment to do a proper diagnosis. The equipment you have is essential to making a good diagnosis. You can have all the knowledge in the world on how to fix a car. But if you don't have the equipment to get the information you need to make a proper diagnosis, it makes it very hard to get by on educated guesses. It doesn't pay to have to keep guessing at what the problem is. Then it gives you the dreaded title of "parts hanger". Just throwing parts at it until it's fixed. Most of the time, the parts you replace would have needed to be changed anyway. But if it doesn't fix the problem you set out to fix, it doesn't look good for whoever is doing the work

Wouldn't the dash light up like a christmas tree though? I've driven many Audi's and they always start screeching about oil really early on.

@@ddevulders Some do, not all of them. Depends really on the model

I dont think so, most of audi owner`s don't do their oil changes on time and clogged up oil hole galleries , well guesss what doesnt take much to seized it up .

@@younesrabhi5731 I disagree. Engine oil sludges with lack of maintanence. You don't see any of that here.

@@younesrabhi5731 You don't need to do oil changes on TFS/TFSI motors anyway, they will burn it all before it has time to clog anything

Cheers!!!

Can they survive that? Ive just bought one!

@@bobsy852 yes. If you ever have the coolant disappearing. Check oil cap to see if looks like a milk shake. There are plenty of RU-vid videos and how to in forums. Think the best one is from FCP Euro. Pretty straight forward. But after I fixed it I got a true coolant leak. Took me some time to figure the cross pipe broke while I was working on PVC. Car it's running like a champ.

My condolences

Thank you!!!

Thank you

Beast. It's a BEAST of an engine.

And whats 213,000 KM? That's nothing. My 2004 Dodge Ram Hemi 5.7 has 300,000 MILES. Over 600,000km+

@@rdallas81 That‘s 483k km…1.6 km to a mile.

The engine was clean because the gas in the oil was like a solvent, not a lubricant.

A previous comment mentioned the HPFP can if the rubber seal is crappy then leak some into the engine oil and cause this.

​@@zenden6564 It's sort of funny that 40 years ago, electric fuel pumps got rid of diaphragm pumps that could leak, contaminate your oil with fuel, and destroy your engine. And AUDI brought back the problem.

HAHA One of the few things on YT I watch.

I have the same setup on my S5, looking at rebuilds because i just spun a bearing, really want to do it myself but it just seems so invasive might be worth paying 4 grand for a shop to do it

Was just going to say the same thing. Looking at your oil level is such a easy task. Take a look at "I Do Cars." Over 90% of his engine failure tear-downs are caused by no or low oil conditions. All of this could have been completely avoided and it so confusing to me that someone would outlay a bunch of money for that type of vehicle, and not ensure that even the most basic things are taken care of.

Well they don’t come with a dip stick sooo….

@@gapcityracing6086 which means it’s electronically measured. A few button pushes inside the car and it’s done. Too easy.

Best part is that this engine doesnt even come with a dispstick from the factory!

@@michaelskinner896 I wasn’t talking to you and yea that’s why I said it doesn’t have one….

Hahahhaha!!! My guess was a timing issue. I was not right

Clearly you have never seen a current ford engine.

@@einfelder8262 I mean I rebuild them all the time they aren’t complicated at all

@@Dan_the_car_man Then why do they need rebuilding all the time?

@@einfelder8262 ah you see, he never said they were good engines. He just said they were simple to rebuild lol

Thank you

it is a really cool engine!

The 3.0T is a great engine! Stock it flies and it is an absolute monster with just some software tuning! Power is electric-car instant... no lag - no boost build - just instant go!

@@markjohnson2079 Its super fun!!!

7 years with this V6 & it deff has plenty of pep fun & reliable

I got a steal on a 60k mile engine 5k cash and they usually go for 7-8k for around that mileage … and all the shops told me ot would be cheaper just to buy a used engine than to rebuild .-.

All boils down to who's doing the work. This wouldn't have cost much in parts (if you just throw new bearings and rings in it) and machining (assuming that there are no cracks or warped blocks etc from the heat) and being able to reuse the pistons, cams etc.... Might have needed a new crank though. But those hours of labour at shop rates add up real quick.

Define “Easy”😂

thank you!

Merc is in the works of producing a larger blower

@@bigboybmx69 it’s taking too long.

@@miket.8528 he seems to care about quality control and testing for perfecting designs. Gotta respect the man for that. Engineering car parts doesn’t seem easy

Thanks so much!!

That dude is so freaking good!! Haha

Thanks!