Jibberjive's RS6 Build Log

7 minute(s) of a 96 minute read

Well I started on my engine pull last night cause my motor sold and I bought my new one, so some progress finally! I started around 530pm, pops left around 930-1000pm (we had the driveline/stuff underneath done and the airbox/y-pipe stuff done.) Then I took my time and got stuck at the end trying to figure out how to get the freaking AC compressor out[headbang][evilmad] I was there til after 4am tinkering with it, though I should've left earlier because I wasn't very productive by that time. Anywho, onto the pictures.

Onto the motor pull.
Before she was touched (except for the headlights that I sold a while back.)

Where we but the zip-lock bagged bolts

We had to lift the car with some 2x4's on the DTS because of the way the jack was.

Pulling the half-shafts, cat-back exhaust and driveline

Passenger's shaft out

Driver's shaft out

Apparently I had a horribly torn boot since the last time I checked a month or two ago

Catback off (I have a new found love for v-band clamps!) Taking off Driveline heatshield

Disconnecting the driveline

Pile o' parts so far

From here on I was on my own.
Front bumper and fogs off. My RS4 bumper was held on differently than the stock ones from the writeup (other than the two main bumper support bolts of course.)

IC shrouds and pusher fan off. Draining the coolant (I caught most of the initial drain from the radiator, but when moving the whole radiator/front clip and when unplugging other hoses around the motor I got coolant everywere, over and again!)

AC condenser swung to the side and front clip removed

How she currently sits from when I left her. IC's gone, serpentine belt off and trying to get that freaking AC compressor off.

2-21-09

So, onto the pull. The AC compressor was just held in by the back bolt, which is way easy to get to from underneath by the motor mount. I was confused by looking at the pics in M3 to S4's writeup cause there he makes it seem like the 3rd bolt is right below the driver's side head. So the bolt I took out there was actually one of the bolts that holds on the inlet support ha[headbang] Plus it was 4am, so my faculties weren't as sharp as they would've otherwise been[>_<]

Disconnecting the ECU etc.

All sensors/hoses/lines disconnected, AC compressor/condenser swung to the side and getting ready to pull

Hooking up the chains and load leveler

Part of the way out to disconnect the slave cylinder, fish out the heater core hoses, and take off the tranny mounts. The coolant never stops coming![evilmad] I'm under there in a pool of coolant trying to do this stuff and make sure it gets out cleanly, and the never ending drip of coolant is getting all over everywhere that I just cleaned 10 times ha. If there's a way to completely purge the coolant system before the whole procedure, I'd do that in a heartbeat. This part actually took alot longer than I had expected. We tried it with the tranny mounts on at first, but that wasn't working and it took me a good minute to figure out how to take the tranny mounts off (didn't know it was just one bolt on top below the heatshield lol). Sitting under there holding the tranny to help it all out cleanly I put the back of my head on the open end of the driveshaft that is filled with grease a bunch of times.

"I once caught a fish THIS big."

No engine

The parts (minus the front bumper)

The towel after I wiped the back of my hair only twice