Jibberjive's RS6 Build Log

8 minute(s) of a 96 minute read

So all last Sat. night I was breaking down my engine. I cannot believe how complicated all of the peripheral electronics/coolant/oil lines are! I went slow and took my time and it took forever. I tried to label where each connection came from with painter's tape and took tons of pics of all the lines (don't worry I won't them here). I've sold the motor that came out of my car, so I'm just breaking it down to get ready to ship.

Pics

Taking off the tranny

Tranny off

This is the bolt I took off thinking it was the AC compressor rear bolt

Since I sold the turbos with the motor I was trying to leave them and the inlets mounted, which proved to be a pain when trying to unbolt the motor mounts and get the starter out. I ended up having to pull the inlets.

Alty out

Motor mount was broken

All of these tight bolts in small places and hoses that are a pain to slip off, I beat the crap out of my hands MANY times. This fan part was like razorblades when working anywhere near it.

KO3 turbos with 56k mi were actually in really good shape
Driver's side

Pass Side

I broke the connector part of this sensor that goes in by the oil filter sandwich[>_>]

An example of how I tried to label all of the parts

I twisted this ground wire up pretty good cause I didn't expect it to turn with the bolt when I used the ratchet gun to take it off.

I took the intake mani off with everything still connected (injectors, fuel rail, wiring harness, coil packs, TB, etc) to try to keep it as simple as possible.









These hoses were a pain to pull off without tearing them. After trying to wiggle them out I found out that the hardlines they're connected to have to stay with the motorsince I'm leaving all of the timing components together.

When I was working on one of the random hoses it kept leaking after I thought I emptied it and I had a huge puddle in my lap. Looks like I pissed my pants.



These oil and coolant line bolts really are as much of a pain as everyone says! I somehow got them all off with just normal sets of wrenches (and lots of frustration!) It was too late to go buy any tools.



Finally just about how I'm going to send her off.

Clutch off

Ready to pack up and ship out.

Packaged up

Here's the new motor that I'm going to build (in the rear of this pic)







One difference between the motors that I noticed that I'd never heard before was on the 01.5'+ motor this timing belt rear cover is plastic when on the 00' it's metal.

I got an EGT from a guy on here to replace my faulty driver's side one and it is the same length and the same color, but the part number has a different letter at the end (part # for my old one is 078 919 529 E and the new one is the same but an L at the end.) The tips also look a little different as well. I googled the part # and couldn't come up with anything. Has anyone heard of this other L sensor or know what car it's supposed to go to? Or does anyone know if it will work the same as the other?