i know, its up there.I wanted an s4 and decided since i already have a b5 2.8 as my daily driver, i dont really want another car thats basically identical. so, decided to look at some a6's. found this car, thought to myself, damn, its kinda shot but its a 2.7 6 speed... it ran, but had a random misfire CEL, engine ran like poop at idle. made an offer and honestly, i was shocked i got it so cheap. at the same time though i knew id be in for some extensive repairs and thats why i got it for 800 plus 650 for shipping.
thats all i knew or saw when i bought the car over the internet. figured, screw it, worth a shot.
discovered all these things upon getting the car. on the bright side, it started up first try, just ran like crap, which i wasnt happy about but what do you expect from a 800 dollar audi. replaced all those things in the pictures, including front hood strut, rubber seal for trunk, Hvac blower motor resistor which i got for 20 bucks from friend and center cup holder which i got from twizz for 10 bucks.
now to the real problems. car had cel p1340 - bank 2 cmp/ckp sensor signals out of sequence and p0300 - generic random misfire.
changed oil, plugs, fuel filter, cleaned maf sensor and tried swapping coils around. i must note there was oil on every plug, which was great. cleaned that up and tried it again, same thing. valve covers came off.
i wanted to see how the cam lobes were looking, and counted the rollers between both cams on each side. as most of you know, this method can be deceiving and you will get maybe a half roller here or there depending on the motors mileage and etc.
so i just decided to do the timing procedure because i thought maybe someone did it wrong. the motor has 158k, someone had to do the timing for sure i thought. Did a compression test on a cold motor and got 150 on drivers side and 140 on passenger side. Figured that was still acceptable, at least for now. i broke into it with help from my father, he likes cars thankfully and i got to use his tools which is a plus. dont have a picture but im guessing the guy didnt have a cam locking bar because there were white out marks on the timing covers, cam sprockets, and harmonic balancer. i used a locking bar and basically knew off the bat the timing was off because the bar didnt line up.
My dog supervised the whole procedure. so yea, shoot me now, i painted the bi pipes and both aluminum pipes that go to the turbos. i did well on the aluminum though, not some half ass no prep job. moment of truth. started her up, better.. but still CEL. checked it again, now only p0300 - random misfire. at this point i was frustrated, but said let me check all connections on coils and icm delete points. turned out to be an icm delete connection, it wasnt fully pushed in even though i thought it was. started it up, no CEL, now i was all smiles till i reminded myself off all the cosmestic stuff i had to fix.
Look like previous owner cut the cats out, car was registered in florida.
got the grill from twizz for a good price, wheels off ebay for 500, door blades for 165, tires for 600 with full balance and alignment.. And also got these headlights lenses from twizz.
After spending about 3 times what i paid for the car just on parts, fluids and etc, im almost there. nearly. few problems left.
where can i get a new key, not from stealership, that actually works. key i have right now is dead i think. changed battery and still no go. alarm works and doors open with key itself but not electronically.
the c5 has those central air vents that run to rear .. is there a trick to have the air go to the back? I tried about everything and only the front vents work. top, center and bottom. initially the blower motor didnt work and i dug into it and it was a burnt cable on the blower motor resistor. changed resistor and fixed cable, got blower to work but havent figured out how to get heat or a/c to rear seats.
i replaced the memory seating pad thing on drivers door. when i press the buttons the seat and mirrors move. how the hell do i program my settings so they save?
air bag light is on but i need to vagcom it and go from there.
and last but not least, what do you guys think about painting those reflective chrome inserts that are attached to the headlight lenses? I wanted to paint them black with engine enamel. before i do that, tell me how good or bad of an idea it is. wanted to do clear corner mod also.
Think thats all my questions for now!
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