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Theyre sitting on the workbench ready for installation. No definite date set until the coolant leak is properly diagnosed / fixed.
EDIT: I've looked into the DIY repair times and I'm guesstimating it will take me a good part of the day. I hear the passenger side mount is easy, the driver side is a PITA. Wish me luck
Theyre sitting on the workbench ready for installation. No definite date set until the coolant leak is properly diagnosed / fixed.
EDIT: I've looked into the DIY repair times and I'm guesstimating it will take me a good part of the day. I hear the passenger side mount is easy, the driver side is a PITA. Wish me luck
Pro tip: motor mounts work better in your engine bay than on your workbench...
The car needs to go into service position for motor mounts to come out, which basically means the front bumper & front clip comes off. This will give me more access to examine for any other potential issues.
The pressure tester & endoscope comes today
The replacement (which is coming from Europaparts.com) doesn't come until the 26th - Damn you Amazon for setting my shipping expectations beyond what they should be
The car needs to go into service position for motor mounts to come out, which basically means the front bumper & front clip comes off. This will give me more access to examine for any other potential issues.
The pressure tester & endoscope comes today
The replacement (which is coming from Europaparts.com) doesn't come until the 26th - Damn you Amazon for setting my shipping expectations beyond what they should be
Theyre sitting on the workbench ready for installation. No definite date set until the coolant leak is properly diagnosed / fixed.
EDIT: I've looked into the DIY repair times and I'm guesstimating it will take me a good part of the day. I hear the passenger side mount is easy, the driver side is a PITA. Wish me luck
There's light at the end of the tunnel, few good things happened today:
I found out I have a shop within 10 minutes from work where I do same day order & in-store pickup, no more waiting 3-5 days for OEM Audi parts! Once I figured that out, I picked up some intake manifold gaskets & a Bentley service manual for future repairs.
Since I had the gaskets, I decided it was time to pull the Y-Pipe & Intake Manifold to find my massive coolant leak. When I say massive, I mean .. it was a steady stream when the expansion tank was put under some pressure (Don't mind the red duck tape )
Steady stream, she's a squirter
Y-Pipe out:
Intake manifold out:
After examining closer, it appears my Secondary auxiliary water pump bursted out the back which is causing coolant to pool under the manifold and drip down the driverside of the transmission. Funny enough, this is a common issue with B5 S4s. Pretty apparent this has been going on for some time - strangely, I never got a whiff of coolant at any point until I saw the pool of fluid under my car
I don't have a lick of time tomorrow, although I plan on some heavy cleaning and getting the pump & hoses replaced .. along with the 2 other EXPENSIVE & brittle vacuum hoses that snapped during the removal.
$500 in parts + 3 hours of my time, would have been close to $1000+ at the shop.
I'll post updates once parts arrive and they're installed
There's light at the end of the tunnel, few good things happened today:
I found out I have a shop within 10 minutes from work where I do same day order & in-store pickup, no more waiting 3-5 days for OEM Audi parts! Once I figured that out, I picked up some intake manifold gaskets & a Bentley service manual for future repairs.
Since I had the gaskets, I decided it was time to pull the Y-Pipe & Intake Manifold to find my massive coolant leak. When I say massive, I mean .. it was a steady stream when the expansion tank was put under some pressure (Don't mind the red duck tape )
Steady stream, she's a squirter
Y-Pipe out:
Intake manifold out:
After examining closer, it appears my Secondary auxiliary water pump bursted out the back which is causing coolant to pool under the manifold and drip down the driverside of the transmission. Funny enough, this is a common issue with B5 S4s. Pretty apparent this has been going on for some time - strangely, I never got a whiff of coolant at any point until I saw the pool of fluid under my car
I don't have a lick of time tomorrow, although I plan on some heavy cleaning and getting the pump & hoses replaced .. along with the 2 other EXPENSIVE & brittle vacuum hoses that snapped during the removal.
$500 in parts + 3 hours of my time, would have been close to $1000+ at the shop.
I'll post updates once parts arrive and they're installed
DUCT tape.
Also, the entire car is one giant common issue.
Good luck in getting it fixed up and back on the road. At least you have a reliable daily driver!
I had to be quick on my feet! That Kia Soul was probably thinkin', who's this asshole standing in the middle of the driveway Instagramming the obligatory hashtag omgz SD Sunsets.
Tomorrow, the OEM B6 S4 wheels that I purchased a few months ago are being picked up from the powder coaters and being mounted in the afternoon. I went with a slightly darker version of the OEM Silver, just have to paint match the plastic enter caps to match and I'm done.
Next week, I'm installing the ST coilovers I purchased on a whim 2 days ago. I'm just waiting on some replacement shock tower rubber boots from 034Motorsports. I've learning slowly but surely, better do it right the first time around!
On the 30th, car will have the timing belt & water pump service & every single gasket changed out with the help of a fellow AudiZine member to finally get rid of the oil leaks. We're also putting on a metal thermostat cover from the 2000 S4 (Solid metal). Funny, Audi fitted a plastic thermostat cover to the 2001.5 that's notorious for cracking and leaking coolant, the last thing I want to do is have the timing belt job done over again because of a POS thermostat cover
Once that's all said and done, I'm finally going to get around to changing out the front & rear diff / transmission fluid along with the B5 RS4 mounts ( 1killercls . )
Car has been running awesome otherwise and I absolutely love driving it. I've only had a few incidents but it's mostly things I've installed something incorrectly or overlooked.
I was thinking about it and really - In the end, this project will cost much more than just buying a pre-built Stage 3 car. I'm doing it for the experience & knowledge mainly, I want to build a car that I know all the bases are covered and it's built correctly.
Project Owdi S4 is underway, slowly but surely it will be Stage 3.
09-19-2016, 09:58 AM
for motor mounts to come out, which basically means the front bumper & front clip comes off. This will give me more access to examine for any other potential issues.
- Damn you Amazon for setting my shipping expectations beyond what they should be 
1killercls . 