Recent content by richard hare

so after the head gasket replacement and the car only cranking and not firing(got that sorted) i went to tackle the engine management light that i was left with... went and plugged in my cheapo ebay scanner in and kept getting link error(normaly this thing is very good at reading codes and...

funny enough i had the same problem on my car just the other day....i had to jack the car up(place on axle stands) and with a torch shining up in front of the pulys and belts youll see a goldy /silverish mechanism this is the latch that the cable pulls...i could get my arm up there with a hefty...

good man QC just the job....cheers...

so after tackling the head gasket we parked the audi up for the night...went to start next morning and no go...just kept cranking...seems the old girl isnt going to let me off lightly...shes going to make me work for the reward.. after checking the usual suspects..plugs..coil packs..fuel...just...

cheers qc ...i know it was a long shot with the apu but it was most helpful when the two cars were side by side...as i said i got lucky...i realy do appreciate the input and help...dont know whether the post helped anybody regarding swapping heads though...from my point of view it was a non...

so after removing the head it turns out the head gasket had indeed deteriorated... but not cracked anywhere...it had seperated like a sandwich into three separate layers if that makes sense...got lucky with the head...tested and all come back fine....but did notice when removing the head the...

blimey.....i didnt think of that option...

good man QC...im gonna try..more ambitious projects have been done...i just liked the idea of an engine with 40/50000 miles less to keep the audi going for years....cheap..

conflicting information...so the earlier apu entire engine wont fit in the b6 car...but the head will fit on the later engine(with a few mods)... im not trying to complicate things...i was just hoping to utilise the two platforms to get the audi back on the road but get as much info before i...

what sort of money are we talking about for the ecu recoding...also looking at the two cars there seems to be more room around the rear of the vw engine bay the coolant flange is quite easy access (seems a few inches forward)if that makes sense...any known problems regarding gearbox mounting or...

this is a great help guys...me and my mate have done a few engine swaps many moons ago...rs turbos... old golf gtis ..ect.. but as you can appreciate this is a bit more involved on the electrical side of things...im sure it will be fine(whats the worse that can happen anyway) ill keep you...

ah right so the immobiliser isnt programmed to the engine via the ecu...ive got the whole car (passat)...a bit confusing regarding the audi immobiliser...

just another thought...if i go with the compete swap..engine,harness and ecu would it be a feasible option to send both ecu units to a specialist(if one exists) to reprogram the apu unit to the audi immobiliser...im not too clued up on the computer side of things....

thanks for that...i did sort of get you the first time but im clutching at straws trying to find ways and means around the problems..reason being the bfb has done 160000 miles but is in a nice condition audi while the apu has done 90000 miles in a skip of a passat..so you can see where im trying...

thanks for the replies...have i read on the forums about people getting rid of the sai anyway and wouldnt this make the connector redundent.. is it going to be case of the bfb ecu and wiring not working with the apu engine...because i dont have vcds (nearest audi dealer is in bristol) pairing...