SQ5 Blown engine, CGQB What now?

[Sean Francis]

Hi, I have a friend's SQ5 2015 with a blown engine. It was trailered to Audi who gave them a £20k quote for a replacement engine. Other garages don't want the job because it would take too long and tie a ramp up.

There are replacement long blocks available at around £4K, is this a job a decent non Audi tech could do, or are there things like specialist electronics/service tools etc required?

Thanks for any advice!

 

[NHN]

Best to sell on if you can't find a decent priced reputable Audi garage to fix it.

 

[Sean Francis]

Best to sell on if you can't find a decent priced reputable Audi garage to fix it.

Would you know anyone that would get this done? Based in North West.

 

[cosmicblue]

You could try these people:

They take on engine rebuilds where the dealers have quoted a massive number and executed a proper repair. There is some negative rep stuff here - so limiting road-tests might be a good idea?

You are between a rock and a hard place for sure - my own F3 RSQ3 - so the 5 pot engine blew up at 18,200 miles under warranty - Audi Warranty messed around for well over 6 weeks before eventually authorising the dealer to replace the engine,, circa £30k with two failed cylinder head rebuilds and then a fully dressed engine straight off the production line.

 

[razza1]

Holy crap that’s a lot! Might have to think about extending warranty when it ends..I blew up a supra engine once, bought a second hand one but the garage wouldn’t fit it as it wasn’t a good state, then had to source another one which also then had issues but managed to sort it. Would’ve been cheaper and to fix it and also knowing it was then a proper fix.
Interesting it’s that much, as if you remap it the software companies only cover up to £10k sometimes…
Good luck with it.
Some of these engine rebuild companies however are a bit shady and just throw engine parts around, so the pistons you get back might be ****.
What is the reason for the engine going, so you know? Not in north west but try VAG works in reading, they may know someone decent to do it if they wouldn’t

 

[cosmicblue]

Audi Warranty don't pay the dealer to do diagnosis of the original fault - so the dealer has to do what the Audi Warranty team says ('Warranty is actually an insurance policy the manufacturer takes out to protect themselves from an open-ended liability). Just like the insurance policies we have to drive our cars on the road the insurance companies always want to take the cheapest repair path - it went badly wrong for them on my RS.

The original fault was a failure of two camshaft followers (look like rockers with rollers one end), they shattered and trashed a camshaft. Audi went for a cylinder head repair - twice even though sound repair practice would suggest the engine had ingested metallic particles, probably lodged in oil galleries. Eventually (after 6 or 7 weeks) the dealer dropped the sump and a main-bearing cap to reveal scored journals - there was indeed metallic debris in the galleries). Audi authorised a 'fully dressed' engine - so complete with all the ancillaries straight from the Gyor production line - the engine has labels that suggest a 1st June 2022 build date.

 

[razza1]

Wow…