Karlos the Avant
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You are all aware of the problems i have had with my beloved green a4 avant folowing my crys for help on Pop goes the Turbo thread.
I thought i would follow that on with all what ive done over the last few week and last 3 days
I have now completed the repairs to the turbo and other repairs to get it best i can.
First off when i got the car it run like a bag of Sh*te but i had faith in the A4 Green Machine and loved it even then.
The advert pic that took me to look at it
I saw the look i could have from it even on first look and drive, it had very little power,inside looked and smelt like a dog kenell{believe me it did lol}.but the engine had no knocks,grinds,drove quiet but ruff on the way home.
Idropped the oil and flushed the engine the day i got it home, did the plugs and started to read and look into the know issues.
I had to make some changes to get it how i like my car to look and one of the first things to go was the rear lights{chav lights noooooooooooooo lol}and my plate on there, to make it "Mine"
I tinted the side windows but will have to wait to pay for the rear window to be done, as i do like the tint look but can never do the curve in the rear window it always comes out pants lol.
Also got some wheels £160 brand new 17"
I know alot of people will hate the chrome wheels but i like them and it is my car lol
They came in boxes wi no tyres on them,i then got some 235/40/17 for rear from here www.mytyres.co.uk deliver price included, ive used this site a few times depending on what im looking to put the tyres on and a mate had 2x 225/40/17 he didnt need for the front.
The parts that i knew I had to change again oil,filters ect on the car, was on there way from every were i could find them from, ebay,europarts ect.
The car had a water leak when i bought it but just a drip, but this becmae worst in a matter of a few months and after a lot of hunting i found it to be this
Rad fan switch,
The metal rear section were it actualy screwed in had come away from the rad inside and this alowed the fan switch to move and leak more and more.
i priced a new rad to save future hastle/repairs,had a good read on here and took the front end off to get the rad out.The threaded part of the new rad was part of the inner frame fixed in place as part of it and the old one had the threaded thin nut looking thing rattling about inside that hold the sender in place.
Why the rad was off i also fitted this:
The oil cooler was a easy job, took the oil filter off and there was a nut on the shaft holding the cooler in place, when i took the old one off it looked cool and like new from the outside but when i looked inside it was rotted away alot and would have only been a matter of time till the insides give up.i have read of a few people who have had water in there engine and a lot of money at times to put things right.
The new oil coolers are £20-£30 from a lot of places and would imagine not a massive fortune from Audi {but i wouldnt have a clue lol}but for 10-30 mins depending on how you get on doing it,the costs of repairs and time scale if it goes, makes this a quick and easy insurance repair "JUST INCASE"
The onle tip is move the water ress out of the way, few screws and mine had a electric plug under it. with thse out i just lifted it out of the way wit the hoses still on.
I got the oil cooler{that had no new seal }from Europarts with the rad.had to seal it on with old seal but its cool and i cant see the sealant lol but if had have took a pic of the old one it didnt look to much diferent to be honest, looks can be very deciving when i peeped inside the old one.
Next thing on the list was the vag-com
Ebay Vag-Com
To all those who think they dont need one, I would say, "it has and is one of the best thing i have bought for the car since i got it".
If you want to know if things are not working correctly or it just dont seem right then £12 ebay lead and free disk will give you most of the answers you may need and the guys on here will point you in the right directions
Now more investigation on the running and engine area.
The next thing was to look for boost leaks and then i found this:
it was cracked on the top and the original one going by the looks, i ordered new one from Ebay, original Audi Part £25 ish.
The pipe from the top was all split at the other end.This has all been changed with a cheap, but doing its job boost gauge top dash mounted fitted.
I also ordered a new N75 because my new Vag-Com told me that was knacked so i checked the wiring{as advised on here} and they was ok so i ordered a new N75J Valve, i went for the J version in readness for the planned remap.
This is my sorry looking old one.
After changing all the parts and doing 2 oil flushes and 2 full synth oil changes, new ngk plugs, filters standard along the months and i could still feel it was still missing a lot of power but this become critical when this happened:
My old Turbo back and the waste gate
This was my old turbo back exhaust end with my waste gate valve sat on top that they found in my cat atfer I took it to get stainless decat exhaust.
After a lot of help from some very clever people on here and I managed to make one good turbo from mine and one that i got for £20 on ebay{I know i got ripped off lol ya just cant trust some people} but worked out good in end.
I didnt take any pictures of the turbo change because i was working from one on here, pic by pic with full write up that i tried to follow lol.
This is what it looked like just before i put the air box back in place:
New stainless decat pipe machine bent down to a chuncky stainless flexi pipe and goes on to the centre of the car because that was the day they found the turbo valve in the cat, i then had to go for half to save coin.
It was suspected that the cat was blocked after suden loss of power and one night noticing the turbo and manifold glowing red hot and I mean glowing.
I will go for the rest of the staunless sometime but its cool for now, its the first time its not blown, the front pipe was going when i got it and now nothing except free flow..
I have also changed all the seats for some newer sport type seats in black cloth with grey-ish stripe going through them{il Get a pic on here soon lol}
This is the decat after i wrapped it with some heat wrap i once bought for an evo4, it works well to keep the heat down, its wrapped about 12" to 14" from the turbo rear back.
Just wrapped decat pipe.
All back on the car.
The Samco hose kit that i talked about in Pop goes the turbo thread was also fitted at the time of doing the turbo repair.
Intercooler pipe
You can just see the shiny new N75 Valve snd under that is the new DV, niether of these was a big job at all, I had to extend the 2 wires for the N75 to twist were it would sit perfect with all the pipes conected to it.
Throtle Body hose
Along with these all the intercooler pipes were changed to Samco hoses, some say they have to be copies for £26 per set:
Everyone fitted perfectly very tight on and sat perfect.
Intercooler pipes same fit perfect
If these are copies they are what i would call perfect copies lol, I took the gamble for £26 and won,Would you take that gamble lol,
is what i said when they arrived a month after i ordered them, 
and that was me 3 seconds after opening the bag lol.
This was me done for the day.
All back on the engine and car,
Took it for a run to warm it up and get the blood flowing round the engine again lol{been off road for 3wk ishbut started in between repairs}
I took it for a few miles, no strange noises,creaks,scretched or anything from the engine at all, took it back home after a run out and plugged vag com into it.
lol this was the first time i had NOT got any faults showing at all
Vag-Com
Result.
Took car out for another run and a little play this time and it run smooth and very quick to pull me up the speedo.
I started off with a dog kenel stinking, volvo running dog of a A4, but i had a little faith, sweat running engine with 82k on the clock but with no history, I took the big gamble.
You soon find unless the engine is terminated, then there will be a way of repairing or repalcing what is broken to get it just right.
The car is just like im driving a new car and sat in my new seats are just the icing on the cake lol.
I have some H+R drop sport springs going it on it next weekend and will prob do the top rubbers why im at it.
With some of the outside bits done lights ect, im looking at buying some angle eyes of something newer but would like black then i can just go black and green all through apart from the wheels.
I will get some propper pic of the inside ect when the springs are done.
Future plans, hybrid turbo all ready sorted{nice one Lee}, front mount poss, new front bumper rs/s4 or something but unsure how im going to go about front end yet but will be going front mount in time.
Front brake tt/s3 upgrade , finish stainless exhaust, tint rear window.
Im looking into rolling road at moment, been reading up on JBS as they are prob closest to me unless i go mobile tune and id rather rolling road if i can after the hybrid turbo is done.
Anway i will end for now before i bore you to sleep lol
I will update this when springs are done with propper pics and will be glad of any coments whats so ever and remember i wont get offended at all because its my car and i love it now lol
BIG THANKS
TO ALL WHO HELPED ME GET TO HERE "RESPECT GUYS"
Ps:all this will be put in my garage section on here with any future repairs or upgrades.
I thought i would follow that on with all what ive done over the last few week and last 3 days
I have now completed the repairs to the turbo and other repairs to get it best i can.
First off when i got the car it run like a bag of Sh*te but i had faith in the A4 Green Machine and loved it even then.
The advert pic that took me to look at it
I saw the look i could have from it even on first look and drive, it had very little power,inside looked and smelt like a dog kenell{believe me it did lol}.but the engine had no knocks,grinds,drove quiet but ruff on the way home.
Idropped the oil and flushed the engine the day i got it home, did the plugs and started to read and look into the know issues.
I had to make some changes to get it how i like my car to look and one of the first things to go was the rear lights{chav lights noooooooooooooo lol}and my plate on there, to make it "Mine"
I tinted the side windows but will have to wait to pay for the rear window to be done, as i do like the tint look but can never do the curve in the rear window it always comes out pants lol.
Also got some wheels £160 brand new 17"
I know alot of people will hate the chrome wheels but i like them and it is my car lol
They came in boxes wi no tyres on them,i then got some 235/40/17 for rear from here www.mytyres.co.uk deliver price included, ive used this site a few times depending on what im looking to put the tyres on and a mate had 2x 225/40/17 he didnt need for the front.
The parts that i knew I had to change again oil,filters ect on the car, was on there way from every were i could find them from, ebay,europarts ect.
The car had a water leak when i bought it but just a drip, but this becmae worst in a matter of a few months and after a lot of hunting i found it to be this
Rad fan switch,
The metal rear section were it actualy screwed in had come away from the rad inside and this alowed the fan switch to move and leak more and more.
i priced a new rad to save future hastle/repairs,had a good read on here and took the front end off to get the rad out.The threaded part of the new rad was part of the inner frame fixed in place as part of it and the old one had the threaded thin nut looking thing rattling about inside that hold the sender in place.
Why the rad was off i also fitted this:
The oil cooler was a easy job, took the oil filter off and there was a nut on the shaft holding the cooler in place, when i took the old one off it looked cool and like new from the outside but when i looked inside it was rotted away alot and would have only been a matter of time till the insides give up.i have read of a few people who have had water in there engine and a lot of money at times to put things right.
The new oil coolers are £20-£30 from a lot of places and would imagine not a massive fortune from Audi {but i wouldnt have a clue lol}but for 10-30 mins depending on how you get on doing it,the costs of repairs and time scale if it goes, makes this a quick and easy insurance repair "JUST INCASE"
The onle tip is move the water ress out of the way, few screws and mine had a electric plug under it. with thse out i just lifted it out of the way wit the hoses still on.
I got the oil cooler{that had no new seal }from Europarts with the rad.had to seal it on with old seal but its cool and i cant see the sealant lol but if had have took a pic of the old one it didnt look to much diferent to be honest, looks can be very deciving when i peeped inside the old one.
Next thing on the list was the vag-com
Ebay Vag-Com
To all those who think they dont need one, I would say, "it has and is one of the best thing i have bought for the car since i got it".
If you want to know if things are not working correctly or it just dont seem right then £12 ebay lead and free disk will give you most of the answers you may need and the guys on here will point you in the right directions
Now more investigation on the running and engine area.
The next thing was to look for boost leaks and then i found this:
it was cracked on the top and the original one going by the looks, i ordered new one from Ebay, original Audi Part £25 ish.
The pipe from the top was all split at the other end.This has all been changed with a cheap, but doing its job boost gauge top dash mounted fitted.
I also ordered a new N75 because my new Vag-Com told me that was knacked so i checked the wiring{as advised on here} and they was ok so i ordered a new N75J Valve, i went for the J version in readness for the planned remap.
This is my sorry looking old one.
After changing all the parts and doing 2 oil flushes and 2 full synth oil changes, new ngk plugs, filters standard along the months and i could still feel it was still missing a lot of power but this become critical when this happened:
My old Turbo back and the waste gate
This was my old turbo back exhaust end with my waste gate valve sat on top that they found in my cat atfer I took it to get stainless decat exhaust.
After a lot of help from some very clever people on here and I managed to make one good turbo from mine and one that i got for £20 on ebay{I know i got ripped off lol ya just cant trust some people} but worked out good in end.
I didnt take any pictures of the turbo change because i was working from one on here, pic by pic with full write up that i tried to follow lol.
This is what it looked like just before i put the air box back in place:
New stainless decat pipe machine bent down to a chuncky stainless flexi pipe and goes on to the centre of the car because that was the day they found the turbo valve in the cat, i then had to go for half to save coin.
It was suspected that the cat was blocked after suden loss of power and one night noticing the turbo and manifold glowing red hot and I mean glowing.
I will go for the rest of the staunless sometime but its cool for now, its the first time its not blown, the front pipe was going when i got it and now nothing except free flow..
I have also changed all the seats for some newer sport type seats in black cloth with grey-ish stripe going through them{il Get a pic on here soon lol}
This is the decat after i wrapped it with some heat wrap i once bought for an evo4, it works well to keep the heat down, its wrapped about 12" to 14" from the turbo rear back.
Just wrapped decat pipe.
All back on the car.
The Samco hose kit that i talked about in Pop goes the turbo thread was also fitted at the time of doing the turbo repair.
Intercooler pipe
You can just see the shiny new N75 Valve snd under that is the new DV, niether of these was a big job at all, I had to extend the 2 wires for the N75 to twist were it would sit perfect with all the pipes conected to it.
Throtle Body hose
Along with these all the intercooler pipes were changed to Samco hoses, some say they have to be copies for £26 per set:
Everyone fitted perfectly very tight on and sat perfect.
Intercooler pipes same fit perfect
If these are copies they are what i would call perfect copies lol, I took the gamble for £26 and won,Would you take that gamble lol,
is what i said when they arrived a month after i ordered them, and that was me 3 seconds after opening the bag lol.This was me done for the day.
All back on the engine and car,
Took it for a run to warm it up and get the blood flowing round the engine again lol{been off road for 3wk ishbut started in between repairs}
I took it for a few miles, no strange noises,creaks,scretched or anything from the engine at all, took it back home after a run out and plugged vag com into it.
lol this was the first time i had NOT got any faults showing at all
Vag-Com
Result.Took car out for another run and a little play this time and it run smooth and very quick to pull me up the speedo.
I started off with a dog kenel stinking, volvo running dog of a A4, but i had a little faith, sweat running engine with 82k on the clock but with no history, I took the big gamble.
You soon find unless the engine is terminated, then there will be a way of repairing or repalcing what is broken to get it just right.
The car is just like im driving a new car and sat in my new seats are just the icing on the cake lol.
I have some H+R drop sport springs going it on it next weekend and will prob do the top rubbers why im at it.
With some of the outside bits done lights ect, im looking at buying some angle eyes of something newer but would like black then i can just go black and green all through apart from the wheels.
I will get some propper pic of the inside ect when the springs are done.
Future plans, hybrid turbo all ready sorted{nice one Lee}, front mount poss, new front bumper rs/s4 or something but unsure how im going to go about front end yet but will be going front mount in time.
Front brake tt/s3 upgrade , finish stainless exhaust, tint rear window.
Im looking into rolling road at moment, been reading up on JBS as they are prob closest to me unless i go mobile tune and id rather rolling road if i can after the hybrid turbo is done.
Anway i will end for now before i bore you to sleep lol
I will update this when springs are done with propper pics and will be glad of any coments whats so ever and remember i wont get offended at all because its my car and i love it now lol
BIG THANKS
TO ALL WHO HELPED ME GET TO HERE "RESPECT GUYS"
Ps:all this will be put in my garage section on here with any future repairs or upgrades.
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