badass951

The car in the pics is an '01 Audi A6 2.7T. This was a project from a few weeks back, however I just had a chance to upload the pics and wanted to share how involved turbo replacement is on a 2.7T. I know this is somewhat off-topic, however it is meant to be a post for all those 951 owners out there that get discouraged when working on their own cars!

Andral951_S

at least you have all needed tools.

Own Goal

Hey Dude, that's cheating. You have a lift, shop etc. I bet you even looked at the manual!!
Kidding, what are these Germans thinking when they build this stuff?
That said, my best pal works for the Ferrari dealer and I own a lot of Italian made processing equipment. The Germans win by a mile. The Italians have some sort of mechanical genetic quirk.

Chris White

Actually thats a lot easier than the 951 engine R&R.
If you do a search there is a thread from my S4 belt / water pump job a couple of years ago...

RPHARRIS

AGREED, I had a rebuild a couple of Campagnolo brake/shift levers on a bike. They are the most f***ed up things I have ever seen.

Rock

My sisters audi of the same era is easier to work on. Granted its tight under there, but it seems everything is more logically placed.

Keithr726

I hope I don't own mine when it needs turbo replacement . How many miles did those have and are the new ones k04s?

VOoDOoGTX

haha read the manual for replacing the alternator.

step one: disconnect battery
step two: remove front of car

my friend has a S4 and we have replaced the turbos 3 times already on i(K03s) so this time(they blew again) we are going to go all out and replace them with GT28s and a built 3.0 engine.

were so good at it we can do a turbo replacement in less than 5 hours

Raceboy

2.7TT is about the worst engine on these Audis.

fast951

Now I understand why someone discouraged me when I was thinking of getting a S4.. Now it makes sense why 2.7T audi cars drop in value when the get close to 100K miles. I guess the cost to replace the turbos can exceed the value of the car!

Chris White

Don’t fall for the gloom and doom you hear on the 2.7tt S4!
I have one with 120k miles, stock turbos, stock everything and it has seen quite a few track days. The only engine work has been one water pump / belt / rollers job.
The ones that ‘blow up’ are usually running a lot more boost and adding 100ft lbs to stock power. We all know what happens to a 951 when you do that without being careful!
I would put the S4 right in the same league as the 951 when it comes to reliability. Well kept ones without big mods last forever. Highly stressed / under designed ones break all the time!

BTW - removing the front of the caris a peice of cake (after the first time!) - its designed to be removed for easy engine work I wish my 951 was as easy!

gstreev

Holy C*&%, I'm removing the S4/A6 of my list of cars I want.
Funny, I looked at one that needed a turbo, glad I didn't bite.
I was always curious about the sequential turbo setup though.
Note to self, forget about the 2.7tt swap for my Audi TT

eyeball kid

The above pictures and a failing transmission were why I was happy to unload by A6. Brilliant car in a lot of ways, but OMG, I've never ached for a SBC quite as badly.

SSI Performance

A little time consuming the first time around, we've done dozens of those at the shop. The 2.7Tis a great powerplant as long as you have an aftermarket warranty paying for repairs It's even better with some bigger turbos.

Also, never put bigger than stock turbos on a 2.7T with an automatic transmission, trust me.

-Warren

fast951

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