Problem on one side of engine??

[Nard666]

Hi I'm having one side (passenger side) of my engine getting hotter than the other side (even just on idle) also seems like it maybe running a little rougher? I'm not sure but it's definitely louder on this side I've also got a whistle when revved (more as I let the throttle off) also I have a bit of a sucking noise when i turn the car off (sounds like it's coming from the throttle control flap) not sure if this connected to my problems or even if it's normal but i didn't notice it in the first 3 years i had the car but the sucking noise has been there for a little bit (i think since I had a garage change the egr valve) please help

[Crasher]

I am guessing this is a V6 TDI?

[Nard666]

I am guessing this is a V6 TDI?
Yes correct 3.0 tdi bmk engine

[Nard666]

I am guessing this is a V6 TDI?

Any ideas on what's up with it?

[Crasher]

Do you get a vapour like trail of white smoke from the exhaust at idle with a thick unpleasant odour?

[Nard666]

Do you get a vapour like trail of white smoke from the exhaust at idle with a thick unpleasant odour?

I think there has been a bit of white smoke not too sure if it's vapour like and not too sure about any odour from the backend i will have to check tomorrow , under the bonnet and maybe even inside the car there is an odour but i think it's just the smell of heat, what kind of odour am i looking for? What are your ideas? So I can look for it

[Nard666]

The heat from one side is pretty hot it had wrecked my bonnet ram and popped the cap up on my washer bottle and the hvac unit was very hot too

[Crasher]

Sounds like typical faulty V6 CR TDI injector syndrome, makes them run lean and get very hot.

[Nard666]

Sounds like typical faulty V6 CR TDI injector syndrome, makes them run lean and get very hot.

Thanks for the reply, ah ok i didn't realise there was a common fault with injectors on these what exactly is the fault is it to do with the cr or injectors theirselves? , but would that create a whistle or the sucking noise? Or do you suspect those to be separate issues? Would this show up on vcds? As I did a scan a few weeks back and it didn't pick up on that although it want to do another one tomorrow, weather permitting i get tomorrow to look at my car (the weather hasn't really been giving me the days I can actually look at my car recently)

[Crasher]

The injectors wear, it is a well known and VAG acknowledged problem dealt with by installing an upgraded set of injectors. The noise is usually a blocked breather system caused by poor oil change intervals, i.e. the ones recommuby Audi......

[Nard666]

The injectors wear, it is a well known and VAG acknowledged problem dealt with by installing an upgraded set of injectors. The noise is usually a blocked breather system caused by poor oil change intervals, i.e. the ones recommuby Audi......
Ah ok thank you, do you have an idea of how to find and clear the blockage, have you had this injector problem? Are they easy to do? Do you have a part number for the upgraded set? Are they audi dealers only or can I source them elsewhere? Sorry for the multiple questions but i really appreciate the help, I've never had injectors go on any of the cars I've had before

[Nard666]

The injectors wear, it is a well known and VAG acknowledged problem dealt with by installing an upgraded set of injectors. The noise is usually a blocked breather system caused by poor oil change intervals, i.e. the ones recommuby Audi......

Would I need all the injectors replacing or just any bad ones only I've looked on eBay just to get a rough idea of a price and they want £250 each for a remanufactured one

[Crasher]

You should fit the upgraded part (all six) 059 130 855 AX which are £508.87 inc VAT from Audi, that is EACH... Yes the IMA values have to be read off of the injector and entered into the engine ECU. You should be able to find the Bosch exchange version 0 986 435 358 for around £300 each.

[Nard666]

You should fit the upgraded part (all six) 059 130 855 AX which are £508.87 inc VAT from Audi, that is EACH... Yes the IMA values have to be read off of the injector and entered into the engine ECU. You should be able to find the Bosch exchange version 0 986 435 358 for around £300 each.
Thank you, i went out and had a look this afternoon and I don't know if maybe when i see smoke before it was due to it being damp as it was early morning but today it didn't really kick out much smoke on idle, or mid range of revs, it did kick out a load of white smoke with my foot to the floor (literally) this to only be about 4,000 revs or slightly less, this is the highest it will rev and towards this many revs will also produce smoke from what looks like underneath my coolant bottle maybe at the backend of the manifold or just behind it? I was hoping to do a scan but i ran out of time so I will do one tomorrow and check the measuring blocks too

[Nard666]

You should fit the upgraded part (all six) 059 130 855 AX which are £508.87 inc VAT from Audi, that is EACH... Yes the IMA values have to be read off of the injector and entered into the engine ECU. You should be able to find the Bosch exchange version 0 986 435 358 for around £300 each.

Hi Crasher so I went and started the car the other day and It didn't seem to get hot on one side, so Intermittent fault? Though the fans didn't seem to come on and i did miss this from my scan
005716- please check dtc memory of instrument cluster
P1654 -005- - Intermittent
Freeze Frame
Fault Status :00100101
Fault Priority :0
Fault Frequency :6
Reset counter :255
Mileage :293510 km
Time Indication :0
Date: 2005.11.06
Time :9:20:28

Freeze Frame
Rpm: 0/min
Torque :0.0nm
Speed :0.0 km/h
Duty cycle: 1.0%
Voltage :12.92 v
Bin.bits: 00101000
Torque: 109.2

Readiness: 1 1 0 0 0

I think this refers to an engine coolant temperature sensor? In my instrument cluster section it shows no fault found but i had just cleared my fault codes before i started the car and did this scan so maybe it hadn't had a chance to register a fault in the instrument cluster section as its an Intermittent fault and i hadn't run the car for very long? I need to do another scan but have had computer problems, p.s i know the date says 2005 but I've also got current faults with my light/rain sensor which I've had for a year and the date showing for them is 2006 for some reason?

[Crasher]

Do another scan in a few days and see what comes back.

[Nard666]

Do another scan in a few days and see what comes back.

That scan was a few weeks back trying to do another one at the minute but having problems with my computer , just getting frustrated at the minute because i want my car back ha ha ha

[Crasher]

Computers and cars, I never get frustrated with them, ever........:zx11::mad::1zhelp::aargh4::crying::an gryfire:banghead::dunno::rant::Screem::Screem::Scr eem:

[Nard666]

Computers and cars, I never get frustrated with them, ever........:zx11::mad::1zhelp::aargh4::crying::an gryfire:banghead::dunno::rant::Screem::Screem::Scr eem:
Ha ha ha yeah exactly why I stopped working on cars years ago (i was in a better situation so could pay someone else to get frustrated,to be honest now i also want to solve it because the frustration lol), newer engines are a current frustration, computers however have always been so

[Nard666]

Computers and cars, I never get frustrated with them, ever........:zx11::mad::1zhelp::aargh4::crying::an gryfire:banghead::dunno::rant::Screem::Screem::Scr eem:

Hi Crasher i did manage to do a scan today this is the faults that showed up
Address 01: engine

005716- please check dtc memory of instrument cluster
P1654 -005- - Intermittent
Freeze Frame
Fault Status :00100101
Fault Priority: 0
Fault Frequency: 23
Reset counter :255
Mileage: 293510 km
Time Indication: 0
Date 2005.11.06
Time :09:20:28

Freeze Frame :
Rpm: 0/min
Torque: 0.0 nm
Speed: 0.0 km/h
Duty cycle: 1.0 %
Voltage: 12.92 v
Bin.bits: 00101000
Torque: 109.2 nm

006217- please check dtc memory of transmission controller
P1849- 008- -Intermittent
Freeze Frame :
Fault Status: 00101000
Fault Priority: 0
Fault Frequency: 6
Reset counter: 255
Mileage: 0 km
Time Indication :0

Freeze Frame :
Rpm: 0/min
Torque :230.1 nm
Speed: 0.0 km /h
(no units) :0.0
Voltage :5.40 v
Torque: 581.4 nm

005481 - cruise control switch (e45)
P1569- 001 - implausible signal - Intermittent
Freeze Frame :
Fault Status: 00100001
Fault Priority :0
Fault Frequency :2
Reset counter :255
Mileage :0 km
Time Indication :0

Freeze Frame
Rpm :21/min
Torque: 226.2 nm
Speed :0.0 km/h
Duty cycle :1.0%
Voltage :5.32v
Bin.bits :00001000
Torque :292.5 nm

005715- please check dtc memory of abs controller
P1653-002- - Intermittent
Freeze Frame :
Fault Status :00100010
Fault Priority :0
Fault Frequency :4
Reset counter :255
Mileage: 296862 km
Time Indication :0
Date :2006.06.13
Time:11:15:53

Freeze Frame :
Rpm :0/min
Torque :0.0 nm
Speed :0.0 km/h
Duty cycle: 1.0 %
Voltage :10.49v
Bin.bits: 00101000
Torque :109.2 nm

I also have a intake manifold flap fault i knew about already and 3 glowplugs dead

Address 03: abs brakes
1 fault found :
01826- sensor for steering angle (g85);supply voltage terminal 30
000- - - Intermittent
Freeze Frame :
Fault Status :00100000
Fault Priority :3
Fault Frequency :23
Reset counter: 107
Mileage :296862km
Time Indication: 0
Date :2006.06.21
Time: 11 :10:35

Freeze Frame:
Hex value: 0x0000
Hex value :0x02a2
Hex value :0x0024
Hex value :0x018c
Hex value: 0x00ff

Address 07: control head
1 fault found :
01317- control module in instrument cluster (j285)
004- no signal /communication - Intermittent
Freeze Frame :
Fault Status :00100100
Fault Priority :5
Fault Frequency :1
Reset counter :104
Mileage :296862 km
Time Indication: 0
Date :2006.05.09

Freeze Frame :
Bin.bits: 10

Address 61: battery regulator

Has some quiescent current faults (i had a battery die on me recently)

[Nard666]

Computers and cars, I never get frustrated with them, ever........:zx11::mad::1zhelp::aargh4::crying::an gryfire:banghead::dunno::rant::Screem::Screem::Scr eem:

the address for the instrument cluster showed no faults, address for transmission showed no faults even though it said to check dtc memory of these components or should I go into anything to check as I've only done a complete scan and i don't really understand all this kind of stuff to be honest any ideas mate? Not sure how many are due to the battery running flat on me or due to the heat on one side of engine or due to it not being moved as I'm not currently driving it

[Nard666]

Computers and cars, I never get frustrated with them, ever........:zx11::mad::1zhelp::aargh4::crying::an gryfire:banghead::dunno::rant::Screem::Screem::Scr eem:

Hi Crasher whereabouts does the breather system run to? I followed the pipe from the damper next to the turbo but i lost it where it goes towards the bottom of the turbo i did have a small amount of oil sitting on the bottom of the damper (very small amount) which I'm thinking it maybe isn't totally blocked but possibly restricted and caked up abit for me to be getting oil through it or is it normal for oil to get through? Also I have had a lot of oil around the damper which I cleaned up and i also have a large patch of oil around the pipework behind it and for some reason also around the pipework round the side of the engine (driver's side)so intercooler pipes