AUDI A6 Rattling Noise & Blue Smoke- HELP

[grigor]

well guys im back with the news.

i took my car to the garage in the morning and i get a call back at about 11.30, they tell me the problem doesnt lie within the cambelt and i should go down for a discussion and said there is a bigger problem, thats where i literally though here we go new engine.

so i goe down there and the guy starts explaining to me that the cambelt timing is fine, and so are the idler pulleys, but one of them was just a little bit shaky but nothing big, so it wouldnt affect it.

the guys goes it has gotta be the hydraulic tappets thats the only thing that would explain it, and he did say that this was a common problem and it does fail on these engines.

so then here is the legendary quote. i cant remmember the exact figures but there u go.

80 cambelt
45 water pump
102 hydraulic tappets
140 labour (4 hours)
35 oil and filter, sumit like 10 to 40 oil, not exactly sure
10 anti-freeze

and obviously as we live in uk plus 17.5% VAT.

so total came to about 479...

what do you think guys, cheap or not cheap for whats going to be changed.

this will bring the car bilt include how much i paid for it to £3300 cz i brought some tyres as well.

what you think, not bad for that car. and is it worth going ahead with it.

Thanks guys waiting for your reply

[toff]

Definately worth trying to get it fixed. I'm sure the mechnic sees 1.9 TDIs all the time and he'd tell you if the engine problems were terminal!

Good luck mate!

[grigor]

Definately worth trying to get it fixed. I'm sure the mechnic sees 1.9 TDIs all the time and he'd tell you if the engine problems were terminal!

Good luck mate!

thanks dude, he also say the the blue smoke could possibly be excessive fuel burning, this so he said it doesnt look like oil, and also the took some waist of the tip of the engine and he said it feels damp so like fuel.

fingers crossed, hope that does it for me, not the best time to be fixing a car but what can you do.

[lonky]

Mileages on second hand engines are not always relable. Not unless you can check them in the car, and mark the engine up.

I have bought engines with a claimed 30K, that once delivered looked more like 130K with the wear on them.

Not all second hand engine dealers are honest.

With that in mind you may be better to stick with the devil you know and get your engine repaired.

[grigor]

Mileages on second hand engines are not always relable. Not unless you can check them in the car, and mark the engine up.

I have bought engines with a claimed 30K, that once delivered looked more like 130K with the wear on them.

Not all second hand engine dealers are honest.

With that in mind you may be better to stick with the devil you know and get your engine repaired.

yhe ill see how it goes i mean end of the day im stuck with it so its not much i can do apart from repairing it.

[grigor]

Hey guys,

I'm back with my car from the mechanics with the oil and filter changed, cam kit and tensioner changed, hydraulic tappets and anti freeze along with the waterpump.

But the noise is still there but has been reduced, so it is not as allowed now but i and my friends can still notice it being there.

the bloke showed me the hydraulic tappets that were on there allready and three of them were broken, chips were found at the top, i dont know what to say,

the guys guy goes to be ****** off so much because if you had not changed it it could of led up to engine being broken really badly, as for the smoke is still smokey but not as much.

he also did mention the hydraulic tappets may take some time to run in, so he said about 250.-300 miles is a good running in period andd the noise might go, if not that what it is.

its an engine with a lot of miles on so he says nothing more you can do to it.

what do you guys think? do they need a running period.

what else is there left to do.?

[toff]

Hi,

I would definitely take it easy for 250 miles or so, just to let the new parts wear in correctly.

There's no harm in it and you don't want to jeopardize the money you've spent on it by being impatient!

All the best with it mate..

[grigor]

Hi,

I would definitely take it easy for 250 miles or so, just to let the new parts wear in correctly.

There's no harm in it and you don't want to jeopardize the money you've spent on it by being impatient!

All the best with it mate..

so would you say the noise might be able to go after those miles are done, i need to go to london and pick up some1 on the 8th, from leicester to stansted, wort doing, what do you say?

[lonky]

The mechanic is correct that hydraulic tappets can take a while to settle in, though I do not expect the noise to improve a lot ofter this time.

However, from what you found, doing nothing was clearly not an option as the engine would have failed in style in the not to distant future if you had left it.

let us know how it is once you've clocked up some miles.