This car was leaking oil from an unusual place, and the engine/transmission had to come out. The back end of the engine looks like a watch.





The pics didn't come out too well. I took them with an iPhone, and they look much better on the phone.

 

I guess the craziest part is that it's actually the BACK end of the engine....

 

Dam , that doesn't look fun to fix ;(

 

LMAO

That does look like a pretty damn complicated motor.

 

oops

 

that motor looks like ZERO fun to work on, you have to spend like 10 hours just taking all the **** off before you can actully take the heads off.....

 

What a surprise audi reliability sucks.

I have new respect for audi tech's.

 

Actually, that 4.2 is a brilliant motor and quite reliable. It's consistently rated as one of the worlds 10 best engines. I've got one in my A6.

But some of the early S4's when they changed over to the V8 motors from the old 2.7 Turbo had some issues and were not quite as reliable.

 

I dont see how looking at the picture of a timing chain setup can make you know that an engine is unreliable. How do even arrive at that assumption? That timing chain setup is no more/less complicated than any other chain on many many v-configurations out there.

 

Audi reliability dosent suck.. Just the electrical was a ***** a while back.

 

I have an s4 and i love it ! The only bad thing is that is cost so much for any audi part. The prices are a joke.

 

i put 60k on my a4 and treated it like complete *** and never gave me a problem..

its the best car i've owned to date...

01 m3
02 accord
01 denali
04 rx8
04 a4
03 s430
06 evo

a4 has never seen the shop except for oil changes and brakes at 40k, WHICH WERE FREE!

 

German parts will cost you a arm and a leg. Thats why I got rid of mine

 

Audi reliability USED to suck. Such as the A4 B5 and below (before the 2000's). But recently (the past 5 or 6 years) their reliability has gone up a lot. Only thing I don't like about them is that they're fat.

 

You got rid of your arm?