Today I was up in Boston, Lincs to collect my sister partners old car he no longer has a need for.

 

The car was destined for the scrapyard as it had a major running issue which is why he bought another car, indeed it still has issues.

 

Anyway here are some rough details.

 

2000 (X) Audi A6 2.4 SE V6 Auto

Mileage: 173K

Colour: Sort of metallic green.

MOT till April 2016.

 

A while back I scanned the car with VCDS and it showed a camshaft sensor fault on bank 1, but the car ran sort of ok. He got a replacement sensor, but he is not mechanically minded. Last weekend I changed the sensor, result was the engine now runs as sweet as anything. Now the car has an engine that runs perfectly.

 

Bad bits, well where to start.

 

Tatty bodywork, front wing has been replaced and passenger rear quarter panel has a large scratch. Replaced wing is a slightly different colour, it was replaced in 2012 due to corrosion.

 

Pulls slightly to the left, and steering wheel is offset slightly when driving in a straight line.

 

Drivers window seems to require assistance to get it to close.

 

Tacky aftermarket headunit by "MEOS" fitted.

 

Extreme lack of recent maintenance, does not seem to have been serviced for many years. However its only done 8K miles since 2012, last service was some years ago looking at the paperwork.

 

VCDS scan shows that the alarm does not work, failed horn and the passenger front door does not deadlock.

 

Good bits

 

Brake have only done 3K miles, Cambelt was changed at 160K, 5 years ago. Not due again until 240K.

Both Cylinder heads were rebuilt after the cambelt snapped at 160K, cost the owner at the time more than £3K to fix.

Apart from above issue with the door and alarm a full VCDS scan is clean.

Cheap'ish to tax

Dead cheap to insure.

 

The car does however still seem to have one major issue which will mean it will die sooner or later, it does not have a conventional Auto. The A6 instead has a CVT transmission, which may well be on its last legs. At low RPM it judders a bit, feels almost like a misfire whilst once above 50 its drives great and cruises down the motorway with no problem at all.

 

Today I drove it from Lincolnshire to Hertfordshire, and apart from the gearbox it never missed a beat.

Is it the CVT oil? Sounds like our old Fiesta, ran 3/4 lots of fresh fluid through to clean it and never had an issue

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Any pics mate? Did you get the car for free?

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No money has changed hands for the car yet, however we have agreed a figure he wants for the car. When I sell it then anything over that I'll keep, anything less and he gets the lot.

 

Given the car is 15 years old, money involved is small.

 

For pictures, I do have the dealer pictures from when he bought it so I'll add these to the first post.

Woohoo looks like a great "little" project

Driving the Audi back to Dorset this weekend, hopefully i'll get back without any issues. Might even make it the Dorset meet next week, assuming all is well. The car was started during the week by my mums next door neighbour so I know it will start when I get there tomorrow.

 

So tomorrow I am off from Dorset to Hertfordshire by train, leaving bright and early.

 

Still not as bad as a work colleague bought my Sisters 125cc Yamaha scooter, and it was ridden all the way from Lincolnshire to Blandford last weekend, which at over 220 miles on a 125cc took a while (8hrs to be precise).

There's a place in Bristol that rebuild the CVT boxes for around £1k. Sounds like the clutch pack is on its way out, which won't be cheap to replace!

The box is the biggest worry, been driving the car today and you get used to it but I guess its a ticking time bomb.

 

Today I've been stripping out lots of redundant electrical kit,

 

So I've now fully removed the aftermarket DVD/Satnav with flip up screen and its associated external AV interface and iPod connection kit and GPS Aerial.

Also removed was an antique Nokia mobile phone kit including fixed cradle, speaker and external aerial stuck to the windscreen. I disconnected the power and cut most of the wires to aid removal of this as its of no use to man nor beast.

 

Checking the car over, the replaced wing is also corroding on top of the arch so i am guessing poorly painted 3 years ago.

The box is the biggest worry, been driving the car today and you get used to it but I guess its a ticking time bomb.

Today I've been stripping out lots of redundant electrical kit,

So I've now fully removed the aftermarket DVD/Satnav with flip up screen and its associated external AV interface and iPod connection kit and GPS Aerial.

Also removed was an antique Nokia mobile phone kit including fixed cradle, speaker and external aerial stuck to the windscreen. I disconnected the power and cut most of the wires to aid removal of this as its of no use to man nor beast.

Checking the car over, the replaced wing is also corroding on top of the arch so i am guessing poorly painted 3 years ago.

Get the fluid flushed, fairly sure you'll see an improvement

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And now we have functioning audio.

 

Dug through the shed at my mums and found the old Woodstock DAB52 that had been fitted in my 2001 Octy vRS, and after getting an ISO adapter and inline aerial booster thingy its all working.

 

As the factory unit was a Blaupunkt, as is the Woodstock, it even has the correct pinouts to drive the factory fitted amplifier in the Audi, so all four speakers working. Audi use the headunit to power the front speakers and an additional amp to drive the rear, so a pain to get all four working as any aftermarket unit needs to have rear speaker line level output.

 

Surprised the Woodstock fired up, its been stored in a damp shed for nearly 10 years. Not bothered hooking up the DAB, but I still have all the necessary for that as well.

 

If the car does end up at the breakers, it'll be removed.

 

Stupid picture has uploaded sideways, but you get the idea.

Got the old stereo still? How much you want for it?

I've had a quote from Audi to change the CVT oil, just over £200 inc. its a specialist job and the CVT fluid ain't cheap, just need to decide if its worth it as it may make no difference at all.

It's not a specialist job at all. Just need to be able to read the oil temperature via VCDS. The fluid is expensive though!

Did a VCDS scan today, the results are below.

 

Chassis Type: 4B - Audi A6 C5

Scan: 01 02 03 06 08 15 16 17 18 22 34 35 36 37 45 55 56 57 65 67

          75 76 77

 

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Address 01: Engine        Labels: 078-907-552-AMM.lbl

   Part No: 3B0 907 552 AE

   Component: 2.4L V6/5V      G   0002  

   Coding: 11582

   Shop #: WSC 02435  

   VCID: 67D9BFAF2FFD

   WAUZZZ4BZ1Nxxxxxx    AUZ7Z0Y1528463

 

3 Faults Found:

17748 - Camshaft Position Sensor (G40) / Engine Speed Sensor (G28): Incor. Correlation 

            P1340 - 35-10 -  -  - Intermittent

16804 - Catalyst System; Bank 1: Efficiency Below Threshold 

            P0420 - 35-00 -  - 

16814 - Catalyst System; Bank 2: Efficiency Below Threshold 

            P0430 - 35-00 -  - 

Readiness: 0000 0001

 

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Address 02: Auto Trans        Labels: 01J-927-156.lbl

   Part No: 01J 927 156 DR

   Component: V30 01J 2.4l 5V RdW 1670  

   Coding: 00001

   Shop #: WSC 04926  

   VCID: 7F0907CF576D

 

No fault code found.

 

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Address 03: ABS Brakes        Labels: 8E0-614-111-ASR.lbl

   Part No: 8E0 614 111 AP

   Component: ABS/ASR 5.3 FRONT   D00  

   Coding: 00033

   Shop #: WSC 02325  

   VCID: 6CD3C083361B

 

No fault code found.

 

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Address 08: Auto HVAC        Labels: 4B0-820-043-MY1.lbl

   Part No: 4B0 820 043 H

   Component: A6-Klimavollautomat D64  

   Coding: 00061

   Shop #: WSC 02435  

   VCID: 1F49E74FB72D

 

No fault code found.

 

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Address 15: Airbags        Labels: 4B0-959-655-AI8.lbl

   Part No: 4B0 959 655 G

   Component: Airbag Front+Seite 1001  

   Coding: 01106

   Shop #: WSC 02325  

   VCID: 346318E32EAB

 

No fault code found.

 

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Address 16: Steering wheel        Labels: 4B0-907-487.lbl

   Part No: 4B0 907 487 

   Component: E Lenkrad Elektronik D03  

   VCID: E9DD3997B9E9

 

No fault code found.

 

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Address 17: Instruments        Labels: 4B0-920-xxx-17.lbl

   Part No: 4B0 920 981 C

   Component: C5-KOMBIINSTR. VDO D12   

   Coding: 00462

   Shop #: WSC 01234  

   VCID: 2647F2ABE877

 

   Part No: WAUZZZ4BZ1

   Component: 38548     AUZ7Z0Y1528463  

   WAUZZZ4BZ1ˇˇ38548     AUZ7Z0Y1528463

 

No fault code found.

 

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Address 35: Centr. Locks        Labels: 4B0-962-258.lbl

   Part No: 4B0 962 258 H

   Component: Central Lock/Alarm  D33  

   Coding: 04814

   Shop #: WSC 02435  

   VCID: 2E570A8BC087

 

3 Faults Found:

01560 - Passenger Door 

            60-00 - Won't Safe

01562 - Right Rear Door 

            61-10 - Won't De-Safe - Intermittent

01134 - Alarm Horn (H12) 

            49-00 - No Communications

 

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Address 45: Inter. Monitor        Labels: 4B0-951-173.lbl

   Part No: 4B0 951 173 

   Component: Innenraumueberw.    D03  

   Coding: 00001

   Shop #: WSC 02435  

   VCID: E0CB24B34AD3

 

No fault code found.

 

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Concerned about the 17748, especially considering the engine was rebuilt 10K ago after a cambelt failure to the tune of £4000. 17748 suggests that the timing is out on one of the banks, remembering that I have already replaced the bank 1 camshaft position sensor with a new OEM one because the old one was not working at all.

 

Added some pictures after giving the A6 a good clean.

 

 

 

 

Still going with the A6 and its little issues.

Today was no exception, went to use it to visit the shops and at the first roundabout had what I immediately recognised and not one I wanted to hear, as I went round to take the third exit there was the sound of sloshing water and the passenger footwell ended up a little damp.

Quick google after I got back (after driving more slowly round corners), removed the scuttle cover and found it had about 6 inches of water in there. Now in the C5 the drain is located beneath the battery and brake servo, so in we go into the water to undo the battery retaining bolt, disconnected battery and out it came.

After fumbling around some more, found the drain beneath the battery, and unleashed a river of water from under the car but some water remained so started fishing under the brake servo and found that one too so unleashed another smaller river. I've cleared as much crap from the scuttle area as I could before putting it all back together.

Hopefully it'll now be dry, its to damp to sort the carpets fully but I don't think any water had got in until I went round the corner and sent it sloshing through the pollen filter which is now wet in one corner.

Well,

 

I did the deed today and sold the A6 as scrap to a dealer and have another car sitting on the drive.

 

The A6 was never going to be fully sorted, and she went out with a bang literally.

 

Whilst driving from Blandford to Bristol, I pulled up at a set of lights having just left the M32 and became aware of burning smell. I could see that smoke was coming from the nearside gap in the bonnet, so I was preparing to decamp from the car and the the lights changed.

 

Anyway I set off, and drove the remaining five miles to the dealership as the smell stopped entering the cabin once moving. Arrived at dealership and pulled up in a far corner of the compound with nothing around it. Switched off, retrieved phone and popped the bonnet. Smoke coming from the nearside, right down low below the exhaust manifold, definitely electrical. Salesman comes over, so I explain and he has a look as well. We cannot see whats going on. The car was left for 10-15 mins, but the smoke did not improve or get worse so the battery was then disconnected.

 

They are going to try and save the car and put it through auction, but it looks like its next stop is the breakers.

 

The trip to Bristol was the last and furthest completed in a very long time. Made it to 174,700 miles.

 

RIP 2000 to 13/3/2016.

 

So the story ends here.

Edited 23 March, 201610 yr by mannyo

Sounds like you are lucky it didn't properly catch fire. Sounds like you had your money's worth regardless, good luck with the new one

And another update, it still lives....

 

Currently for sale on Autotrader for £750 , I guess they fixed the issue.