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#1 of 7 A3 3.2 Engine Replacement by ziga332 May 23, 2008 (9:27 am)
I took my A3 3.2 in for maintenance (bought new in 06, 24k miles) – low coolant light was on. Dealer told me they discovered that the engine block was cracked and they thought they needed to replace the engine but needed authorization from Audi to do such a repair.   The Audi engineer came, inspected the car and agreed that the engine needed to be changed so the dealer ordered a new engine.   A week later I got a call that they installed the engine but that a part of the engine crank was not fitting and the engine was not firing. After conversations with Audi, they later discovered that the engine was mislabeled and it was a mislabeled Tuareg engine.   Another engine was ordered, they told me they verified that the engine was the correct engine by reading out the parts numbers on the phone. The new engine arrived but this time they told me that it too was not fitting and that they were not able to find a new engine to replace my defective one. They tell me ALL engines in North America that have been manufactured have an incorrect part on so it would not fit my car.   Solution they are proposing is to take the short block of my old engine and use it on the new engine – I think this is unacceptable, can you please let me know what you think? Thanks. Replies to this message: shipo (May 23, 2008 11:15 am) ziga332 (May 23, 2008 12:33 pm) shipo (May 23, 2008 1:06 pm) and 1 more... pdxa3 (Jun 11, 2009 12:32 am) shipo (Jun 11, 2009 2:06 am)
#2 of 7 Re: A3 3.2 Engine Replacement [ziga332] by shipo May 23, 2008 (11:15 am)
Replying to: ziga332 (May 23, 2008 9:27 am) So let me get this straight, the "block" of your old engine is cracked, and now they're proposing to use that cracked block as the basis for building up an engine with the parts (i.e. heads, manifolds, pumps, belts/chains, covers and such) of one of the new engines?   Ummm, no, that is not okay. Slice it and dice it anyway they want, the old block is still cracked and I've yet to hear of a fool proof way of mending a cracked block short of replacing it with a new one.   Best Regards, Shipo Replies to this message: ziga332 (May 23, 2008 12:33 pm) shipo (May 23, 2008 1:06 pm) ziga332 (May 23, 2008 3:20 pm)
#3 of 7 Re: A3 3.2 Engine Replacement [shipo] by ziga332 May 23, 2008 (12:33 pm)
Replying to: shipo (May 23, 2008 11:15 am) They are proposing they use the old cylinder head and the new engine block to make the engine.   They say due to a manufacturing defect/error my original engine was "porous" and leaking coolant. Replies to this message: shipo (May 23, 2008 1:06 pm) ziga332 (May 23, 2008 3:20 pm)
#4 of 7 Re: A3 3.2 Engine Replacement [ziga332] by shipo May 23, 2008 (1:06 pm)
Replying to: ziga332 (May 23, 2008 12:33 pm) Uhhh, but didn't you say that the new engine won't fit in your car? I'm having a difficult time figuring out how they're going to make it fit simply by changing the heads and such.   Long story short, I'd hold out for either a new engine that does fit, or a new car.   Best Regards, Shipo Replies to this message: ziga332 (May 23, 2008 3:20 pm)
#5 of 7 Re: A3 3.2 Engine Replacement [shipo] by ziga332 May 23, 2008 (3:20 pm)
Replying to: shipo (May 23, 2008 1:06 pm) thanks.
#6 of 7 Re: A3 3.2 Engine Replacement [ziga332] by pdxa3 Jun 11, 2009 (12:32 am)
Replying to: ziga332 (May 23, 2008 9:27 am) Yesterday I took my '06 Audi A3 3.2 (24K miles) in for servicing and guess what. Exactly the same story, a pin-hole coolant leak in the engine block that requires that the engine block be replaced.   I wonder if they are having more incidents of this type?   I'm hoping that I do not run into the same replacement issues you mention here, although I am worried that the car will never be quite the same after the repair. Call me paranoid but this does not seem like something that should happen that frequently.   Anyone else had hair-line cracks in their Audi 3.2 block I wonder. Replies to this message: shipo (Jun 11, 2009 2:06 am)
#7 of 7 Re: A3 3.2 Engine Replacement [pdxa3] by shipo Jun 11, 2009 (2:06 am)
Replying to: pdxa3 (Jun 11, 2009 12:32 am) The problem reported earlier in this thread was from more than a year ago, and I'm reasonably certain that Audi's managed to get their act together regarding the correct engine to put in your car. As for your car never being quite the same, yeah, you're probably right, it should be better with a new motor.   Long story short, engines get replaced all of the time and it just isn't that big of a big deal.   Best regards, Shipo

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