Hey all,

Just got my A6 yesterday and I know the drivers side turbo is on its way out the door (at 116k miles I guess that's expected). Anyway, I do a lot of custom turbo work for BMW's and Toyota's but this is my first Audi. I called a nice gentleman over at G-Pop Shop about getting some rebuilt K03-K04 hybrid turbo's and he told me that for my car 2001 A6, that he won't touch the turbo's with a 10 foot pole because of the reliability issues with them.

So my question is, what can I easily bolt on there instead? What other part #'s or turbo's can I put on there without a lot of custom work (this is supposed to be quick simple daily driver). The current part numbers are 5303-970-0016D and 5303-970-0017D - which he referred to as the "Dreaded 16's and 17's" in the industry..makes me nervous LOL He also mentioned that there was a problem in this car with the way that Audi ran the oil coolant lines behind the engine and that it "cooks the oil" thus starving the passenger turbo occasionally. Is there an upgrade for this? Should just go get some line and some AN fittings and run my own?

Any recommendations would be much appreciated!

Jeremy
01 S6 2.7T M6
99 M3 Cabrio (Techno Violet, Boosted 6 ways to Sunday)
91 MR2 Turbo

 

Now you're scaring me[] The reason I sought out and bought the '01 was because I saw a report that rated the '01 and '04the most reliable out of the '98-'04 series. However, I have read that the turbos will eventually give out anyway. So I think I'm going to buy some now and shelf 'em until I need them. Hopefully by the time I need them,I'll have saved up enough to actually get them put in since they have to take the engine out to get to them. I heard its a $3k(usd) job.

 

Scared me too! The dude sold it to me for a good deal and told me that the drivers side turbo was going out so he was upfront it was my lack of due dilligence that got me. I figured I would source me some low mileage used turbos and do it myself...then I looked at what you have to do and decided against it. My local audi shop just quoted me 1800 bucks USD just in labor.

Anyone want an 01 A6 2.7L 6-Speed? Hard to find just needs some turbo work LOL.

 

The only bolt on option is the K03's, but they are failure prone. Most people upgrade to K04's, & they will bolt right up, with new RS4 inlet pipes. The K04's with pipes & hardware cost around $2700. And are much more reliable then K03's.

Now, the downside, the motor needs to be pulled & labor time is around 30hrs for a shop.

 

Like I said, guess I'll start shopping around for a good deal on some K04's and pipes and shelf 'em. Then start saving for that labor [:@]

 

It looks to me that the K04's are hard to find right now, kind of a world wide shortage and backorder - whch means now would not be a good time to buy them thanks to supply and demand LOL. I've been looking over some of the FAQ for doing this yourself and I think I may try it. I've done similar work on other cars - just nothing quite this complex but as long as I'm careful I should be OK. That way I can afford to go K04 and upgrade everything instead of spending all that money just to go back to stock.

 

Came across these following a chip post... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/AUDI-...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Those are pretty spendy for stock k03's with 50k miles...

 

Good looking out. But with 48k miles, not sure if it would be worth it. Especially if I can find some K04s. And what does he mean by very very little shaft play? Should there be a concern about them working?

But like Triksterut said, if I'm going to go through the trouble or spend $3k, I may as well put on some new K04s.

 

What's a good price for them?