Hello everyone,
Well, I took my wife's '01 A6 in to the shop today to geta CEL read and do some other stuff, and got quite a shocking call this afternoon. Apparently some "varmints" have chewed the wiring for the temp sensors, and they told me it would cost $880 to fix!! That's for about $60.00 in parts. Anyway, the reason it's so expensive is for the labor to pull the intake manifold to get to the wiring. I would have no problem doing this on my '97 Land Cruiser, but I've never even touched an Audi as far as service goes. My question is, could I do this myself fairly easily and save $820 in labor, and what else should be done as far as PM during this time on a car w/ 70k miles? Are there any SSTs required? Could I do it w/ a decent set of tools?

I know I should [sm=icon_rtfm.gif], but I don't have one yet for her car, and I figured someone would be able to guide me in the right direction. Sorry to ask such a newb question, but as I said, I've never messed w/ her car at all. I know my way around Toyotas, but not so much Audis. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Jason

 

I highly doubt it would take 8 hours to repair, I would get another quote. Yes if you can work on your Land Cruiser you can fix the a6.

 

thanks.

 

What engine do you have in the A6?
Pulling the intake mani on a 2.7t is not hard, but it's a lot of work. Lots of little hoses, clamps, & other sensors.

 

sorry, it's a 2.7T. I would have sworn that I put that in.

 

I would say around 8 hrs is a little to much to remove the intake mani, repair the damaged wires & pack it all back up.
But I don't know what's damaged, or what needs to be fixed.

Here is a little procedure for replacing the after run plump, that's under the intake
http://www.audiworld.com/tech/eng.html