My 2012 Q5 2.0T Complete Engine Rebuild

[ElliottG]

Hi guys,

Haven't had an Audi in a while but I recently picked up this 2012 Q5 that had a knocking engine. PO was a major pig and let it run low on oil. 3-4 years ago this car had a full piston job at Audi, PO bought it soon after that where it decayed AGAIN. I got the car for cheap so I decided to rebuild the engine.

Before buying:









Camshaft damage:







Head damage:





After taking block apart, scored cylinder wall, block was scrap:



Making the boring bar setup to repair the head/cover:



Parts came in:



Preheating & welding:





After boring out the welds, then a lot of hand filing ,etc. Not perfect, but will do the job just fine:





AM pistons ultrasonically cleaned, with new rings:



Junkyard block got all new bearings for mains and rods:



Head rebuilt/cleaned up:







Timing done:







Going back in:







First start:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9aQotOFdK0



Running pretty good so far!



As maybe you noticed, the black Q5 also in the background...also got for very cheap, needed timing chains done to it.

[Discipulus]

That's a lot of work, nicely done!

[ElliottG]

That's a lot of work, nicely done!

Thanks! Yeah it was a lot of work

[m4gician]

What did this rebuild run you in terms of budget?

[ElliottG]

What did this rebuild run you in terms of budget?

It was around $1300 for parts but then another $600 for the junkyard block. Total with the head work tooling probably $2000 all in.

Those are Canadian prices.

Obviously not taking into account any of the time which was a month on and off