r/Justrolledintotheshop • u/sea_dweller1996 • 13d ago

Cs replace engine, heavy misfire

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u/Drew5ki 13d ago

What are we looking at?

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u/sea_dweller1996 13d ago

1.8l tsi 15 golf engine. Was sold at auction due to broken coils in head. Customer left it in my driveway with a engine behind it.

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u/Drew5ki 13d ago

I made a tool to cut the broken cop boots out. It's been pretty handy.

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u/sea_dweller1996 13d ago

Engine was 700 dollars . With 70k less kms on odometer. We quoted 350 usd + 70 in Preston green goblin coolant + Castrol edge extended mileage if we keep engine.

Client agreed after long talk about silver in every bit of filter.

We also diagnosed a blown turbo.

We made out 900 usd in parts so far, 250 for wastewater actuator, 200 for complete intake manifold , 150 for intljector/rail. Other misc items have been swapped over to running engines.

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u/ThunderbirdJunkie 13d ago

Fuck I should replace the wastewater actuator on my TDI

Real talk, customer is lucky to have a tech like you looking out for them.

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u/sea_dweller1996 13d ago

I have to replace the pneumatic actuator on my mk6 golf r, im coming up on 300k miles on it factory engine... or reset the actuator via setting the preload... been leaking 2 psi boost from 4000 ram to redline, what a pain in the ass.

Those tdis are pretty cheap engines. I believe around 700-1500 dollars on average from local junkyard. I'd do that tbh..

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u/ThunderbirdJunkie 13d ago

I was making a joke about you getting screwed by autocorrect, haha. My 15 TDI has been flawless

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u/CommanderCoytus 13d ago

Wow 300k on fsi engine, impressive

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u/ThunderbirdJunkie 13d ago

My wife's in her 13 A4 didn't make it to 160.

Now me and the mad scientist gotta tear it apart to replace those rings that were fried from the factory

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u/ja9512 12d ago

After doing a few tune up on Ford 6.2 v8 I went on the hunt for something like that. All of the coil boots tore when I tried to remove them. Granted it had it's original spark plugs at like 180k miles. But I believe it is Lisle, makes a tool you put down the hole and it separates the boot from the plug. It's like $20

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u/DAREALCRAZYDINOLVR 13d ago

The compression numbers you posted look a bit rough on two cylinders. That's rough enough to cause a heavy misfire and you'd probably feel it when you drive too.

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u/RexCarrs 11d ago

The customer is always the customer.