Audi 3.0T Front Main (Crankshaft) Seal DIY | B8 S4/S5/SQ5, C7 A6/A7

[@DeutscheAutoGarage]

Me last night: where has he been? I haven’t seen a new tutorial in a while. Today: boom, new video 🎉❤

[@AudiC7Owners]

Hahaha. I should be posting more consistently going forward

[@vhturbo11]

There he is, wondering where the awesomene tutorials went.. Nicely done 🎉

[@T4RCLINIC]

Awesome to see the C7 again! Will we see a video of the AM Tuned engine install? Thank you for all of your videos and time invested in making them! You are awesome to learn from.

[@AudiC7Owners]

Yep! Those videos are healing longer to put together but they are on the way

[@salazar1104]

Great DIY, can't wait for video about the new engine :)

[@cm.5023]

Wow! I was on Audiworld the other day and I literally thought to myself, I wonder what's going on with your car since I hadn't seen an update in a while.

[@hjaniel4428]

Gd video cant wait for more vid like this bro 🔥💯

[@luiszubillaga1463]

Do you a video on how to replace the serpentine belt and supercharger belt with the idle pulley and tensioners? Thanks

[@AudiC7Owners]

If you watch my video on removing the supercharger I show how to remove the SC belt. And my video on replacing the crank pulley goes over replacing the serpentine belt

[@luiszubillaga1463]

@AudiC7Owners ok 👍. I will go over those videos..Thanks!

[@marinuscornet563]

Hmmm, another new intake set up? I just finished mimicing your previous one...

[@AudiC7Owners]

Which is a great one. The current one I have is out of necessity with the tb I'm running currently.

[@danielbui23]

👍

[@lukes317]

Hey Cameron, got a quick question for you. Trying to narrow down a small oil leak that I’m having. I’ve got oil on the front of the engine and I don’t think it’s the crankshaft because there is some oil getting on the the alternator. Was just wondering if there was any other common spots on the front of the engine I should look for before I take the whole front clip off to try and take a look. Let me know!

[@AudiC7Owners]

Hey man! Check your valve cover gaskets, and the air pump for oil leaks near the front of the engine.

[@lukes317]

@ Cool! I changed valve cover gaskets a while ago and those are fine. I actually misspoke, it’s on the ac compressor. Have a feeling it could actually be the front seal and just getting slung by the belt

[@AudiC7Owners]

I'd check your vcg's again just to be safe.

[@dalodrin1346]

Hey man I got a pretty bad oil leak after a extraction oil change (10 minutes of driving lost half a quart) and me and a buddy are guessing its a front main. I think the seal popped after i accidentally overfilled the engine when topping it off. You mentioned there's not much oil behind the seal and that you could even do this job with oil still in the engine so i wonder if this bad of a leak is possible from the front main seal failing? any insight would be great!

[@AudiC7Owners]

I doubt it's from the front main. Did you replace all your oil filter housing gaskets?

[@vipp6826]

Hello, greetings from Poland. I have a question for you, I have an A6 from the USA, a zf8hp gearshift, a jerk when downshifting from 3rd to 2nd, is this a known problem for you? Regards

[@gammaraze5834]

@@vipp6826 I have the same issue with mine from both 3rd to 2nd and 2nd to 1st, usually while braking to a stop. I have a TCU tune with a new flush and filter, but the slight jerk persists like when it was stock. If you let off the brake then downshift, it’s usually a bit smoother. I imagine it’s just a quirk with these transmissions but can’t say for sure. If it’s seriously lurching on downshift then there’s a bigger issue

[@Leppihcs]

What happens when undoing bolts and the engine turns left?

[@AudiC7Owners]

Good question. Your timing chains have slack on one side and turning the opposite direction could cause it to jump time.

[@avvid_]

Hey man i was wondering if you could help me with something, i have a 2016 crec a6, and i have a stage 1 IE tune for both transmission and engine, and whenever i do hard pulls there is a lot of smoke coming from my exhaust and it makes me very worried, and i can smell oil from my exhaust, i have test pipes, thanks in advance!

[@AudiC7Owners]

I have a video on common oil loss issues that might help you out. Otherwise I'd get the car into a shop asap

[@avvid_]

@@AudiC7Owners okay thanks!!

[@gloxcuu]

sorry i’m really behind but im thinking of getting test pipes on my audi a6 c7 but do you know what mid pipes i should get ?

[@AudiC7Owners]

I get all my exhaust stuff from Canadian Auto Performance. It depends on the rest of your exhaust but I'd get their large resonator mid pipes

[@gloxcuu]

@@AudiC7Owners is that the v2? and also my exhaust is all stock just got it a few weeks ago

[@AudiC7Owners]

I believe so. There is a v-band connection on them that makes for swapping out that section easier.

[@gloxcuu]

@@AudiC7Owners thanks for the help

[@Purehaste]

dumb question but why do some cars need e to make more then a certain hp? where as other cars come stock with more hp without needing to run e. for example our platform needs ethanol to make 500+ but my friends m3 comp makes 500 stock and with a tune well over 500+ why do we need ethanol but he doesn't? I tried looking it up online never got a answer on why some cars need ethanol before other cars

[@AudiC7Owners]

I mean you are comparing two different engines. Ethanol gas (E85) is an octane booster basically. All cars will be more powerful if they can utilize E85 eflexfuel.com/us/blog/does-e85-make-more-power-heck-yeah

[@Purehaste]

@@AudiC7Owners I know why cars make more power from e85 I just wanted to know why some engines need to earlier then others?

[@mcld4214]

Its because theyre diff engines, one is s/c the m3 is probably turboed im not sure. not all engines are made or tuned the same lol, each have their strengths and weaknesses. Its like saying why the b9 s4 make so much power with only bolt ons while we need all this extra stuff. Turbos outperform s/c nowadays

[@stephonroberts3325]

Do you do paid consultations ? I’m a young guy with a question or two and I don’t have thousands for an A tech

[@AudiC7Owners]

Nothing official. I pretty much answer any question I get as long as it isn't something I've covered extensively in my videos. If you want to contribute to the channel you can always become a channel member 🤘🏼