Content wise, I'm sure we'd all love to see the engine out. It's whether you can take the financial hit.

I would love to see the engine out repair, especially because of how rare those cars are. The RS6 is the reason I found your channel, so it would be a shame to see it go.

@Nemrah2022

2 жыл бұрын

same here...

Simple tests are sometimes the best... top up the oil, leave the intercooler and PCV hoses disconnected, start her up and see how much oil comes out of which lines 👍🏻

@bmwlover1981

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I was thinking.

@geirkleven3936

Жыл бұрын

Also disconect the turbo oil return line, and see its working as it should

An engine out strip down and repair on this would push you through the 100k guaranteed, just the type of content that got me hooked on the channel in the first place. You know what you're doing get it done.

@raihanhassan1

2 жыл бұрын

The car is on 200k+

@matthewbriggs388

2 жыл бұрын

@@raihanhassan1 I think he means subscribers

@raihanhassan1

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewbriggs388 my bad I thought he was on about the mileage of the car

@rajtajtaj

2 жыл бұрын

@@raihanhassan1 you are right, car did 215k miles

@davylad4804

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewbriggs388 thanks Matthew I do

A pair of new Melett turbo cores for a V10 RS6 can currently be had for £350 on eBay. I don’t think it would need much more than that from what you’ve shown. It would be good content if you fixed it and it wouldn’t cost too much either. Too nice to part out. Good luck

Hope you get it sorted in the end! We have our 2nd RS6 V10 ready for a longer build series soon. But it has also been delayed cause of oil leaks. These cars takes A LOT of time when shit goes south.. but in the end its worth it! 😬 /Anton

It might not be worth repairing if you looked at it just from a monetary perspective, but i'd say that your subscribers (like me) and others would really enjoy the videos on repairing the RS6. I think your last videos on the RS4 were some of the highest viewed ones and was the reason i started to follow you too! Obviously I don't want you to risk losing money or suffering crazy bills, so please do what you think is right Dean, but i'm hoping we get to see the inards of the RS6 again!

You're the man to do it and you'll have thousands of pairs of eyes glued to the screen watching you return this fearsomely complex machine to the road.

So it's a drop engine fix or sell as is. These are journal bearing turbos and its a shock they actually lasted all this long anyway. Engine should be fine, get the turbos fixed, it's a great content to see!

@user-jn4hz2up4u

2 жыл бұрын

Also these are starting to go up in value. Best fix it and keep it. Sell it later for more. If you are dropping the engine, there are other things to address. I have lists of parts if needed. Not cheap! Haha

@davidbillyard6629

2 жыл бұрын

Recondition the turbos with decent quality chra’s ie Melett - you’ve done it before..

@borntokill158

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-jn4hz2up4u only low mileage v10 rs6 price will increase, not this one.

Speaking from experience on your b8 rs4 engine rebuild videos, they helped me massively when rebuilding my b7’s engine. Can only imagine it would be the same for other people too. Just depends whether or not you can take the hit financially. Might be worth making a video with the list of everything you’ll need to replacing and phoning Audi to see how much it’ll cost you. Then you’ll be able to see if you can afford to do it. It’ll no doubt make good content but if your not going to make any money selling it on is there any point.

These vids are brilliant very inspiring Iv spent loads over the years on cars and done odd jobs on them myself but watching you work on them I now want to do a lot more I had a b6 Passat with a 3.2 vr6 engine I scraped I wish I would of keeped and done repairs myself gutted think we would love to see u pull the engine from the rs6 loving this channel

I’d love to see a leak-down test on the V10 to check the rings and pistons etc. then turbos out but fully understand if you’ve too much on and sell spares or repair. Loving the TVR Cerbera rebuild too as my mate had one.

Yeah I agree, would love to see you repair it but it's got to make sense financially and sadly I don't think it does

Definitely worth fixing it. It’s what brought me to the channel in the first place! It’s great content and would love to see a load of videos on it!

I would check the turbo drains to see if they could be blocked

Definitely want to see the engine out and watch you repair it. 👍🏻

gutted for ya Dean,this one been a right pain but great content and brill video's on it ,would love to see more because it give indepth problems you can have with these cars

Deffo turbos after seeing all the oil out of the intercoolers mate engine out clean intercoolers and inlet manifolds pipes and upgrade your turbos and do a long compression test on each cylinders and then go from there the content is absolutely amazing so love to see engine out and fix and rebuild and refit it back in car dean dont be dishearted by a lot of work will boostyour ratings good luck mate keep your chin up 👍👍👍

You've gotta fix it in my eyes. Has to be one of the highest mileage V10 RS6s around, would be a shame for the turbos to be the nail in it's coffin

@user-jn4hz2up4u

2 жыл бұрын

There is a V10 in Germany with over 450000km running stock engine and no faults. So engine should be pristine

Love to see you do the Turbos, potentially to upgrade them, would be awesome, rare car with all round capabilities. Excellent content and you could use this to widen your channels appeal maybe with linking to other like minded channels when done, shows and meets etc.....may help when coming to sell the car, more exposure

I’d love to see you fix this car because we really need to understand what is wrong with this car. It seems to me that this is an inflection point in your YT channel. Are you the kind of guy who gives up when the going gets tough or are you willing to take a hit? I’m a subscriber to M539 Restorations as well and Sreten certainly is willing to take the rough with the smooth. Just watch his Albina B7 experience if you need convincing! I know, your channel isn’t the same as Sreten’s, and that’s neither good nor bad, but the RS6 is far from being a salvage vehicle in my opinion. I know that an engine out turbo restoration is going to be time consuming and expensive but I think you know that you’ve got to do it to close out this project. You might not make a profit on this one but break even or slight loss is worth it to get this machine back on the road. Thanks for everything you do.

Pull the engine and do the turbos… great channel content and you know it will be a weapon when fixed… Hybrid turbos maybe?

Definitely Definitely Engine Out, the RS6 is the reason I subbed to your channel, my dad's got one of these and certainly don't envy you considering taking the engine out that's for sure. But it'd be AWESOME video content.

Please keep going on this car! Would be great to see it able to another 100k miles

thankyou Dean,,be good to see the fix with you going forward with this one, the content would be very popular👍👍

Personally, I love that these cars even exist; along with the V10 M5 and the V10 Diesel Toureg etc. They are all fast disappearing due to owners just giving up on them; i cant see them depreciating any further and if i had the cash id buy a V10 M5 and one of these RS6's tomorrow. It all depends on finances and your attachment to the car. You were going to sell it on so it doesn't seem to be an investment or a long term keeper for you. For a fix up and move on, you'd have to weigh up the estimated cost of repair v how much cash was already tied into it and then the ultimate resale price for a notoriously troublesome car with 215k miles on it - you can factor in an estimate for KZread revenue of what a strip down / rebuild series might bring in for you of course. I'd speak to a few specialists on costs to recondition the turbos; on the basis that you remove them and send them on. It will give you a chance to have a look at all the gaskets / seals / pistons etc. in the meantime to try and rule out anything else.

Engine out for sure… magic car. One blew me away from the lights in Oxfordshire 10 years ago. I was in 964 RS … impressive. Rebuild it…

Diagnosis Dan had a similar issue on a car that had a turbo replaced. The previous garage hadn't replaced the turbo oil return line, seems that the return lines have a problem with clogging and need replacing.

6:06 "oil-terior fault" boom tish. That was a LOT of oil, hope it gets sorted. Would love to see you back on the RS6

I'd really like to see you fully repair this, the RS4 was one of my favourite series.

Dean mate you gotta carry on with the car, in a time where us petrol heads are now blamed for everything wrong with the planet you must save this car, never ever again will we see a family estate car with such an engine. its a piece of history so get it finished. good luck whatever you do

I’m still gonna go with PCV or crankcase pressure. Could you not do a test with some UV dye for oil? Surely both turbos leaking oil is a push. Still it’s a nightmare, hope you manage to sort it. Still live the RS6 content. 👌

I had a similar issue with my B7 2.0tfsi - intercooler pipes full of oil and exhaust blowing excess smoke. I was told it was the turbo, so I changed the turbo but the issue persisted. I eventually figured out through much research that it was the plastic rocker cover, which as you know is part of the PCV system that was causing the problem. The plastic welds underneath had separated so oil was being sucked up through the cover under boost and being sucked back into the turbo with the recycled blow-by gasses. I changed the rocker cover and it solved the issue, I also changed the PCV valve at the same time. All was well for a couple of weeks then the issue came back! But this time it was the new PCV valve had failed!! I replaced the PCV with a delete plate and a catch can - it's been perfect now for almost a year.

I reckon the turbos aren't draining oil fast enough, could it possibly an issue with the dry sump?? If it pools inside the turbo it'll just piss out past the seals into the exhaust and compressor housings, even with a brand new turbo it'll do it (I found out the hard way). Chances of both turbos loosing the same amount in large quantities???

PCV had a TT with the same problem opened pipes and full of oil sorted that back to normal open the oil cap see what back pressure is like it may help but you already know what your doing good luck 👍👨🏻‍🏭

Would love to see the engine out. I definitely like this kind of content rather than the restoration but that’s just my opinion. 👍

Personally I would like to see her fixed but ultimately its what you want to do. Look forward to hearing your decision.

Impressive, even shocking amount of oil in the intercoolers/hoses. However, reading around, I see that it's apparently not uncommon to find quite large amounts of oil in there. Having said that though - this would appear to be accumulations over a long period. Without going back through the other videos I can't remember whether you'd drained the oil out of here before and this has come back in a very short period (though your comments about the oil level drop are suggestive). If that's definitely from just a few low stress miles plus some idling, I struggle to see how it can be coming from anywhere but the turbos due to the sheer volume. Seems that it has to be from a pumped source! Yet double turbo failure doesn't seem right to me. Have you considered the turbo drains? Turbos are usually pressure fed (through small orifices) and gravity drained through large pipes and if the oil is coming in faster than it can drain away, it gets through the seals, even when the seals are ok as they are fairly rudimentary things and don't like pressure. If the oil can drain away without getting pressurised, you'll not get a big leak. On my ancient A6 TDI the turbo bearings are absolutely shot, huge amount of radial play, so the sealing must be compromised, yet oil use is very modest. Given the amount of effort (and expense) involved in turbo swapping, I'd do all the in-car diagnosis possible. Run with the turbo pipework off and see if the oil is coming from there? Run with the breathers off and see if blow-by is excessive? Compression test/cylinder leak-downs..... Good luck with it - will watch with interest if you decide to carry on with it. Nick

content-wise, it's a great one. But fully appreciate the "is it really worth doing it?" train of thought. Depends on how far gone the turbos are - if they can be re-conditioned cheaply then maybe worth doing it? TBH, only you know if the KZread income from the RS6 has made it worthwhile, factoring everything in and the eventual sale etc...... either way, it's been an interesting journey so far.

If the engine was running as normal, it should intake blowby gas to the engine by using the negative pressure in the crank case and the pressure in the turbo should also be negative so that the oil will not blow out of the turbo. The blowby gas that occurs at the piston ring is because of the friction and not the proper exhaust of the gas - this again is likely due on the oil leakage from the turbo when it's at very high pressure in the crank case. Sometimes the oil used in the turbo doesn't flow back smoothly to the oil pan and this can also cause a oil leakage.

I would agree with Neil - "Content wise, I'm sure we'd all love to see the engine out. It's whether you can take the financial hit."

Have to fix it..been watching channel for ages..followed this from the start..would love to see it back 100%

It's quite common for the seals to go in these turbos, send them off to someone like Turbo Dynamics for a rebuild or even a hybrid turbo upgrade!

Glad to see a rs6 update. Shame about the reason though. That amount of oil has got to be turbos surely? Just so wired that both have gone together?! And it seemes like it was fixed in the previous videos, unless it was just slowly filling up the bottom of the empty Intercoolers untill it got to a level where it sucked it through again.

Sure a man of Ur caliber can whip them turbo's out and save what is an immense weapon! Sure we'd all love to see mate! Keep up the good work! Ty

Pretty much same issue/symptoms as my old Audi B5 S4. One of the turbo seals failed. Oil inside the intercooler and one pipe of the exhaust… same amount of smoke as you…as soon as the car started it was thick fog. My issue was caused because the intercooler was cracked… and was over spinning the turbo on wide throttle. Bye bye oil seal.

I have a 2010 RS6, so I am keen to see if you pursue fixing yours. I may have to watch from behind the settee!

Please fix it if you can afford it, it deserves it and you have the skills to pull it off!

Would like to see you install.new turbos and fix the car.great content enjoy the videos👍🏻

Engine rebuild/overhaul would be brill 👍🏻

fck happy of seeing engine out, pls don't part it out fix it, its one off the best cars on planet, 100% best car on channel, and i have big hope u will give another live to this beast, if u need parts hit me up i have a lot of stuff, good luck Dean

Content wise…100% repair. Better than most other stuff on KZread

It would be great to see you fix it, I guess it is a specialist job to rebuild and balance the turbos?

Oh engine out please, I wanna see that monster engine in all its glory, plus isn’t it the same engine as your R8 ? Could be useful in the future 😉👍🏻😉👍🏻

It’s great content! We want to see an interesting challenge rather than just fitting a few crash related parts. How successful was the rs4 bent rod series?

rs6 is an awesome motor, well worth repairing. Dropping the engine will make for a interesting set of videos

Gotta keep it and fix it, theres never enough videos on this car and what makes it all the more special is its huge mileage. Gonna hurt your pocket though Dean.

I'm no expert mechanic but stronger on logic. The chance of both turbos having worn at EXACTLY the same number of spins, without there being a direct cause of the turbo failure, is close to impossible odds. Just replacing both turbos would see them fail again. Twin engine passenger aircraft are allowed to fly to USA because the likely hood of both engines failing on the same trip is sooo remote. Same logic here. Best of luck.

You’ve been mentioning turbos for a while now, and I think in your heart of hearts - you know it. It’s a ball ache, and ultimately it’s a matter for you. It would be good content, but an RS6 in bits and a TVR in bits take up a lot of space…!

I believe you should weigh in if it makes any financial sense to repair the turbos. If so, it would be great to see and you'd have something to put out while doing other projects.

Turbo's and especially old turbos don't like to sit around doing nothing, the shaft seals will pass oil when you start it and just let it idle, they like a little bit of boost to seat and seal correctly but I suspect after 200K they are both simply just worn. Not unusual for them both to fail around the same time, they are both doing equal amount of work so will wear equally. A turbo rebuild shouldn't break the bank.

Yes and yes. Pull it out and rebuild it. Your content is amazing 👏

Engine out. Great content and you get to save such an iconic car

It does seem strange both turbos have failed together. But it’s definitely worth a repair and you’ll be sure to get plenty of subscribers on this. Great video as always. Have you sold the r32 yet?

I need a new FOGGING MACHINE for my nightclub Dean 😂, that’s the best one I’ve ever seen lol 😂

Engine out you got nothing to loose if its a fixable repair crack on otherwise break it up and get it gone 😉great content as always

On the second PCV you have one more silicone diagram, that big circle on the top PCV

Do a cylinder efficiency check on all cylinders to rule out back pressure, then remove turbos and check oil seal rings within them. My guess is turbo shaft oil seals have disintegrated with age and the oil is escaping into the inlet tract.

@user-jn4hz2up4u

2 жыл бұрын

Even a cylinder bore scope for marks and compression test. These being good, that's going to be a perfectly good engine once turbos are replaced

@matthewbriggs388

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I recon new turbo cores will make this engine great again.

@steve0680657

2 жыл бұрын

Or just undo the oil cap at idle and hold your hand over the oil filler hole to feel how much blowby there is? ...much easier.

@larrysimon1

2 жыл бұрын

@@steve0680657 That might work on Morris Minors but V10 s even when new generate huge CC Back pressure hence the elaborate PCV system.

@steve0680657

2 жыл бұрын

@@larrysimon1 it works. Try it.

You know we all want to see the engine out and it would make great content and it would be ashame if you sold it for parts if it was just the turbos.

I would do compression and leakdown tests and go from there. If those are good, pull it, do the turbos, the "50p" oil seal and the coolant pipes in the arch. If you bore scope the cylinders, you may see scoring but personally, unless the tests show a loss of compression or leakage, I wouldn't be too concerned. It would be pretty good content, so hopefully you would be in the positive after sponsorship/ad revenue.

Good to see the RS6 video upload

Seems like those turbos have gone, strange how they both have got unless there is excessive oil pressure via a blocked relief valve possibly? Best do a cylinder leak test and as many tests you can on it’s vitals before digging into that engine

Definitely want to see you remove the engine mate definitely think it could be the turbo, I think you can get a repair kit for them might be worth looking into.

Oh yes. Got to see that engine come out 👍👍👍

I had this sort of problem on an old 2003 merc e class 270 diesel with 180,000 miles on the clock started it up and it smoked like a chimney and took the pipe off for the turbo and the turbo veins had collapsed and fell to bits so I wouldn’t be surprised if the turbos have done that.

If its financially viable to you, get that engine out. But don't stop at the turbos, it would be mad to not do the rest of the motor, if needed of course !

It's worth you attempting to repair the car from 'our' perspective. Not the same as the 'towrag' as that was economically not sensible but this is genuinely interesting and we (assuming you) don't know for certain the real source of all that smoke. Realise it's a bit of a ball ache but would be really interested in seeing engine out and turbos overhauled. 🙏

Besides there is no such video so far on this engine online. Only 1min segments. Its great stuff!

Depends what the car owes you in terms of what you paid for it and current repair investments. Persoanlly I would keep it and repair it, these V10 twin turbos are going to be quite scarce in a few years time so look at it as an investment - It will appreciate. I own a Panther Black C7 RS6 with the new twin turbo V8, these also sfuffer from PCV system issues and like a drink of oil too, howeveer I would never part with it, absoloute dream car. As others have said, go for Hybrid Turbo's (assuming the engine checks out ok) and keeep it until its value starts to go up, then consider selling it.

Turbo oil seals goosed, car been driven to it's full potential (repeatedly thrashed) on the motorway and turbos not cooled sufficiently before being shut down. Heat build up in turbo internals is massive, oil cools as well as lubricates the bearings / seals. I've had Turbo diesels for 30+years ,do a lot of motorway miles as quick as legal so pull into ns lane at the 1 mile sign to my exit and tootle along as a cooling exercise..

Miss fire was probably caused by the oil in the aftercoolers blocking all the air to the engine. Miss fire cleared once the engine sucked in enough oil to allow the air to pass through the coolers. Can you get the turbos rebuilt?

Love to see you get the engine out and fix it, but is it worth it?

Would love to see this repaired,such a nice car but is it economical to do it

Dean, looks like Turbos. How about with the car on the lift, compressor pipes off, start the engine, watch the turbo compressor housings for oil - simple. There should be none. You are ready to do the test now, will cost you nowt. Then you know the cost of repair vs return. Good luck.

You have to fix it. Would love to watch that!

Dean, I discovered your channel when you did the engine rebuild on the RS4, and got me hooked. I'd love to see you do this, in detail, and as said before in other comments I think your sub's will pass 100k. Do a "buy me a coffee", there's enough people on here wanting to see you rebuild it, so I'm sure a few ££ put forward would help👍

@nigelnorton1140

2 жыл бұрын

Buy a coffee? Do you think this is America?

@x0justdoit122

Жыл бұрын

Or 😄 " buy me a cup of tea " yepp rebuild that V10 , audi only made like 6500 Avants and 1500 sedans .. the car is bound to be a collectors car ...

It'll be interesting to see the job completed, but hazarding a guess, cost of a single turbo being roughly ~£400/£500 so potentially 1k to repair. Other option would be to drop some hybrid turbos on.

@snoop35L

2 жыл бұрын

1K ?? Try 5

@ChrisJones-cs7ii

2 жыл бұрын

@@snoop35L Really bad guess I know 🤣

@MrManBuzz

2 жыл бұрын

@@snoop35L It wouldn't cost 5k to get someone to rebuild the turbo. Wouldn't even cost that much to get both rebuilt.

@jamesreeve9037

2 жыл бұрын

There only k04 turbos lol 5k there not to repair 😂😂😂

It would be great to see it fixed and get a cost estimate for it to help understand the running costs of high mileage high performance cars - plus I thought this Chanel is about saving projecst not parting them out

@SavingSalvage

2 жыл бұрын

It is about saving salvage, but you can’t pretend money is no object unfortunately

It’s not just about content and what we want Dean it’s about cost effective for yourself to, of course we love the content and the fix but you need to make money on it

It will be sutch a shame to brick the Audi. Fix it. Love the repair videos.

As others have said it would be great content to see the turbo's been replaced, but can totally understand if you decide to sell it as a parts car

I'm with everyone else dean ,drop the engine and repair if compression and cylinders checkout ok ,your engine Rebuilds are awesome content plus its a v10 😁😁😁

Yes would mint to see you put it right Dean

Get the engine out and fix it, no oil being pushed out of filler ?, Oil in pipes seems very excessive although with that amount of oil I would have thought the insides of the turbos would be dripping oil, would love to see the car fixed.

New subscriber here with a C6 in the garage… still waiting on parts to arrive?!😂

Could it be related to the oil scavange system for the dry sump, not sure how the Audi system works?

Always worth saving a car over stripping it as long as it’s financially viable. On a side note, where to you download your electrical manuals from?

Would love to see you do another Audi rs strip , it just depends how much ? 🤔

I’d like to see it fixed purely out of interest! These can chuck up some chunky bills have seen my uncles one.

I'd like to see you fix it but you've got to do what's financially viable for you 👍