lagbolt55

Sadly, my 2003 allroad seems to be toast. Literally, in that it has a non-operable condition of engine overheating, at 180,000 miles. The pain is that in two years of ownership I spent about $15,000 on this beautiful car. Whatever. While I was considering the options with my ace mechanic, one of his customers wants to sell his 2004 with manual trans (most important criterion!), with only 100,000 miles, for $6000. Versus my other choice which was to install a rebuilt engine for around $5000. Please contact me right away if you are interested in purchasing this car for parts. It runs fine until it starts to overheat after about a half hour.

If the car is headed to the junkyard, I would like some advice. What parts do you suggest I have pulled from the car? I have room to store parts, but don’t want to engage the mechanic for too much labor. So the trade-off is likelihood of need, value of the part, room for storage, and labor to disassemble.

RIP 2003 allroad A6 C5 2.7 TT 6 speed manual with new airbags, water pump, electric fan, viscous clutch, timing belt, rebuilt cassette/CD player, etc. etc. etc. 😢

Johnbach

The 6k price for a manual with 100k seems like a good offer, but obviously is also depends on the general state of the rest of the car, service history, color, ....

For your existing car, I would think you should be able to sell it in the current condition. Manuals are highly thought after, and the cost of an engine replacement is not high for a DIY type person, hence I think you can sell it and the car gets to live on.

nw-indiana

Where is it located?

lagbolt55

Brooklyn New York

AudiAllTheWay

If we were closer then I would be interested in purchasing your manual Allroad.
I have a running spare K04’d 2.7T looking for a new engine bay.

PetrolBear

A later response.
Overheating? It should be easy to find out the reason and keep the car running..
At this age, radiator should be mostly clogged (if not refurbished earlier). A definite case, quite often. I am lucky because I purchased one as new OEM piece back in 2013. But many Allroaders have this isse, aftermarket coolers are thinner (like 2.5 TDI) approx 35mm - but the 2.7t cooler is 42-43mm thick as OEM. Another possible reason (with partial clogging)
If the water pump (plastic, often! ) does not lost its blades (that might happen at high age / miles) and the cooler is OK, there should be no overheating with correctly working viscous coupling.

lagbolt55

thank you for the reply. The car has been sold to be refurbished. But I am still interested, as I purchased a 2004 allroad 2.7 TT. The mechanic ran careful temperature checks in and out of the radiator and said it was working fine, meaning sufficient temperature drop. The water pump had been recently replaced as well as the thermostat and viscous clutch. His conclusion was there was a blockage in the plumbing in the engine core. I read somewhere that parts such as a thermostat can break up and lodge inside the small channels. The estimates for rebuilding the engine were about the same or more than purchasing a refurbished engine and installing. I am interested to know if anyone has heard of a similar condition, which essentially makes it uneconomical to repair.