2012 Audi Q7

[TBP88]

Hi gents

My partners mother has a 2012 Audi Q7 which appears to have gone pop. I'm not sure what has gone wrong, but the quote she has from her mechie includes basically an entire bottom end rebuild incl. new pistons and rings. The quote comes to something in the region of R150k, obviously absurd on a car probably worth about that much, maybe 50 or 60k more.

Does anyone here know what the engine code on these is?

It's a 3.0TDI V6 2012 Q7. I'm wondering whether just sourcing a 2nd hand engine and fitting that will be better? What would the cost on that be? Also, the rebuild doesn't include the crank? So it seems like the cooling broke down (seeing as the water pump is included in the quote along with some other cooling ancillaries). Is this a common failure on these engines?

Anyway, sorry, I know absolutely nothing about audis in general, so hopefully one of you can point in the right direction.

 

[StrollingCoal]

AFAIK there were 4 variants of these:

180kW: CJGD, CLZB, CRCA

176kW: CASA, CCMA, CJGA, CNRB

165kW: CATA

150kW: CJGC, CJMA

I'm unsure of which variant SA got, but I hope that helps

 

[TBP88]

Her engine code contains CRC, so guessing it's the 180kw version. I see some of these are being broken on gumtree, I assume it won't work to get her anything other than the CRC version?

 

[individj]

i think to go forward they will have to tell you what is actually wrong with the engine...in my opinion i found support in Cape Town for Audi is pretty bad.

 

[Nick]

2jz time.

Kidding, its very difficult to give info on such little info.

 

[TBP88]

i think to go forward they will have to tell you what is actually wrong with the engine...in my opinion i found support in Cape Town for Audi is pretty bad.

Ja, her mom lives in JHB. From the quote I see it looks like the engine seized (hence pistons, rings, bottom end bearings and assorted cooling parts). Apparently her mom was driving it with the engine light on while towing a heavy load for like 300+km...

At this point I suspect the engine is in a million little pieces having been stripped, the car itself probably worth R150k or so given the age and mileage if it was working perfectly, in it's current state it's basically a donor gearbox and electronics. At best.

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2jz time.

Kidding, its very difficult to give info on such little info.

haha, I wish! Ja, I'm sharing what info I have really. Not much!

 

[individj]

well then it seems as you say youll have to see which cars came out with them and start hunting...could even buy a rear ended A6 or something

 

[madness_inc]

Hi gents

My partners mother has a 2012 Audi Q7 which appears to have gone pop. I'm not sure what has gone wrong, but the quote she has from her mechie includes basically an entire bottom end rebuild incl. new pistons and rings. The quote comes to something in the region of R150k, obviously absurd on a car probably worth about that much, maybe 50 or 60k more.

Does anyone here know what the engine code on these is?

It's a 3.0TDI V6 2012 Q7. I'm wondering whether just sourcing a 2nd hand engine and fitting that will be better? What would the cost on that be? Also, the rebuild doesn't include the crank? So it seems like the cooling broke down (seeing as the water pump is included in the quote along with some other cooling ancillaries). Is this a common failure on these engines?

Anyway, sorry, I know absolutely nothing about audis in general, so hopefully one of you can point in the right direction.

Speak to Stephan Van Tonder (Panics Place Garage on Facebook). He's maintains many of these (Touaregs, Q7s etc) and has rebuilt and repaired many of them

 

[TBP88]

Hi gents

My partners mother has a 2012 Audi Q7 which appears to have gone pop. I'm not sure what has gone wrong, but the quote she has from her mechie includes basically an entire bottom end rebuild incl. new pistons and rings. The quote comes to something in the region of R150k, obviously absurd on a car probably worth about that much, maybe 50 or 60k more.

Does anyone here know what the engine code on these is?

It's a 3.0TDI V6 2012 Q7. I'm wondering whether just sourcing a 2nd hand engine and fitting that will be better? What would the cost on that be? Also, the rebuild doesn't include the crank? So it seems like the cooling broke down (seeing as the water pump is included in the quote along with some other cooling ancillaries). Is this a common failure on these engines?

Anyway, sorry, I know absolutely nothing about audis in general, so hopefully one of you can point in the right direction.

Speak to Stephan Van Tonder (Panics Place Garage on Facebook). He's maintains many of these (Touaregs, Q7s etc) and has rebuilt and repaired many of them

Thanks for this, gave Stephan a call (guy seems like a decent gent) and he also thinks a 2nd hand motor is the way to go.

I've gotten his details forwarded on so hopefully he can have a look at the car and fix!

Thanks guys!

 

[Kish2604]

Just happened onto this thread now, i was also going to refer you to Stephan as well, good reputation and not a BS guy...

care to share how it all went wrong for her? they are pretty solid motors!

 

[Spanky]

"...Apparently her mom was driving it with the engine light on while towing a heavy load for like 300+km..."

Damn...

 

[TBP88]

Just happened onto this thread now, i was also going to refer you to Stephan as well, good reputation and not a BS guy...

care to share how it all went wrong for her? they are pretty solid motors!

I have no clue what exactly lead to it going pop. Apparently the engine light came on as she was towing a trailer of stuff and she drove on with the car in that state (probably not particularly gently). That's as much as I know. The rest I'm guessing from a repair bill for R150k, I'll list the big ticket items below:

pistons and rings - R52k
"head set" - R6k
timing chain - R12k
water pump - R4k
"engineering cost" - R10k
labour - R26k (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
big end bearings - R4k
main end bearings - R3k

Then lots of smaller bits and bobs that add up quickly of course.