@milancoleman Thanks! Yeah, I pretty much used this tutorial when I worked on the car, but still can't do it. I think I need to remove the sway bars or something and that's a huge hassle. I had a mechanic close by look at it and it says Audis are made difficult to fix so people don't do it themselves so they HAVE TO send the work to the dealers. Blah! I'll have to wait till I have money to fix this bastard! Thanks Milan :)
sorry you are having a lot of trouble. I just replaced my starter on tuesday. Dont give up you can do this I can tell you exacly what to do. Yes the sway bars have to drop down and also you need another jack to support the motor while the mount is off use a piece of wood between the jack and the motor to keep the oil pan from being damaged. You Can Do This !!! If yo have any questions just hit me up.
CALM HEART, CALM MIND , FOCUS ON YOUR TASK , AND BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!
It is a pain in the butt to get to but it is pretty easy to break loose and makes the starter removal easy. Once the bulb is out you should be able to just slide the starter out. If you have any trouble, you can try to remove the wires that were part of the starter wire cluster that are attached to the generator - I did this Once the starter is out you can check the part no. and get the right part. While you are waiting for the part or whatever
Once it is supported Loosen the 3 bolts to the mount and then the small nut and the bracket (motor mount) will fall. Once the bracket is out of the way, there is a large bulb looking thing that the 13mm nut was on that you pulled off with the motor mount. On top of that bulb is a small nut on top that needs to be removed to remove the bulb thing. (Anyone who knows what this thing is, please feel free to chime in).
There should be a wire cluster on the bottom of this bracket and it just snaps off the bracket. Support the engine by getting a large jack and a 2x4 pice of wood. Jack up the jack to the passenger side of the oil pan and put the wood in between the jack and the oil pan - jack it up just enough to take the pressure off the pass. side motor mount
Motor Mount and Support: Find the passenger side motor mount - it looks like a large silver bracket with three 18mm bolts and one 13mm nut on it when looking at it from beneath the car.
Remove that bolt The other starter bolt is going from the rear of the car toward the front. This one is most accessible from the wheel well. Just get your hand in there and starter working it out. Once these are out you will move on to the passenger motor mount.
Unhook two wires attached to the starter. They are a pain to get to and will really piss you off but get them off now. There are two bolts securing the starter in place. These bolts are a couple inches long and are pretty large - thesereally take some work trying to get in the right position to get them out. One is going from the front of the vehicle back and is most easily accessible from below the car. You can see it from the wheel well also but it is most easily accessible from the bottom
Unscrewed and removed sway bar support brackets (2) by unscrewing bolts holding them up (2 bolts per bracket) Pull off plastic tube vent that extends our under the car from the alternator - it is just hanging there and is pressed into the generator so just pull that out and put aside Once this vent is out of the way, you can look up into this area where the vent was and see the starter.
Wheel Well: Removed passenger tire Removed plastic sheld located behind tire in wheel well. (easy to get off-there are a bunch of star screws to take out and it comes right out)
Under Car Removed splash guards
Loosened sway bar ends (sway bar is long bar that extends and curves between driver and passenger wheels. It has two brackets holding it up and two bolts on each end that need to be loosened
here is a link to the directions for removal of the starter. Hope it helps!
wont let me post the link so heres the info:
Jack car up and support it
Engine Bay: Removed Ground Wire Removed engine vanity covers Removed entire air box assembly (easy-on passenger side under hood) Removed one more engine vanity cover after air box is removed (it is accessible after you remove the air box-this will help you later)
reinstall the bulb and the motor mount to support the engine sufficiently. I even left the jack underneath as further support.
from: Audizine Forums :)
milancoleman 2 months ago
@milancoleman Thanks! Yeah, I pretty much used this tutorial when I worked on the car, but still can't do it. I think I need to remove the sway bars or something and that's a huge hassle. I had a mechanic close by look at it and it says Audis are made difficult to fix so people don't do it themselves so they HAVE TO send the work to the dealers. Blah! I'll have to wait till I have money to fix this bastard! Thanks Milan :)
soul4tran 2 months ago
@soul4tran
sorry you are having a lot of trouble. I just replaced my starter on tuesday. Dont give up you can do this I can tell you exacly what to do. Yes the sway bars have to drop down and also you need another jack to support the motor while the mount is off use a piece of wood between the jack and the motor to keep the oil pan from being damaged. You Can Do This !!! If yo have any questions just hit me up.
CALM HEART, CALM MIND , FOCUS ON YOUR TASK , AND BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!
milancoleman 2 months ago
It is a pain in the butt to get to but it is pretty easy to break loose and makes the starter removal easy. Once the bulb is out you should be able to just slide the starter out. If you have any trouble, you can try to remove the wires that were part of the starter wire cluster that are attached to the generator - I did this Once the starter is out you can check the part no. and get the right part. While you are waiting for the part or whatever
milancoleman 2 months ago
Once it is supported Loosen the 3 bolts to the mount and then the small nut and the bracket (motor mount) will fall. Once the bracket is out of the way, there is a large bulb looking thing that the 13mm nut was on that you pulled off with the motor mount. On top of that bulb is a small nut on top that needs to be removed to remove the bulb thing. (Anyone who knows what this thing is, please feel free to chime in).
milancoleman 2 months ago
There should be a wire cluster on the bottom of this bracket and it just snaps off the bracket. Support the engine by getting a large jack and a 2x4 pice of wood. Jack up the jack to the passenger side of the oil pan and put the wood in between the jack and the oil pan - jack it up just enough to take the pressure off the pass. side motor mount
milancoleman 2 months ago
Motor Mount and Support: Find the passenger side motor mount - it looks like a large silver bracket with three 18mm bolts and one 13mm nut on it when looking at it from beneath the car.
milancoleman 2 months ago
Remove that bolt The other starter bolt is going from the rear of the car toward the front. This one is most accessible from the wheel well. Just get your hand in there and starter working it out. Once these are out you will move on to the passenger motor mount.
milancoleman 2 months ago
Unhook two wires attached to the starter. They are a pain to get to and will really piss you off but get them off now. There are two bolts securing the starter in place. These bolts are a couple inches long and are pretty large - thesereally take some work trying to get in the right position to get them out. One is going from the front of the vehicle back and is most easily accessible from below the car. You can see it from the wheel well also but it is most easily accessible from the bottom
milancoleman 2 months ago
Unscrewed and removed sway bar support brackets (2) by unscrewing bolts holding them up (2 bolts per bracket) Pull off plastic tube vent that extends our under the car from the alternator - it is just hanging there and is pressed into the generator so just pull that out and put aside Once this vent is out of the way, you can look up into this area where the vent was and see the starter.
milancoleman 2 months ago
Wheel Well: Removed passenger tire Removed plastic sheld located behind tire in wheel well. (easy to get off-there are a bunch of star screws to take out and it comes right out)
Under Car Removed splash guards
Loosened sway bar ends (sway bar is long bar that extends and curves between driver and passenger wheels. It has two brackets holding it up and two bolts on each end that need to be loosened
milancoleman 2 months ago
here is a link to the directions for removal of the starter. Hope it helps!
wont let me post the link so heres the info:
Jack car up and support it
Engine Bay: Removed Ground Wire Removed engine vanity covers Removed entire air box assembly (easy-on passenger side under hood) Removed one more engine vanity cover after air box is removed (it is accessible after you remove the air box-this will help you later)
milancoleman 2 months ago