See me watching this makes it look overwhelming lol now I'm more scared of the job but def have to do it (Car: 2.0T A3 in Daytona Grey) guess we twinning XD
The 2.0 TSI is not hard to work on. Just upgrade the pcv system to a catch can style part spullen makes a good kit that’s billet . Upgraded timing chain/ water pump.. down pipe. Tune and service your trans every 30k it’s actually reliable af
Did this service with my brother, takes forever but if you haven’t done it on your car it’s a yet. Mine gained some serious power back. Super happy with the results. And saved some money along the way
Yooo bro thank you so much for making this video. I have a 2012 white 😆 a3 4 door hatch 6spd manual that i absolutely love. Last week the car started to misfire on cold starts. Check engine light came on with random misfire. Changed the spark plugs, coil packs, fuel filter with only minimal improvements. This is definitely something i have to do right away. Definitely subscribing and gonna check out the other videos 🙏
I have an inconsistent random misfire in cylinder 4 I replace coils, spark plugs, and that one injector and still misfiring. Going to do this next. (Update) did the carbon clean up replaced all 4 injectors and replaced the spark plugs again with OEM spark plugs and still rough idle and misfire cyl 4. I ended up selling the car because it was taking a shit on me as soon as it hit 100k miles didn’t want the car anymore.
I appreciate the effort gone in to the vid I may have to do this my self on my 1.8tfsi its stage 2 and just serviced the hole car and treated the fule it's still jerking after acceleration I was wondering how long did it take you to clean the valves and get the car back on the road
Why would you not invest in a crappy harbor freight suction blaster and actually use walnut media to clean it up after you soak with cleaner and pick the stub urn stuff out ? I mean the whole point of the walnut media is it doesn't harm anything as long as you remove most of it from the cylinder what lil bit you cannot get that might be residing on the rings is insubstantial. The biggest concern would be blowing it back in your face while cleaning but you would have a rag over the port when doing it .. For other vehicles I tear the heads off and bed blast the valves etc.. but for this it would be a major pain. I would run injection cleaner from a suction canister through the pcv intake port for future maintenance and run a catch can between pcv and intake.
Ty crushing it again !.. Awesome video.. After carbon cleaning, butt dyno readings were 12 Hp 15 Tq more than previously lmao .. You def can feel a difference for sure , once cleaned but I have also seen alot worse than yours..
Thanks Rich!!! It feels a lot smoother to me for sure, the old butt dyno can’t tell too much of a difference but that could just be me, but there’s something definitely there!
I think walnut blasting is the way to go. I’m just worried about making sure the valves are closed. He said it in the video but didn’t go over how and why.
I have an 2015 A5 2.0TFSI ea888 gen 2 @67K miles. No symptoms but y'all think it needs carbon clean? Would i be able to see with a boroscope by removing spark plugs?
I have water meth installed in my S3 8p, I'm having the valve cleaning done in a few weeks time. I'll let you know if it made a difference once I see what condition the valves are in
The one that connects the manifold to the block? We call it the Satan bolt for a reason haha, I have small hands and have been workin on VW’s for years, take your time, wobble extension and patience
Using a breaker bar and a socket on the crank pulley, no need to rotate the engine position fully after completing as it has a crank position sensor and it’s pretty advanced
@@ThatGuyTyy Do you put the transmission in neutral prior to turning the crank pulley? Does crank pulley method work for both manual and auto transmission? (Just want to make sure I don't mess up my auto transmission.)
@@golfmaniac007 if its a stick shift, yes you need to put it in neutral. automatic, park is fine. it will have some resistance but it shouldnt be too hard. if you cant fit a ratchet on the crank pulley you can bump it with the key after everything is apart obviously so you can see which valves are open and closed (take out fuel pump relay so it doesnt spray fuel all over the place)
that is super tedious... not sure i can do it without breaking stuff, losing bolts, getting frustrated by stuff that won't come out, our striped screw heads.
Yeah it’s definitely a process if you don’t have access to or the knowledge to do walnut blasting, I may make another video on that method in the future as it’s about 4x faster just very messy
Glad there’s a growing love for the A3s
See me watching this makes it look overwhelming lol now I'm more scared of the job but def have to do it (Car: 2.0T A3 in Daytona Grey) guess we twinning XD
The 2.0 TSI is not hard to work on. Just upgrade the pcv system to a catch can style part spullen makes a good kit that’s billet .
Upgraded timing chain/ water pump.. down pipe. Tune and service your trans every 30k it’s actually reliable af
Did this service with my brother, takes forever but if you haven’t done it on your car it’s a yet. Mine gained some serious power back. Super happy with the results. And saved some money along the way
Glad to hear it helped you out and brought back some of the power, definitely a super important service a lot of people overlook!
a pcv delete and oil catch can also helps.
Yooo bro thank you so much for making this video. I have a 2012 white 😆 a3 4 door hatch 6spd manual that i absolutely love. Last week the car started to misfire on cold starts. Check engine light came on with random misfire. Changed the spark plugs, coil packs, fuel filter with only minimal improvements. This is definitely something i have to do right away. Definitely subscribing and gonna check out the other videos 🙏
I love comments like this, I appreciate it bro, happy to help and to keep your vehicle on the road!
I'm in the same predicament 🥲
Congrats on 700!
I have an inconsistent random misfire in cylinder 4 I replace coils, spark plugs, and that one injector and still misfiring. Going to do this next. (Update) did the carbon clean up replaced all 4 injectors and replaced the spark plugs again with OEM spark plugs and still rough idle and misfire cyl 4. I ended up selling the car because it was taking a shit on me as soon as it hit 100k miles didn’t want the car anymore.
What was it
@@AngelRodriguez-jv6oc I sold the car lmao
Probably had a solenoid valve go bad. Also could be a lifter
It was the timing chain causing the misfires
I appreciate the effort gone in to the vid I may have to do this my self on my 1.8tfsi its stage 2 and just serviced the hole car and treated the fule it's still jerking after acceleration I was wondering how long did it take you to clean the valves and get the car back on the road
You wanna do my 4.2? Lol
Only suggestion for the vid would be to show a bit of how you actually did the cleaning 😊
LMAO
saved this for later.
great video
Why would you not invest in a crappy harbor freight suction blaster and actually use walnut media to clean it up after you soak with cleaner and pick the stub urn stuff out ? I mean the whole point of the walnut media is it doesn't harm anything as long as you remove most of it from the cylinder what lil bit you cannot get that might be residing on the rings is insubstantial. The biggest concern would be blowing it back in your face while cleaning but you would have a rag over the port when doing it .. For other vehicles I tear the heads off and bed blast the valves etc.. but for this it would be a major pain. I would run injection cleaner from a suction canister through the pcv intake port for future maintenance and run a catch can between pcv and intake.
Ty crushing it again !.. Awesome video.. After carbon cleaning, butt dyno readings were 12 Hp 15 Tq more than previously lmao .. You def can feel a difference for sure , once cleaned but I have also seen alot worse than yours..
Thanks Rich!!! It feels a lot smoother to me for sure, the old butt dyno can’t tell too much of a difference but that could just be me, but there’s something definitely there!
So that’s why my epc light came in
Should keep ur original intake. Not a fan of the cold air intake.
How did u clean out the carbon lol mine is stuck on but after I scrape it the carbons just sitting there
Shop vac man!
what cleaner did you use, I gotta do this job soon thanks!@@ThatGuyTyy
I think walnut blasting is the way to go. I’m just worried about making sure the valves are closed. He said it in the video but didn’t go over how and why.
I have an 2015 A5 2.0TFSI ea888 gen 2 @67K miles. No symptoms but y'all think it needs carbon clean? Would i be able to see with a boroscope by removing spark plugs?
I have a 2013 A4 with the same engine and I’m just about to do mine since I’ve noticed symptoms. My car has 245xxx kilometres though, 150xxx miles
What tools did you use? Did you use wire brushes?
Did you just use the picks to take out the carbon, or did you use a vacuum? Just wanna know how you got the actual carbon out.
He skipped a lot of things in this video
I have water meth installed in my S3 8p, I'm having the valve cleaning done in a few weeks time. I'll let you know if it made a difference once I see what condition the valves are in
Did it make difference ?
@@rcryan7shmee yes it did make a difference, valves were caked up, but not as bad as some I've seen. It should help to keep them clean now
do they make a pvc catch can mod to stop oil from getting to the valves and flaps ?
Yes it’s called Water meth 😫
Should I do this for my 2011 A3 TDI 2.0l
Preety good,I will have to do this on my S3.Tnx for the video! 😁
No worries! Thanks for checking out the video!
Good video man very descriptive
Hey there, do you do this service in Vancouver? I have an A4 B8, would love to have you do this for me.
I’m not a mechanic unfortunately, just do my own stuff
How did you get that middle bolt underneath out?
The one that connects the manifold to the block? We call it the Satan bolt for a reason haha, I have small hands and have been workin on VW’s for years, take your time, wobble extension and patience
Also a lot easier if you remove the charge pipe going to the throttle body, even just at the throttle body, gives it more wiggle room
How did you turn your engine? Do you have to do a 360 afterwards to get it to its original position?
Using a breaker bar and a socket on the crank pulley, no need to rotate the engine position fully after completing as it has a crank position sensor and it’s pretty advanced
@@ThatGuyTyy Do you put the transmission in neutral prior to turning the crank pulley? Does crank pulley method work for both manual and auto transmission? (Just want to make sure I don't mess up my auto transmission.)
Would have been a good video if you actually showed how you cleaned the intake
Where’s the light?
Ok so how do I get top dead center ?
Put a ratchet on the crank and turn it clockwise
@@TimmyTintsdo we put the shifter on neutral? Does it easily turn clockwise?
@@golfmaniac007 if its a stick shift, yes you need to put it in neutral. automatic, park is fine. it will have some resistance but it shouldnt be too hard. if you cant fit a ratchet on the crank pulley you can bump it with the key after everything is apart obviously so you can see which valves are open and closed (take out fuel pump relay so it doesnt spray fuel all over the place)
@@TimmyTints thanks for reply!
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They 7mm
that guy is a connector lol
why not just seafoam it without taking anything out but the vacuum hose.
If that worked then every vw dealer on the planet would do it, hence why this service exists.
@@ThatGuyTyy also I don’t think seafoam is recommended for turbo cars
It's not very effective to do it that way on Direct Injection engines
that is super tedious... not sure i can do it without breaking stuff, losing bolts, getting frustrated by stuff that won't come out, our striped screw heads.
Yeah it’s definitely a process if you don’t have access to or the knowledge to do walnut blasting, I may make another video on that method in the future as it’s about 4x faster just very messy
@@ThatGuyTyy but even with wallnuts you have to remove the whole intake don't you. and injectors. btw you have a EA888?
Yeah that’s the only way the service can be done, no other way around, can thank the engineers for the design flaw, also it is an EA888 yes
I'll just pay $1,000😂