How long to remove and fit an S2 engine

[Fat Audi 80]

In all seriousness, if it was me, I would allow a weekend to get it out, a weekend to get it back in and all the time in between to sort the "other" jobs you did not know were there, or the stuff that gets broken along the way.

Best of luck Jamo, you are a brave man. I think I would leave mine to someone else.

Cheers,

Fatty.

[Acidburn]

I'd forgotten that but a good way to check that there's no immobilisor problems and all we had to do then was to swap one little plug over rather than spend time taking the starter back off.

an angle grinder will become your best friend when working on most bolts.

[Jamo]

Will have access to a hoist and a lot of tools what in particular are specially required? I won't be working on my own btw are you crazy?

[s2driveruk]

or do a Pete and stick a screwdriver in to check its getting a feed while you crank it still remember the sparks

[S2central.net]

Oh I hate that - did it once - disconnecting both sides of battery is the way forward when tampering with the old starter.

[s2driveruk]

remember to factor in at least 20 minutes to try electrocuting yourself on the starter when you plg one lead into the wrong terminal then try messing with it

[Acidburn]

as someone who had never removed one before...ever - took me at least a day to remove (being careful, labeling and photos as i went and at least as much to get back in and all the bits back on.....with a helping hand from Pete too.

I think you could do it much quicker but I wanted everything to be spot on so took as much time as I felt comfortable with.

If you haven't got the right tools, then it will be a really frustrating task and that is no understatement Be prepared for siezed stuff and usual bits you can't get a socket or spanner on etc.

HTH
David

Yup, i'd hazard a guess at a day to remove and a day to put one back in providing you know exactly what goes where and work non stop.

One thing that catches people out is the gearbox bolts as there's a couple that WILL be covered in grease and I doubt you'd be able to get to unless you know they are there.

Downpipe /turbo nuts are a pita as me and david found out.

@david, i'll give you a shout when mines removed/put back in

[S2central.net]

I think Johne's quote is only valid if you've done it before and have immediate access to a mighty toolkit along with good hoists and such... and there are no showstopping issues with seized bolts etc - those can really set you back.

I'd say most of us would do well to get the engine out in ~8hrs

Then any sort of time invested in cleanup or maintenance of the engine bay --> inspecting the loom, aircon pipes, steering, brake pipes

And realistically its probably another 8hrs getting it back in working alone... This from hazy memories of taking a KV engine in / out of the old Typ85 - similar task on the big scheme of things.

[s2driveruk]

as someone who had never removed one before...ever - took me at least a day to remove (being careful, labeling and photos as i went and at least as much to get back in and all the bits back on.....with a helping hand from Pete too.

I think you could do it much quicker but I wanted everything to be spot on so took as much time as I felt comfortable with.

If you haven't got the right tools, then it will be a really frustrating task and that is no understatement Be prepared for siezed stuff and usual bits you can't get a socket or spanner on etc.

HTH
David

[Jamo]

Cheers Fatty

[Fat Audi 80]

I would double those estimates Jamo.

[20Vcqdriver]

time...

Three 8 hour days+ and using just drive on ramps. Also mine is a series 2 so no front panel that can be removed that meant engine went in from above almost vertical.

[Jamo]

When the engine has been removed are you talking head off, block removed or all in one go?

[terrybullwon]

1 day tp get engine out and head off.

[johne]

Just to clarify, I meant out and back in in 10 hours.

John