Hey Jared. Been following your channel since you started. Great content, presented in an entertaining style.. The fact that other pro mechanics on TH-cam respect your work and knowledge says alot. I've been driving and repairing (my) Audi's since the mid eighties. Great cars. Sometimes frustrating as all hell to work on. Especially without a 2 post lift in my garage. I'm sure your video's have been a valuable resource for many. The haircut looks great - you look decades younger. Hope you donated the hair. Keep up the great work, keep the video's coming.
Holy transformation! I still cant believe thats really him shaved lol. Ive always seen him with long hair. Keep it!! Lol great job youve helped me out with my vw several times. Keep it going
AMC is the manufacturer for VW of cylinder head. Not the only one. I am so not surprised that the quality is like OEM, because they manufacture it for VW
looks like the chineese one is built to a newer rev level. The newer rev has the inset washers and you use the trilpe square head bolts. The older rev does not have the inset washers and you use the polybolts with the accompanying washers. interesting about the check valve. Its a nightmare when that goes bad as the whole head has to come off, i cant imagine you can go without it though as i think it was an attempt to avoid tensioner rattle on startup due to drain back . Thoughts ?
Hi Jared. Great info, glad I found your channel. I am working on 2009 Tiguan. 68k on it, mesh in CamShaft Bridge in the oil channel broke and went trough intake cam/journals... Where can I order this AMC head for CCTA? If you know good US supplier. Thank you.
@NaptownTuner would love if you could do a vid on vacuum pump replacement. My 05/2011 A4 2.0tfsi has chronic oil leakage out the bottom of mine along with what looks like a stripped mounting bolt from an old crappy repair job.
I’m no expert, but there’s not too much between the two as far as I can see. Especially given the fact that the other is twice the price. I have a question though, why do you end up fitting new cylinder heads instead of refurbished ones? Maybe you can do a video showing why you end up using new heads??
Sharp edges on castings create stress risers and potential crack points. Actually the rounded edges would make your cam journals stronger, and probably reduce some friction.
after watching a bunch of Naptown’s videos. This is the first I came across with no beard and no hair and I gotta say, I don’t believe this is him 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have always been a bit skeptical about ever buying any car parts from China or for that matter anything short of OEM parts.. so I do have a question? In order to meet a parts component number like how Audi have xxx xxx xxx part numbers aren’t aftermarket manf required to meet machine tolerances ? Nap you really make the point that you do indeed get what you pay for. That’s not to say that cheaper head wouldn’t work well and it’s possible you could get 150k mi out of it. But a head is quite the job it’s not like an alternator.. I will never opt for a part this critical that didn’t undergo a solid inspection criteria.. I’ve had blown timing belts and had damaged many heads but always just had them milled by machine shops from people I trusted or I did them myself.. excellent video nothing like TFSi heads on you bed.. 👍🏻
For the intake runners... you don't want them smooth because it creates a boundary air layer with the dimples, that helps flow. On fuel injected cars it helps keep the fuel from sticking to the walls. That said, the cheap one doesn't look too bad to be honest.
Found tjis channel just in time. Just bought a 2.0t passat w/broken timing chain. Was just yesterday eyeballing a complete engine off alibaba. Think ill pass now. Great channel. Anychance you got a good 2.0t for a 08 passat you wanna sell?anybody😂✌🖖
Hey Naptwon (non-related question for ya) what's the best OE ko3 turbocharger? the wastewater mine went out. Due to living in Cali I can't get a ko4 well I can but would have to remove it when I go in for smog so for now I just want a ko3 what do you recommend?
Get a 2013 + a4/a5 k03 turbo. CPMA engine code. Carries out better through the rev range than older revision. The wastegate looks a bit thinner on newer revisions so inspect that if you're buying used.
@@NaptownTuner I replaced them both but it feels like a random splutter/cough. It drives perfect but has a terrible idle. No fault codes and new plugs and coil packs.
@@ryanmagee2623 what's the mileage, how badly does it shake? Do you have any oil in the coil holes? I've got an older BHZ engine, got misfire last week. Replaced coils as well, did spark plugs in December. Was hoping it's not my cylinder head gasket. Then I noticed new greasy spots around the PCV assembly. So cleaned it up, will get new seal. Couldn't do smoke test yet to see if any of the vacuum hoses are leaking. If you get hesitation on boost that's something I'd look at too.
@@FateOfLate 80K miles, shakes pretty bad you can feel splutters in the cabin. Very small amount of oil on the coil hole. I replaced my PCV with a Topran one. I’m gonna make my own DIY smoke machine. It flicks between 720 and 760 at idle, is that out of spec?
@@ryanmagee2623 that would be great video inspiration for Naptown Tuner tbh! It's odd you're not getting any codes. Idle rpm should be super smooth between 600-700. You may have an air/vacuum leak indeed, just when you rev it or when it's up in rpm it sucks the hole shut. Search yt for "Audi S3 2.0 TFSi rough idle speed how to diagnose and fix" I know not your car but similar engine in principle. Also an e ciggy is good smoke machine, just take out your maf.
I heard about AMC. My friend had some pretty good results with TDI heads from AMC. Quality should not be a problem with that brand. Anyway, I would not use Chinese head.
LoL. Me after clicking on the video: "Who da heck is this guy? I clicked Naptown tuner". Then I looked down at the name of the channel and see I clicked the correct link. Next: " Oh, a guest presenter?" Then I heard that unmistakable voice lol. WTF? I'm a more recent subscriber so I've seen him only one way. Long hair, long beard...
How is it possible to truly rebuild these heads without cam bearings ? I'm a tool and die maker , have been for 30 years . The only way to to do correctly is to mill material off cylinder head and cover . Then line bore cam journals back to finish ID . From what I see on my own cbfa heads , there is not enough material for such a line bore operation to leave you with freshly cleaned up cam journals . Especially if any of your cam journals have scoring !
Please help! 2014 Q5 with the 2.0T TFSI and I burned a quart of oil in 315 miles. 102k miles on the car. Bad PCV? Bad piston rings even though it has the updated pistons? Bad turbo? No exhaust smoke or anything. Gonna drain the oil tomorrow and check to see how much is in there to rule out bad oil level sensor. Any help would be appreciated! Love the vids man!
Probably still has the old piston rings. They had 3 versions. I put JE Pistons in my 2014 they had waffle style rings which are the best per Neptuner earlier videos. 3000 miles now and zero oil burn. Was burning 1qt every 200.
@@swellkidhall5476 thanks for your reply! Really sucks I just bought this car 8 days ago hoping I was in the clear since I thought they fixed the issue on the 2013+ MY. Would you recommend trading the car in on a 3.0T or TDI, or fixing it? I really love the car, but its for my wife and want it to be reliable for her since I don't driver her car much and can't monitor it all the time.
@@neil_hamel I feel your pain. I thought I was in the clear too then at 60000 miles it started burning like crazy.. I still owed money on mine and was able to do the work myself so it only cost me about $900.00 compared to thousands for a shop to do it. You don't necessarily need new pistons but audi the dealer did not sell the waffle rings so that's why I went with aftermarket piston and ring combo. So most people would say get rid of it though
WHat did you end up doing with this car? I am in a similar situation. I got a 2014 Q5 with CPM engine for my wife. It's misfiring on #2,#4. Changed all the basic stuff like plugs, coils, PCV valve, even the injectors. Still runs terribly at idle. No knocking from the bottom. I am not aware of any oil burning since I just got it a month ago. I did find out that my cylinder #4 has 0 compression. My guess is I have a burnt non-sealing intake valve.
@@swellkidhall5476 did you have to re-hone cylinder walls? As forged pistons require bigger expansion gap, like 0.03-0.04 mm for regular pistons and 0.06-0.08mm forged ones...
Man to bad this video came out like a week after my Audi China cylinder head fiasco. My issue was they listed it as for a tfsi engine but it came setup for no exhaust vvt. I can not believe nobody makes a set of aluminum chain rails with poly inserts for these engines so they don’t break rails and destroy themselves so often.
It’s not the rails it’s a stretched chain and bad original tensioner design. When the chain or tensioner fail it can snap the guides, they did redesign the guides as well though
@@NaptownTuner In my case the intake side long rail had cracked and broke thru the bolt hole allowing the chain to get slack enough to jump teeth. The tensioner still seemed to be working ok but it could not handle that much slack. Chains weren't really worn as they only had 50000miles on them since audi had rebuilt the engine for excessive oil consumption......
Wow, I just had catastrophic failure on a b8 I recently bought and it had a china made head. Ended up swapping the engine with a "incompatible "newer one from a b8.5
Seems a little odd that the manufacturer would design the cylinder head with a polished nodular iron camshaft running in an aluminum bearing surface. Why not staked or swagged bearings like a crank shaft or rod bearing? I'd like to show this video to anybody that is lax about their oil change intervals.
Naaa, I disagree, those are minor differences. I have seen similar defects on OEM import CHs and no issue at all. I searched on YT, not one video talking negative about the their CHs or in the VW/Audi forums.
@@DjpapiMs so far so good. The only issue was an oil leak from the camshaft oil seal. I changed it 3 times, the last time I had to put some silicone gasket around it. Now it's perfect! Runs good too
The quality on these $600 heads is garbage compared to anything and everything else. I’ve had a new Chinese head blow oil form the valve guides on cold start and poor and incomplete castings in the bearing cut but most of them will work without problems. All the materials and machining is sub par
Hey Jared. Been following your channel since you started. Great content, presented in an entertaining style.. The fact that other pro mechanics on TH-cam respect your work and knowledge says alot. I've been driving and repairing (my) Audi's since the mid eighties. Great cars. Sometimes frustrating as all hell to work on. Especially without a 2 post lift in my garage. I'm sure your video's have been a valuable resource for many. The haircut looks great - you look decades younger. Hope you donated the hair. Keep up the great work, keep the video's coming.
This is the guy you wanna learn from who eats, breathes, and sleeps with Audi 2.0 TFSI engines. Good stuff again!
I believe AMC also as a chain of movie theaters.
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Holy transformation! I still cant believe thats really him shaved lol. Ive always seen him with long hair. Keep it!! Lol great job youve helped me out with my vw several times. Keep it going
AMC is the manufacturer for VW of cylinder head. Not the only one.
I am so not surprised that the quality is like OEM, because they manufacture it for VW
Would love to see one of these comparing aftermarket turbos for 2.0T
Looking good Jared! Clean
thanks bro I was going back a nd forth thinking are these good and your vid confirms what i thought
Great video! Very good information as always. Cheers!
Nice comparison, thanks!
I like the new look . 😁👍
Good job dude! Get well soon!
Hi do you have a link for the amc head and the China one
Glad you did this before I went online to buy one
looks like the chineese one is built to a newer rev level. The newer rev has the inset washers and you use the trilpe square head bolts. The older rev does not have the inset washers and you use the polybolts with the accompanying washers.
interesting about the check valve. Its a nightmare when that goes bad as the whole head has to come off, i cant imagine you can go without it though as i think it was an attempt to avoid tensioner rattle on startup due to drain back .
Thoughts ?
Did you try buy whole engine to test out?
Hi Jared. Great info, glad I found your channel. I am working on 2009 Tiguan. 68k on it, mesh in CamShaft Bridge in the oil channel broke and went trough intake cam/journals...
Where can I order this AMC head for CCTA? If you know good US supplier.
Thank you.
It be very interesting if you did a weight comparison, complete head with valve cover, then the valve covers alone.
Will just any 460ish $$ eBay head be fine?
@NaptownTuner would love if you could do a vid on vacuum pump replacement.
My 05/2011 A4 2.0tfsi has chronic oil leakage out the bottom of mine along with what looks like a stripped mounting bolt from an old crappy repair job.
He did do one. It was on a B8.5 though, but it's the same procedure. The gasket kit is about 25$ on amazon.
What ya do to the thumb?
I’m no expert, but there’s not too much between the two as far as I can see. Especially given the fact that the other is twice the price. I have a question though, why do you end up fitting new cylinder heads instead of refurbished ones? Maybe you can do a video showing why you end up using new heads??
I thought these engines were direction injection? If so, then there is no atomization required for the air for the intake runners.
also whats the price difference
Why does the Chinese head have the lip on the edges of the cylinder head like oem but the AMC head looks like it's been milled down?
Do you know the quality of the cylinder header japko ? JVW19ES ?
Any merch available
Yoo. Naptown tuna how do I get in touch with you?
it would be interesting to see a fully built tfsi 2.0 but every part has to be made in china then use it as a daily to see its reliability.
Love the idea. I wonder if China made every part to make this task feasible.
Sharp edges on castings create stress risers and potential crack points. Actually the rounded edges would make your cam journals stronger, and probably reduce some friction.
Got the summer hair happening! Like shaving a sheep to remove the wool
after watching a bunch of Naptown’s videos. This is the first I came across with no beard and no hair and I gotta say, I don’t believe this is him 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cool 😎 sunglasses yeah bro!
holy crap his face doesnt match his voice now lol. Grat vid as always though , humorous and informative.
I have always been a bit skeptical about ever buying any car parts from China or for that matter anything short of OEM parts.. so I do have a question? In order to meet a parts component number like how Audi have xxx xxx xxx part numbers aren’t aftermarket manf required to meet machine tolerances ? Nap you really make the point that you do indeed get what you pay for. That’s not to say that cheaper head wouldn’t work well and it’s possible you could get 150k mi out of it. But a head is quite the job it’s not like an alternator.. I will never opt for a part this critical that didn’t undergo a solid inspection criteria.. I’ve had blown timing belts and had damaged many heads but always just had them milled by machine shops from people I trusted or I did them myself.. excellent video nothing like TFSi heads on you bed.. 👍🏻
For the intake runners... you don't want them smooth because it creates a boundary air layer with the dimples, that helps flow. On fuel injected cars it helps keep the fuel from sticking to the walls. That said, the cheap one doesn't look too bad to be honest.
I was on the verge of getting a Chinese head, thank God I didn’t, maned up and got the AMC! Being put together as I type this.
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Found tjis channel just in time. Just bought a 2.0t passat w/broken timing chain. Was just yesterday eyeballing a complete engine off alibaba. Think ill pass now. Great channel. Anychance you got a good 2.0t for a 08 passat you wanna sell?anybody😂✌🖖
Def better to spring for the amc version imho
So meaning to say try to get a better quality product as you can correct?
Hey Naptwon (non-related question for ya) what's the best OE ko3 turbocharger? the wastewater mine went out. Due to living in Cali I can't get a ko4 well I can but would have to remove it when I go in for smog so for now I just want a ko3 what do you recommend?
Get a 2013 + a4/a5 k03 turbo. CPMA engine code. Carries out better through the rev range than older revision. The wastegate looks a bit thinner on newer revisions so inspect that if you're buying used.
@@vagcentral2252 where can I find that turbo?
@@Jhugh17 I actually have one lol off 2014 a4 in great condition you can message me through Instagram if you want more info (vagcentralea888 )
@@vagcentral2252 aight
Wow you shaved and went G I Joe!! I did not even recognize you!!
Hey Naptown, i have the CESA engine, it shakes at idle when the RPM drops to 760RPM, why might that be?
Usually bad engine mounts
@@NaptownTuner I replaced them both but it feels like a random splutter/cough. It drives perfect but has a terrible idle. No fault codes and new plugs and coil packs.
@@ryanmagee2623 what's the mileage, how badly does it shake? Do you have any oil in the coil holes? I've got an older BHZ engine, got misfire last week. Replaced coils as well, did spark plugs in December. Was hoping it's not my cylinder head gasket. Then I noticed new greasy spots around the PCV assembly. So cleaned it up, will get new seal. Couldn't do smoke test yet to see if any of the vacuum hoses are leaking. If you get hesitation on boost that's something I'd look at too.
@@FateOfLate 80K miles, shakes pretty bad you can feel splutters in the cabin. Very small amount of oil on the coil hole. I replaced my PCV with a Topran one. I’m gonna make my own DIY smoke machine. It flicks between 720 and 760 at idle, is that out of spec?
@@ryanmagee2623 that would be great video inspiration for Naptown Tuner tbh! It's odd you're not getting any codes. Idle rpm should be super smooth between 600-700. You may have an air/vacuum leak indeed, just when you rev it or when it's up in rpm it sucks the hole shut. Search yt for "Audi S3 2.0 TFSi rough idle speed how to diagnose and fix" I know not your car but similar engine in principle. Also an e ciggy is good smoke machine, just take out your maf.
I was like who's this dude! Ha Good look J dog!
I heard about AMC. My friend had some pretty good results with TDI heads from AMC. Quality should not be a problem with that brand. Anyway, I would not use Chinese head.
you made that look simple...
LoL.
Me after clicking on the video: "Who da heck is this guy? I clicked Naptown tuner".
Then I looked down at the name of the channel and see I clicked the correct link.
Next: " Oh, a guest presenter?"
Then I heard that unmistakable voice lol. WTF?
I'm a more recent subscriber so I've seen him only one way. Long hair, long beard...
You look so young 😍
YOU LOOK SO DIFFERENT OMG
Hahah bro you remind me of Theo von lol great videos
Like how you pull the skin backwards...
Who are you and what did you do to NapTownTuner? Answer me imposter!
How is it possible to truly rebuild these heads without cam bearings ?
I'm a tool and die maker , have been for 30 years . The only way to to do correctly is to mill material off cylinder head and cover . Then line bore cam journals back to finish ID .
From what I see on my own cbfa heads , there is not enough material for such a line bore operation to leave you with freshly cleaned up cam journals .
Especially if any of your cam journals have scoring !
Please help! 2014 Q5 with the 2.0T TFSI and I burned a quart of oil in 315 miles. 102k miles on the car. Bad PCV? Bad piston rings even though it has the updated pistons? Bad turbo? No exhaust smoke or anything. Gonna drain the oil tomorrow and check to see how much is in there to rule out bad oil level sensor. Any help would be appreciated! Love the vids man!
Probably still has the old piston rings. They had 3 versions. I put JE Pistons in my 2014 they had waffle style rings which are the best per Neptuner earlier videos. 3000 miles now and zero oil burn. Was burning 1qt every 200.
@@swellkidhall5476 thanks for your reply! Really sucks I just bought this car 8 days ago hoping I was in the clear since I thought they fixed the issue on the 2013+ MY. Would you recommend trading the car in on a 3.0T or TDI, or fixing it? I really love the car, but its for my wife and want it to be reliable for her since I don't driver her car much and can't monitor it all the time.
@@neil_hamel I feel your pain. I thought I was in the clear too then at 60000 miles it started burning like crazy.. I still owed money on mine and was able to do the work myself so it only cost me about $900.00 compared to thousands for a shop to do it. You don't necessarily need new pistons but audi the dealer did not sell the waffle rings so that's why I went with aftermarket piston and ring combo. So most people would say get rid of it though
WHat did you end up doing with this car? I am in a similar situation. I got a 2014 Q5 with CPM engine for my wife. It's misfiring on #2,#4. Changed all the basic stuff like plugs, coils, PCV valve, even the injectors. Still runs terribly at idle. No knocking from the bottom. I am not aware of any oil burning since I just got it a month ago. I did find out that my cylinder #4 has 0 compression. My guess is I have a burnt non-sealing intake valve.
@@swellkidhall5476 did you have to re-hone cylinder walls? As forged pistons require bigger expansion gap, like 0.03-0.04 mm for regular pistons and 0.06-0.08mm forged ones...
Man to bad this video came out like a week after my Audi China cylinder head fiasco. My issue was they listed it as for a tfsi engine but it came setup for no exhaust vvt. I can not believe nobody makes a set of aluminum chain rails with poly inserts for these engines so they don’t break rails and destroy themselves so often.
It’s not the rails it’s a stretched chain and bad original tensioner design. When the chain or tensioner fail it can snap the guides, they did redesign the guides as well though
@@NaptownTuner In my case the intake side long rail had cracked and broke thru the bolt hole allowing the chain to get slack enough to jump teeth. The tensioner still seemed to be working ok but it could not handle that much slack. Chains weren't really worn as they only had 50000miles on them since audi had rebuilt the engine for excessive oil consumption......
@@bcbloc02 they might not have replaced the chain and the tensioner. I was replacing tensioners first and updated chains came out around 2016
Wow, I just had catastrophic failure on a b8 I recently bought and it had a china made head. Ended up swapping the engine with a "incompatible "newer one from a b8.5
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Seems a little odd that the manufacturer would design the cylinder head with a polished nodular iron camshaft running in an aluminum bearing surface. Why not staked or swagged bearings like a crank shaft or rod bearing? I'd like to show this video to anybody that is lax about their oil change intervals.
I take it you dont vouch for the china cylinder head?
theres no fuel that goes through the intake track on these heads so the gulf ball dimple effect is non-existant
I ruptured an extensor tendon in my middle finger.
even the quality of metal used is far superior than that overseas shit.
The moustache 😩
You sound like John cena
Naaa, I disagree, those are minor differences. I have seen similar defects on OEM import CHs and no issue at all.
I searched on YT, not one video talking negative about the their CHs or in the VW/Audi forums.
Just bought a Chinese Head. After looking this video, I'm a bit worried 😅
how did it go ?
@@DjpapiMs so far so good. The only issue was an oil leak from the camshaft oil seal. I changed it 3 times, the last time I had to put some silicone gasket around it. Now it's perfect! Runs good too
AMC The Walking Head
I like your vids. I treat my good kitchen knives way nicer than you lol.
So it’s not good deal to buy a Chinese cylinder head
Where is your hair!!???🧐🧐🧐
Don’t assume
19:27 and then you’ll be in bigger shh..bigger sham...
you bought a cheap head.
VW produce cars in China and more than 50% of VWs total sales are in china
bias is what this is
The quality on these $600 heads is garbage compared to anything and everything else. I’ve had a new Chinese head blow oil form the valve guides on cold start and poor and incomplete castings in the bearing cut but most of them will work without problems. All the materials and machining is sub par