My Audi A6 serpentine belt broke on the way home from work tonight around midnight. Your video is exactly what I need to go fix my car tomorrow. Thanks for making a clear and concise instruction! Cheers.
Congrats and thanks for the feedback. Wishing you luck on your own journey. I also got a C7 myself recently and am waiting for it to get here. Can't wait...
I am a6 c6 2011y, 3.0T vehicle owner. Many aftermarket technicians come out and use technical terminology. However, they can't show you like ... Thanks for allowing me to see the DIY of a non-professional vehicle owner. Looks more professional than expert.
My 2007 a6 keeps throwing a belt, every time It pops off, I come back to this video and watch it, then screenshot your blue diagram, and get to work! Thank you!!
@@ThatAfricanGuy the tensioner is working well, my issue is all 4 oil seals need replaced, so I’m on a quart a week refill schedule. The extra oil everywhere is causing the belt to slip now, so I clean it as best as I can before re-installing the belt. This car’s on its last legs, I’m looking to replace it in 6 months so my repairs are all just to keep it alive as cheaply as possible at this point.
Thanks for vid. Just replaced alternator with an aftermarket and the alternator fault went off for a week and came back on. Noticed a clicking sort of noise from the engine bay and that the belt was swaying. Think the belt also needs replaced. Do you think it could be anything else? Thanks
I finally got the coolant pipe off, and the thermostat housing was broken, so I have to replace that 😢. I worked around the belt because the coolant pipe was already broken. Now, the way to take the belt off is to locate pulley straight down from the water pump, right? I'm trying to remove the belt
Thanks. No pulley shouldn't be wobbly. The top pulley is for the water (coolant) pump. You may want to tighten its bolts. This video should help: th-cam.com/video/lPr9sgUESNo/w-d-xo.html
what if you replaced the belt and the pulley is wobbling while running could it be misaligned or a bad pulley the coolant pump and power steering pulley
Yes here but there are pre-requisites. The full playlist is here but you can skip the parts you don't need: th-cam.com/play/PLhHcGefOqC7FNc6WfyWO7rxEt1HidWv-v.html
You should try to locate where the noise is coming from. I have never replaced the belt tensioner on my C6 A6. The car still has the original one on past 200,000 miles.
Hi, my name is Miguel, and I just subscribed. I have a problem with the EPC license and you don't have any video. Could you create one or tell me what would be the solution to this problem? Thank you !!
Hello Miguel. The EPC light on the dashboard can be caused be several issues related to the electronic power control of the engine. You need to scan the engine for fault codes to find out what is causing it.
Question for you..i have an 08 a6 quattro 3.2. Just had an oil leak fixed at the shop. Now all of a sudden my alternator isn't working. Would the alternator have to be removed in any shape or from to fix a oil leak?
Hello sir, great video.. I have had an incident recently where my serpentine belt came off whilst driving I walked back to the place where it came off and found it torn right through the middle Prior to this happening, I noticed a high pitch sound when starting the car but it went away soon after I am suspecting the tensioner is causing these problems? What do you think?
Hello and thank you! The main reason why the belt would be torn is it is simply due. When installing a new one, it is a good idea to test the tensioner and turn the pulleys in front of the engine (except the crankshaft one) to make sure none of them has excess resistance.
@@stergosmak A new belt + tensioner + idler roller would be the best thing to do for the long run but this is not absolutely necessary. I have never replaced my tensioner or idler roller. I only replaced the belt as precautionary measure as shown in the video. My car is a 2005 Audi A6 3.2 quattro with 317,000 km on the clock still running strong with the original belt tensioner and idler roller.
hello Kelisko, I appreciate your good work. I have a problem in my c6 , i have a vibration noise coming from the top of the windshield or the front part of the headliner (not sure 😵😕), it is quite when the weather is hot at midday🌞, but loud when the weather is cold at evening🥶, if I bang the top of the windshield with my hand I can hear the same noise. Can it be the windshield sealant is bad ? even though I have no leaks. If you have any experience with this kind of issue please help me😔
To be honest I am not sure what could be going on. The only loose part in that area I could point to would be the sunglasses compartment. Can you try to open it to see whether it could be the source? It's on top, in the dome light assembly, front side. You push it in to open it up.
Mr African Audi DIYer. Gr8 video. Loved your camera work showing the reality of dealing w an Audi in general, but especially what should be a simple job made unnecessarily difficult by cramped quarters in there. I think I have to replace my oldest granddaughter's tensioner as i noticed some wobbling & she just told me that it (the Audi that is) has eaten 3 belts already in less than a yr. Once i get it off it's time to check all pulley surfaces for chips or something. My daughter-in-law's minivan ate them for breakfast... then i got under there & discovered the PS pump pulley had all sorts of chips out of it. Of course those minivans were created by satan's minions in an attempt to get God-fearing mechanics & DIY'ers to curse God (praise the Father that Jesus died & rose again for all our sins... including slips of the tongue during times of slip of the wrenches & loss of skin & the occasional chipped bone, metal sliver in the leg, steel bristles in the eyes scratching the old corneas, & where would we be w/o battery acid & other chemical spills in our eyes, etc, eh?😁) w such an incredibly... no... more like incredulously insane design. When i wrenched professionally I used to pray that an auto designer from 1 of the big 3 would break down by our shop...or even need just an.oil change. I 4get the particular vehicle (80's is when I wrenched) but it was one that no matter how you did it, short of dropping the engine that is, you were going to lose skin on your hand getting that filter off. Anyways I just wanted to say I like your real-view & real-time (tho I appreciated the ffwd too...🙃) video for this particular task. When i went to tech college for mechanics I gotta kick out of the videos. They'd have these guts in white lab coats... just the perfect uniform for wrenching, right? L9ng coat, long sleeves.. yet somehow they never got dirty. It wasn't bc they weren't working on real cars w real engines that had never really been driven now, would it? 😂 Oh well. Take care Mr African Audi DIYer. Keep up the good work.
No but I have a video showing how to remove the water pump pulley: th-cam.com/video/BkYmNydmj9Q/w-d-xo.html And this one shows how to install it back: th-cam.com/video/lPr9sgUESNo/w-d-xo.html With the pulley removed, you have direct access to the pump bolts.
Nooo - I feel souch an idiot :( while replacing the serpentine belt, I fucked up my CROSSOVER-PIPE. In the same spot yours broke in video titled: "Part 9 - Front Coolant Pipe Install", by the way ...
I know some tensioners have a locking mechanism for easier belt replacement. Tried doing mine and couldn't get the belt around it while holding the ratchet clock wise
@@dwright5593 Do the power steering pump pulley last like I did in the video. It's the one on your top right when facing the engine. It will work that way. Doing the tensioner last did not work for me either. Remember to use a long ratchet or a long extension to make it easier for you to hold the tensioner while placing the belt around the last pulley, the power steering pump one.
No I did not and I don't think the belt has anything to do with the check engine light. Maybe you broke one of the vacuum lines while replacing the belt? That would definitely trigger a CEL.
@@superchargednyc9739 These are small lines and cracks may not be visible in pictures. You need to scan the car for faults to find exactly why it is warning that something is wrong with the engine. I would suggest you take the car to a shop where it can be scanned. A scan will tell you exactly what's wrong.
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My Audi A6 serpentine belt broke on the way home from work tonight around midnight. Your video is exactly what I need to go fix my car tomorrow. Thanks for making a clear and concise instruction! Cheers.
I am glad I am able to help. Sorry for the bad news.
I love how you dont hear a word out of him. he's just quiet and calm the whole time! I usually say a few swear words in the process lol
I started talking in my recent videos 😅
Hey man I just wanna say I appreciate all your doing to this Audi cause mines needing a lot of the same stuff done and your a great guide!!
I appreciate your kind words. Stay safe out there...
I just got a C7 and looking to be an amateur DIYer. I’m learning a lot through guys like you. Thank you for posting your journey. 👊
Congrats and thanks for the feedback. Wishing you luck on your own journey. I also got a C7 myself recently and am waiting for it to get here. Can't wait...
I am a6 c6 2011y, 3.0T vehicle owner.
Many aftermarket technicians come out and use technical terminology.
However, they can't show you like ...
Thanks for allowing me to see the DIY of a non-professional vehicle owner.
Looks more professional than expert.
My 2007 a6 keeps throwing a belt, every time It pops off, I come back to this video and watch it, then screenshot your blue diagram, and get to work!
Thank you!!
Your belt tensioner is probably gone. You need to replace it.
@@ThatAfricanGuy the tensioner is working well, my issue is all 4 oil seals need replaced, so I’m on a quart a week refill schedule.
The extra oil everywhere is causing the belt to slip now, so I clean it as best as I can before re-installing the belt.
This car’s on its last legs, I’m looking to replace it in 6 months so my repairs are all just to keep it alive as cheaply as possible at this point.
@@Poonslayer42 I understand now...
This definitely helped me as of right now! I always invest my own time and labor to work on my own vehicles!
I appreciate the feedback 🙏🏽
I love this guy. Always helpful. My first audi. An a6 c6 and I always look at these videos. Thanks for the info.
I appreciate! 😁
Perfect video. Thanks yet again.
looks like a good fix. New friend Ruthie
Thanks man. Your stuff is so easy to understand. Thanks for making the vids 👍
You are welcome :)
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Legend brother thanks for the video 🙏
You are welcome 🙏🏽
Thank you kind sir. 👍🏻
Do I have to worrie about the pulleys moving if it is a interference motor?
Thanks for vid. Just replaced alternator with an aftermarket and the alternator fault went off for a week and came back on. Noticed a clicking sort of noise from the engine bay and that the belt was swaying. Think the belt also needs replaced. Do you think it could be anything else? Thanks
The belt tensioner.
So it can be done without putting the clip into service mode
I finally got the coolant pipe off, and the thermostat housing was broken, so I have to replace that 😢. I worked around the belt because the coolant pipe was already broken. Now, the way to take the belt off is to locate pulley straight down from the water pump, right? I'm trying to remove the belt
@@dewaynejay1032 Did you pull the front lock carrier to service position? This is necessary.
@@ThatAfricanGuy no I didn't 😔
Thanks helpful to know size of tension bolt since you can't see it!
Glad it helped!
Nice job. Thank you.
I appreciate 🙂
Hey man another excellent job, i think on mine the top pully is bit wobbly,
Thanks. No pulley shouldn't be wobbly. The top pulley is for the water (coolant) pump. You may want to tighten its bolts. This video should help: th-cam.com/video/lPr9sgUESNo/w-d-xo.html
What model# belt should I get ??
Thanks for the video man :)
Genuine Audi. You're welcome.
what if you replaced the belt and the pulley is wobbling while running could it be misaligned or a bad pulley the coolant pump and power steering pulley
Could be bad routing, an incompatible belt, or a bad tensioner.
Do you have the coolant pipe video? I'm having that issue as well and then I was going to replace my belt because of all the noise it's making now
Yes here but there are pre-requisites. The full playlist is here but you can skip the parts you don't need: th-cam.com/play/PLhHcGefOqC7FNc6WfyWO7rxEt1HidWv-v.html
Appreciate the videos bro your actually saving my bank account 😂
😅😅😅
*Hi. Do I have to replace belt tensioner too? My car makes squeackin belt noise*
You should try to locate where the noise is coming from. I have never replaced the belt tensioner on my C6 A6. The car still has the original one on past 200,000 miles.
Thank you 👍🙏
Welcome 👍
Bro any tips or vids you can point me towards on a starter change. I have 09 at 3.2l quattro
Unfortunately I have no video about it and the starter job is not an easy one. Better leave it to the professionals.
Hi, my name is Miguel, and I just subscribed. I have a problem with the EPC license and you don't have any video. Could you create one or tell me what would be the solution to this problem? Thank you !!
Hello Miguel. The EPC light on the dashboard can be caused be several issues related to the electronic power control of the engine. You need to scan the engine for fault codes to find out what is causing it.
Question for you..i have an 08 a6 quattro 3.2. Just had an oil leak fixed at the shop. Now all of a sudden my alternator isn't working. Would the alternator have to be removed in any shape or from to fix a oil leak?
I have fixed numerous leaks on this car and none of them required removing the alternator.
Nice video. Did you happen to have changed your ac compressor already? Have a video of that by anychance?
Thanks! No I haven't changed my AC compressor yet.
Thanks man. Did you end up replacing the belt tensioner??
Nope Still using the original tensioner.
Hello sir, great video..
I have had an incident recently where my serpentine belt came off whilst driving
I walked back to the place where it came off and found it torn right through the middle
Prior to this happening, I noticed a high pitch sound when starting the car but it went away soon after
I am suspecting the tensioner is causing these problems?
What do you think?
Hello and thank you! The main reason why the belt would be torn is it is simply due. When installing a new one, it is a good idea to test the tensioner and turn the pulleys in front of the engine (except the crankshaft one) to make sure none of them has excess resistance.
@@ThatAfricanGuy would you suggest replacing the tensioner to resolve this issue? Should I purchase an idler pulley as well just for good measure?
@@stergosmak A new belt + tensioner + idler roller would be the best thing to do for the long run but this is not absolutely necessary. I have never replaced my tensioner or idler roller. I only replaced the belt as precautionary measure as shown in the video. My car is a 2005 Audi A6 3.2 quattro with 317,000 km on the clock still running strong with the original belt tensioner and idler roller.
@@ThatAfricanGuy thank you so much
can the belt tensioner be replaced without removing the bumper?
I am not sure.
hello Kelisko, I appreciate your good work.
I have a problem in my c6 , i have a vibration noise coming from the top of the windshield or the front part of the headliner (not sure 😵😕), it is quite when the weather is hot at midday🌞, but loud when the weather is cold at evening🥶, if I bang the top of the windshield with my hand I can hear the same noise.
Can it be the windshield sealant is bad ? even though I have no leaks.
If you have any experience with this kind of issue please help me😔
To be honest I am not sure what could be going on. The only loose part in that area I could point to would be the sunglasses compartment. Can you try to open it to see whether it could be the source? It's on top, in the dome light assembly, front side. You push it in to open it up.
I removed the whole dome light assembly and tried driving without it, no difference, noise is still there.☹️
@@osamamaddani I dont know what else it could be, I'm sorry.
I appreciate your reply, I suspect the windshield sealant, I will tell you if I find a solution 🙂.
Same thing on 2006 audi a6 quattro 3.2l v6?
Yes it has to be the same thing since it's the same engine.
Mr African Audi DIYer. Gr8 video. Loved your camera work showing the reality of dealing w an Audi in general, but especially what should be a simple job made unnecessarily difficult by cramped quarters in there. I think I have to replace my oldest granddaughter's tensioner as i noticed some wobbling & she just told me that it (the Audi that is) has eaten 3 belts already in less than a yr. Once i get it off it's time to check all pulley surfaces for chips or something. My daughter-in-law's minivan ate them for breakfast... then i got under there & discovered the PS pump pulley had all sorts of chips out of it. Of course those minivans were created by satan's minions in an attempt to get God-fearing mechanics & DIY'ers to curse God (praise the Father that Jesus died & rose again for all our sins... including slips of the tongue during times of slip of the wrenches & loss of skin & the occasional chipped bone, metal sliver in the leg, steel bristles in the eyes scratching the old corneas, & where would we be w/o battery acid & other chemical spills in our eyes, etc, eh?😁) w such an incredibly... no... more like incredulously insane design. When i wrenched professionally I used to pray that an auto designer from 1 of the big 3 would break down by our shop...or even need just an.oil change. I 4get the particular vehicle (80's is when I wrenched) but it was one that no matter how you did it, short of dropping the engine that is, you were going to lose skin on your hand getting that filter off.
Anyways I just wanted to say I like your real-view & real-time (tho I appreciated the ffwd too...🙃) video for this particular task. When i went to tech college for mechanics I gotta kick out of the videos. They'd have these guts in white lab coats... just the perfect uniform for wrenching, right? L9ng coat, long sleeves.. yet somehow they never got dirty. It wasn't bc they weren't working on real cars w real engines that had never really been driven now, would it?
😂
Oh well.
Take care Mr African Audi DIYer. Keep up the good work.
Haha. I appreciate your comment. It made my day 😅
Have video about pump water replacement?
No but I have a video showing how to remove the water pump pulley: th-cam.com/video/BkYmNydmj9Q/w-d-xo.html
And this one shows how to install it back: th-cam.com/video/lPr9sgUESNo/w-d-xo.html
With the pulley removed, you have direct access to the pump bolts.
Nooo - I feel souch an idiot :(
while replacing the serpentine belt, I fucked up my CROSSOVER-PIPE. In the same spot yours broke in video titled: "Part 9 - Front Coolant Pipe Install", by the way ...
Ouch! 😕 Sorry about that. It would have happened sooner or later but it is still frustrating.
When I racheting my tensioner is there a way to lock it in place?
No, you cannot. If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to lock it in place?
I know some tensioners have a locking mechanism for easier belt replacement. Tried doing mine and couldn't get the belt around it while holding the ratchet clock wise
@@dwright5593 Do the power steering pump pulley last like I did in the video. It's the one on your top right when facing the engine. It will work that way. Doing the tensioner last did not work for me either. Remember to use a long ratchet or a long extension to make it easier for you to hold the tensioner while placing the belt around the last pulley, the power steering pump one.
Did you get a check engine light after replacing the belt ??
No I did not and I don't think the belt has anything to do with the check engine light. Maybe you broke one of the vacuum lines while replacing the belt? That would definitely trigger a CEL.
That African Audi DIYer ok bro thanks for that info
Can I send you a picture of the vacume line on my car for you can see if it’s broken
@@superchargednyc9739 These are small lines and cracks may not be visible in pictures. You need to scan the car for faults to find exactly why it is warning that something is wrong with the engine. I would suggest you take the car to a shop where it can be scanned. A scan will tell you exactly what's wrong.
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