Oops, I did it again!

[HPsauce]

Any point in taking that up with Audi? How many miles on the engine?

[MikkiJayne]

I did wonder about that actually. 120K on it though, and at 14 years old I doubt they would be particularly interested tbh. Besides, all the engines they kept in stock for warranty claims were liquidated to a surplus dealer last year. Thats where the new engine for the grey one came from No harm in asking though.

This is the spec list for it. No mention of extended leather in here - 3HA seems out of place for that? I presume S3G is what makes it an FE?

0G7 = Tiptronic
0GE = Emission standard EU3
0JL = Weight category front axle weight range 11
0YV = Weight range 20 installation control only no requirement forecast
1BD = Suspension/shock absorption for special sports design
1KW = Disc brakes rear
1N1 = Power steering
1SA = Without additional engine guard
1ZL = Disc brakes front
2ZP = Leather trimmed sports steering wheel for air bag system with tiptronic and S badge
3FQ = Electric sliding/pop-up sun roof with automatic pre-selection
3HA = Without leather parts scope
3L4 = Electric seat adjustment for both front seats driver's seat with memory system
3Y5 = electrically operated roll-up sun screenfor rear window and mechanically operated for side windows
4GP = Windshield in heat-insulating glass withsunshield and viewing window for vehicleidentification number
4K4 = Radio remote controlled central locking
4KP = Side and rear windows acoustic glass
4UF = Driver's and front passenger air bag with front passenger air bag deactivation
5D1 = Carrier frequency 433.92 MHz-434.42 Mhz
5ME = Vavona wood insert amber high-gloss
5SJ = Left exterior mirror: convex
5Z0 = Without separate power seats rear
6TS = Right exterior mirror: aspherical large viewing field
6XF = Exterior mirrors: with memory function electrically foldable/adjustable/heated
7K0 = Without tire pressure warning light
7Q2 = Navigation system with color screen
7X2 = Park distance control front and rear
8EC = Bi-functional headlight with gas discharge lamp for driving on the left
8GT = Compact alternator 90 - 150A
8Q3 = Automatic headlight-range adjustment dynamic (self-adjusting while driving)
8Z5 = Not hot country
C1S = Alloy wheels 8.5J x 20
E0A = No special edition
F0A = No special purpose vehicle standard equipment
J1G = Battery 450 A (92 Ah)
M8G = 8-cyl. gasoline eng. 4.2 L/265 kW V8 40Vcamshaft adjust. w/o cyl. cutout
Q1D = Sports front seats
S3G = Vehicles with special conversion/ installation
T7S = 8-cylinder gasoline engine 4.2 L unit 077.2 (aluminum)
U0L = Instrument insert with tachometer clock and mph speedometer
X2B = National sales program Great Britain

[David's8]

Originally Posted by HPsauce

I've got a complete set of Vavona trims (should anyone want any) though it's not quite as orange as that picture suggests. More bright reddish-brown.
(Complete set except for the door switch panels, which are on my S8 )

Mine too is Vavona but, as with Andrew's, it doesnt look as orange as that in real life. Maybe its just the photo light/colour balance?

The valve failure gives me nightmares just thinking about it!

[Adrian E]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

Interestingly the data sticker doesn't have a paint code on it, and claims the interior is platinum with Vavona wood which it very much isn't! Its much darker than Vavona, more so even than the maple in the Dolphin Grey. Anyone have any ideas what an Avus FE should have? I'll grab a pic later.

Yep, that's normal - it shows as 99 when searching and tells you to e-mail qmbh or whatever it is to get confirmation. As per Barzya8 LY7J sounds right, from memory for Avus Silver.

Originally Posted by barzya8

Hi Mikkijayne,
My exterior colour code is LY7J called Avus Silver Mica.
As with yours, its not on the build sticker, but someone has written it in the book. I will try and attach a photo of my build sticker.

As far as the wood interior is concerned, mine has the code nos 5ME which translates to Vavona wood insert amber high gloss.
Mine also does not have the extended leather that Adrian had on his. Check my album photos of interior.
Mine does not have the door arm rest wood capping's either. They are colour matched grey plastic. See photo.
Good luck with sourcing another engine. What is the engine code you need in case I stumble across one.
Regards,
David

Wood is Myrtle - mine also said Vavona and it most definitely is not!

The avus/red FEs have a lower level of extended leather compared to the mauve/purple. They were correspondingly a little cheaper new.

All FEs had plastic painted window switch surrounds from the factory. I upgraded mine to Myrtle all round to break up the colour and it was very effective, I thought. The lower handle shells are NLA though, so mine had the last 3 in the correct shade of grey that I could get, but retains purple on the driver's door as the one they thought they had turned out not to be on the shelf in Germany....

[MikkiJayne]

Great info Adrian thanks I want to change the door inserts as well as the painted red ones are a bit ugly. Wood would be much better

[IT]

Factory spec shows correct wood and extended leather. S3G is a common element in all FE's.

Attached.

[The_Laird]

As many discussions here have highlighted, the FE specifications were varied and not well documented on the build sticker. The use of extended leather, colour coding to the gear shift, wood/plain platinum door inserts and so on, seems to vary from car to car.

At one point, I'd thought all FEs had dark myrtle wood trim, but that doesn't seem to be the case in some FEs.

The few constants seem to include the colour coded steering wheel, the phone prep and the well documented paint and leather colour combinations. Beyond that, there's a lot of variation.

[MikkiJayne]

Found the smoking gun - a broken valve spring!



The spring broke and released the tension on the collets, which promptly fell out. The next engine cycle pushed the valve down in to the cylinder where it was hit by the piston, and with no tension on it the hydraulic element dropped out of the rocker arm. The valve then got smashed up by the piston, and at the same time the element got smashed up by the rocker. Once the valve stem was sufficiently bent, it got jammed in the guide and the top broke off at the collet grooves. That bit stayed in the guide and the rest got ejected back up the inlet port.

The collets are the only bit left of the assembly that are intact, as they had escaped by the time all the destruction happened. One of them was sitting by #7.

More carnage pics:








The chain guides needed doing. Looks like 100K is the norm for these.

[Goran]

Legend

well done for saving another 8!

[HPsauce]

Originally Posted by mikkijayne

the chain guides needed doing. Looks like 100k is the norm for these.

Best get on with that job then!