91quattro

I was just looking at Bentley....it says to remove the air filter housing and right front headlight, and then drill a 1" diameter hole through the frame holding the torque mount so you can get to one of the bolts. There's no way to loosen that bolt without drilling that hole?

Mister Bally

Correct. Unless you have the engine out and remove a portion of the frame, then you can remove the bolt.

91quattro

Would that be the cross member frame piece that holds the passenger side motor mount?

darry_99

Does anyone have instructions handy to replace the torque mount?

i am getting intermittent failure. Car is 11 yrs 90k miles. Need it to work a few more months until my next car is delivered.

Thanks in advance.

schiu

I have installed the resistor to the valve support mount following the TSB but now i have a different fault codeAddress 01: Engine Labels: 077-910-560-BFM.clb
Part No SW: 4E0 910 560 E HW: 4E0 907 560
Component: 4.2L V8/5V G 0040
Revision: 00000000 Serial number: AUX3Z0C0307726
Coding: 0011773
Shop #: WSC 00010 773 174674
VCID: 2310E51847D888FF10B-8076

1 Fault Found:
18282 - Valve for Torque Support Mount
P1874 - 001 - Short to Plus - Intermittent
Readiness: 0000 1000
Any idea please could it be the wiring harness

91quattro

darry_99, I just replaced the torque mount following Bentley, and it went reasonably well. A couple of the bolts are a little tricky to remove, but all in all it was an intermediate type repair. I have some cliff notes for the process if you are interested.

Sci-fi_Wasabi

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has some detailed instructions or could writeup how they removed this front upper rt torque mount without taking off the bumper and putting the front in service position. I have a 2009 FSI 8 cylinder. Though its staring right at me, it seems like it's more complicated than removing airbox and headlight.
thanks in advance

Rob09A8

The clamping arm is the problem, or rather having room to unscrew one of the three bolts upwards is the issue as it is blocked. You might be able to do it without removing the bumper cover if you removed the headlight assembly as well.
If you take the airbox out you will get a better visual idea if this would fly.
The workshop manual has diagrams and instructions on where to drill a hole in the carbon-fiber shroud blocking the upward removal of the bolt.
DasuberS8 had a novel way of making access with a Sawzall or jigsaw rather than making a hole; if you're OK with cutting off part of the carbon-fiber front brace.

Ignore the fact the bumper cover is off in this image. The V10 is the same as our BVJ's in this area.

**Having problems adding images but Ill try in the next post.

Images in Post 14 19 and 20 of DasuberS8's thread will give you the idea
https://www.audiworld.com/forums/a8-...3052953/page2/

Rob09A8

With the headlight and airbox out of the way you should be able to access the area discussed with the bumper cover still on.

Rob09A8

The target is where the workshop manual calls for the hole to be drilled