synergize

If you want to see the inner workings of your Audi S5 engine this is a great video;

Nikon1

@synergize — Great (but very disturbing) video tear down! Thank You!

— John

synergize

John:

I know, cannot understand why Audi would not cover the repair cost, like you mentioned, disturbing on a 2022 (MY) car/engine. I think I might try and locate the cooling schematic and check all the fittings/connections of the entire coolant system, shouldn't be too bad.

JohnEnglish

He said in the video that a coolant hose popped off and it was determined to not be related to a manufacturing defect.

Obviously there's more to the story since an engine doesn't instantaneously overheat the moment a coolant hose pops off.

synergize

Plus, there was some significant wear marks on the some of the bearing surfaces meaning, they could have driven a good amount until shutting the engine down.

JohnEnglish

He also said in the video that this was a new car with temp tags still on it when it happened. It's just that the back and forth between Audi and client had been going on for some time so the engine only just became available.

edit - blown head gasket. I wonder if they put a sketchy tune on it that cranked up the boost as soon as they bought it and then took it to a track

N8!

That is 100% what I am thinking...

B6_Dolphin

Warranty denial = TD1.

dpcompt

What does "TD1" stand for?

Nikon1

Shorthand for “You Are F’d As Far as Warranty” 😱

— John

(Sorry — Could not resist) — - Engine ECM Modification (Tuning)