
2006 Audi S6 – Engine Undressed, Oil Mess Fixed
In the community of European car lovers, who doesn't love an S6? It's tastefully understated from outside, tastefully luxurious on the inside, and tastefully overpowered on the road. Read More
In the community of European car lovers, who doesn't love an S6? It's tastefully understated from outside, tastefully luxurious on the inside, and tastefully overpowered on the road. Read More
This car was recently acquired by our customer. Minor oil and coolant leaks were found. As we got deeper into it, there were surprises. Not sweet surprises, like realizing you're in love with your childhood best friend. Read More
This car is a beautiful, luxurious beast. Its owner loves to drive it fast. The valve stem seals were a good 1 to 2 mm off the stems, producing an incredible quantity of smoke out of the tail pipes. Read More
A few months after getting an oil change, this customer started seeing a "oil level too high" message. Read More
Adam (pictured above) rebuilt this engine 500 miles ago, and now it's back for a valve adjustment. Read More
What do you do when you're removing a glow plug in your Sprinter and the darn thing breaks off because it's seized in the cylinder head? This happens as often as it doesn't. Read More
Here's something you really don't see every day. A fragment of steel from the flex plate flew off while the engine was running, and tore into the crankshaft position sensor. Read More
Just in for scheduled maintenance, there's nothing wrong with this car, in any way, shape or form. New Pirellis will be installed before she leaves our shop. I love this Anthracite Brown. Not to be a hater, but Porsche's Cognac Brown is a bit much, like blackstrap molasses when you could have used Vermont maple syrup. Read More
The driver's seat in this car is broken. Despite its sumptuous leather stuffed with comfy cushions, motors, levers, cables and sensors, the steel frame broke. The backrest would not stay locked in place, rendering it floppy and unusable. Read More
This rather lengthy video will not be for everyone, unless they're really interested in belt pulleys. Old, spent belt pulleys can appear to be ok, even when they're ready to give up the ghost. Read More