To be honest Audi should do a recall for these rollers.

So complicated. I’m impressed. Never been so relieved to see an engine start on KZfaq.

Love watching this channel learn so much, even after 25 years in the trade! 👍

Really enjoyed that series. Awesome work by you guys 👍

Great work guys and the honesty is good to see... Look forward to next vid

Thank you so much for sharing… You guys are completely appreciated here in the US!

Fantastic video. You guys are certainly experts with these highly complex cars.👍

Love your transparency! What a great insight problem solving. Glad it’s fixed

Thanks for the Update and all the tech. info regarding this RS5 ; Cheers from across the pond!

Absolutely love the content. Wish I could come over seas and work with you guys. You guys are doing my dream. I’ve been trying to specialize on Audis for a few years now but it’s hard to get your foot in the door without working at a dealership for multiple years.

This was very interesting and fantastic work by you guys. Great public service broadcasting channel. Thank you.

Thank you so much for working so hard to save the customer money, & still perform the best work. Guys like you make the world a better place.

Good to see and what a relief after the Catastrophe broken cams and roller replacement of the engine. Great job! So if I get this V6 turbo to work, I would cry for help. Thanks for sharing the video

Great vid as always, thanks for the advice.

You guys are wizards absolute wizards! Some of the best content I have seen on KZfaq! Your knowledge is a credit to you both 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻 keep up the epic work and content

Thank you, eagerly waited for this vid and you guys are awesome for doing the job! My 2017 B9 is still under warranty under a different provider for 3 more years so I'll keep an eye out. I've done 68k kms (42k miles). This is just atrocious design and should have been a recall, goodwill and all. Hope you guys are in NZ, would definitely get you guys to do mine.

Samo Napred momci, gledajući vas kanal sam naucio mnogo stvari!

Wow guys that so impressive and so mind opening to who can do the job and who wouldnt i like the videos and the straight forward thinking and knowledge well done to u and ur other machanic .....take care and stay cool from all this heat wave , im from Australia where we get the weather like this in our summers ...not knowing the Audi prob here in Australia but will think about owning any model ....Thank you

The best mechanics I’ve seen so far! Keep up the good work!

Great information - stunning detail !

This engine looks so complicated! I requires great knowledge as only one bolt not tighten properly could cause a nightmare. Very impressive job.

Super been looking forward to seeing this

Gud workmanship there guys ,excellent

Dude - much respect! If I had a 2 or 4 post lift I would definitely get an Audi - but it needs an engine out to do some of the high mileage engine tasks. Not my way of maintaining a vehicle. If you guys were local I'd definitely hire you for all this. WTF roller pins just falling out from the rockers? That's a hot mess. Great content bro!

i've really enjoyed the videos on this RS5, Great Stuff!

The Dodge V6 rollers had same issue Nice jobs Top Techs!!!

Audi should have paid half off the Bill , you Guys are awesome , very hard working lads and honest Too , we need more people like you , God Bless you , Keep up the good work

Great job guys, will contact with you in next couple weeks to book a full servive of my Audi A6 50 tdi and gear box oil change.

I know I'm late to the game. I am glad I saw your video as I was considering a newer car with this engine. Best Audi content around,as no one seems to be wrenching on them. Thank you.

Your work is extremely impressive. Just out of curiosity, how do you remember what goes where after you take engine out of the car and disconnect hundreds of wires and lines? Do you have notebook, watch your own video or follow factory manual? Thanks

this happens on the 2.5 DAZA exhaust rollers which are also needle bearings, however the amount of failures seems relatively low. just repaired one tuned RS3 that developed a misfire and found 2 rollers damaged, ~76,000 miles.

Bro thank you for sharing, I'm just finishing the valve rocker arm replacement! But I was lucky and didn't hurt the camshaft. I am Rs5 in January 2018, the mileage is 80000km...

You guys are just so good at this stuff. Love watching the content. 3 months in the workshop, must have had the owner going crazy lol. But at 9k repair against a 20k+ bill. No argument. Great work guys.

With it being part of the VAG group does my 2018 Vw golf Mk 7.5 Gti performance fall into having the problem with the defective rockers? Keep up your great content

Great video as always!

Man this video is gold. I have an Audi A4 B8 since 2010. In 2014 I received a brand new engine for free due to oil consumption issues. Since then I have had no issues and I was thinking of buying a new Audi. But after seeing all these defects I will stick to my problem free Audi!

Excellent vid as usual, cheers

wow ! i wish that all the garages filming the repairs so the owner can see everything and how difficult it can be ! big respect for you guys !!!

Helo great Mechanics,, Congratulations for your work and your chanel. I have one question for you, Is it save to buy the S5 from 2014 till 2016 B8.5 version and what issues will i find on that special machine? Thank you Luís Cerqueira From Porugal

Outstanding job. Great video. Your customers should be extremely happy with the work and the price.

Amazing, loving the price comparison from Audi to yourselves. Can't wait for my back car to break, it's coming your way!

Great job sorting this one out!! Just one small thing, at 18:19 you don't actually need those codes if you don't want to buy an oem battery. You just have to change the serial number (Any random number would reset the battery charging circuit). Although I still buy oem batteries lol

Thanks for the advice. Audi owners should file a lawsuit about these mechanical problems.

Awesome work guys. Love this video serie. I'm disappointed in the Audi Center that did the work on it. Can't find the problem.....new engine.....that's a fast conclusion without investigation you guys did. 9k is still much but against the 24k from Audi it's a bargain. Respect! Regards all the way from NL :-)

I've been waiting this video for so long, and i loved every minute of it. Really good job, im waiting for more content. And sorry but i have to ask, the more i watch your videos the more im worried. I have a 2016 audi A4 tdi dsg, and sometimes when the engine is cold im getting some vibrations on D or R,but only when cold and stopped and after some seconds. Should i come there and take a look ? :p

Just out of curiosity.. Say the rocker pins did fall out. Is there enough valve clearance for them to fall into the cylinder? Just trying to figure out if it would be a catastrophic failure if they failed or if it could be caught in time. Thanks!

Thanks for this, looking at getting a rs5 sportback or rs4 , I'll keep it to 2020 onwards now.

Great work! When you time this engine is it necessary to pretension the exhaust Cams prior to torquing the control valve/cam adjuster center bolts?

Thanks for these videos and putting this out there and especially for taking time replying to the comments too. This video randomly showed up in my feed. Does this problem apply to cars in the United States? I have a 2018 S5 with a 3.0

Some solid cardio watching material 🔥

Thanks for the video and heads up 👍🏻 is there a way to find out the actual build date of my car? Thanks 🤝

Hi guys great content, they are beautiful cars but Audi seem to fail on engineering basics yet again with these rocker arms. I will stick to my A4 diesel I think. 👍

I love Audi.... Only when you repair it😂 congrats for all that amazing work you doing with this cars. Always a great experience for me to see your videos

I’ve got a B9.5 S5 so this issue doesn’t apply to my car but that was a great 20 minutes watching this. Wish you guys were in my neck of the woods, superb quality.

TIG weld those pressed on cam shaft lobes, just a tack would prevent further movement. Amazing work👍👍

Extremely tidy work. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

THIS IS PROFESSIONAL

Well done and Thanks for sharing

What are the tell tale signs that an EA839 engine has an issue with the rocker arms? Do you recommend swapping them out as preventative maintenance after a certain number ofmiles? This reminds me of the B7 S4 chain tensioner issue all over again.

do you think audi will achnowledge this and perhaps warranty or provide a free repair? This seems like worth to raise a recall for

Hey guys ive been watching ur channel for a long time and u guys help alot. Can you guys do a full in depth video on how to replace the rocker arms on the b9 s5??

Did you figure out where it was leaking oil as mentioned in the previous video? Sorry if you said where and I missed it. Thx

Great series on this!

I just bought an S4 Avant, 2017, 21500Miles, only bought it with a 3 year warranty extension, if this does need to be done someday, I hope it’s within guarantee. What should I look out for? Tell-tale signs? Brilliant content guys! Well done, Ps I’m in France, I think I’m one of 10 Petrol S4’s in france

does the new pcv oil separator help in reducing valve carbon buildup

quick question: is bank 1 the left side when you are in front of the engine? are 1-2-3 the Cyls on bank 1?

Great video Guys!!!…the owner didn’t let test drive it!!!…why!!! Wanted to see you go beast mode init 😂 he drove it off very cautious!! Maybe a bit reluctant to give it some!!!…BTW that R8 sounded SICK!!…I’ll defo be sticking with my B8 S5 😎😎👌🏾💯👍🏾

With car vertical and others similar isn't it preferable to do the check with the VIN not the Reg No? What if the reg has been cloned?

Hey guys! Thanks for the awesome content and insight into Audi service. My question is - If I have a 53K 2019 S5 Sportback that I've been religious about 10K mile services since I got it at 30K, should I worry about a good long life from the 3.0 T? In other words, would you guys keep it, or dump it before it has bigger problems?

Do have the part numbers handy for the "Audi Mustard" and the valve cover sealant? I am amassing parts to do this on my S4 shortly... Thanks.

I’ve worked for Audi for 24 years, I can confirm Audi have some shocking design faults!!! Great content/videos 👌🏻

Incredible guys. Just mind blowing Audi in this day and age produce bullshit rollers unfit for purpose? I cannot thank you enough for what you do, and highlighting these points to potential owners. Excellent work again and I hope the owner valued your time and expertise with the car.

Hey guys i actually own a 2018 rs5 b9 do you know the exact part for the rockers i really want to replace them after watching this. Do you have have a part number from audi?

Whats the updated rocker arm replacement part number guys ? I'm in the states and worried about this happening.

I love your work i think it's totally amazing, but i do hate how audi / vw just build in so many issues with these cars and just wash their hands when they go wrong, I mean just look at the size of the pins in the rocker arms they almost twice the size for the new ones

Super job guys 👍

Do you know what keeps those rocker arm bearings lubricated? I would assume some kind of oil spray, but I don't notice any sprayers.

Any chance you can provide the part number for the upgraded rocker arms ?

I see an opportunity for the aftermarket to save the day with a badass rocker upgrade

I cant figure out your comments at the end. July 2019 onwards... is that when the issue starts or stops? I have a Dec 18 rs5 and getting anxious 😅

Had a similar problem with a very cheap car...loose camshaft trigger wheel

How was the carbon removed from the intake valves? Walnut blasted?

Super robota panowie ! Niestety u mnie w s5 2018 występuje prawdopodobnie ta sama przyczyna.. ale u mnie stanęło na wypadaniu zapłonu

I have a B9 S5 that had a version of this issue. At about 60k miles I noticed a sound very like a failed lifter or a tappet badly out of adjustment, so called the dealership and took it in. They ultimately discovered a single rocker with what looked to be a missing needle, but absolutely nothing in the oil, no issues otherwise. Replaced all the rockers with the updated units, and a camshaft for good measure. I always take all the parts from these jobs home just to look them over and the bad rocker had all the movement of the one you show, and looked like it had a missing needle, so I took a grinder to it and pulled the center pin out. What I found was fascinating...all the needles were present, and the center pin had been worn on one half so much that it looked a bit line a small camshaft. The 'missing' needle was just rotated inside the roller. It reminds me of the issue with cam adjuster pin hardness on some 4.2s (like the one in my C5 allroad). My suspicion is that QC failed to notice inadequate hardening at multiple stages in the supply chain and this is the result. To their credit Audi let my service advisor decide what needed to be done, after he asked what I wanted replaced, and the car hasn't had a hiccup since. All under warranty, thankfully! I'm going to set all the parts of the rocker in resin as a paperweight.

Aboot time you post a new video 🤪🤪, you're still Awesome 👌

You guys are masters!!

Hello, what oil do you recommend for an audi a7 3.0tfsi with 92,720 miles? Greetings from Chile!

Mirko and Miroslav.....pozdrav...💪💪

where can i find info that newer models does have upgrated rocker arms just to be 100% sure thanks! As far as carbon and sludge in manifolds this car needs catch can for sure.

I just purchased a 2022 RS5 and after watching the first video I was nervous and was going to trade it in until he said he rocker arms were upgraded from 2019 onward

May i know the 3.0L TT EA839 from 2017 Macan GTS have this issue or not?

All the new cars look good but im happy with my C5 RS6😎

Dobre Dobre my Croation brothers :) great work

Great work guys , but smoking in the workshop!!! While working around flammable liquids is not a great idea

The Best teacher 🤓

This engine/variant of this engine with original rocker arms have been in thousands of VAG cars from 2017-2019. I don't think this is common, great video though. I have a b9 S4 and will be monitoring closely.

Hello my friend what about the S5 diesel engine on the uk spec 2020 model year. Its only done 7500miles. Are there any similer issues with the valve train. Hope you can update thanks.

I believe the new rocker arm revision is actually after June 2018 from what I can see on the forums. The build date of the engine needs to be after that to make sure you get the new revision. I am not sure where they July 2019 date came from.

Top video. Great job 👌🙌👍😊🍀

after installing the rocker arms did you have to set timing or something like that? also wha is the part no for th new rockers?