How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

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How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

Post by pule333 » Tue May 12, 2020 11:42 pm

Here is a quick tutorial on how to change your starter motor on your RS4 B7.
time needed 3-5 hours
difficulty 6

https://youtu.be/KDAOlev7l-g
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Re: How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

Post by docurley » Wed May 13, 2020 12:33 pm

Excellent I need to do this.
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Re: How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

Post by Covkiller » Sat May 16, 2020 7:25 pm

Well done Ilya, I watched the video too :thumbs:
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Re: How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

Post by mikep99 » Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:05 pm

Good how to - cheers for the video.
Would you happen to know the part number for the 3 stretch bolts that are removed when taking off the first bracket?
I need to get access to the starter connectors but don't need to remove / replace the starter itself.

Cheers for any info.
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Re: How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

Post by mikep99 » Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:55 pm

Been looking further into the part number.
Could anyone confirm its number 25 on this diagram please:
https://audi.7zap.com/en/rdw/audi+rs4+a ... 199000/#25
part number N91025301 - M10x52, does this sound right?

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Re: How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

Post by Fatneck73 » Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:57 pm

This needs to go in the ‘sticky’ how to do

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Re: How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

Post by docurley » Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:14 pm

mikep99 wrote:
Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:55 pm
Been looking further into the part number.
Could anyone confirm its number 25 on this diagram please:
https://audi.7zap.com/en/rdw/audi+rs4+a ... 199000/#25
part number N91025301 - M10x52, does this sound right?

Cheers
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These N90331606 number 3 on the parts list
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Re: How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

Post by mikep99 » Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:35 pm

docurley wrote:
Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:14 pm
mikep99 wrote:
Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:55 pm
Been looking further into the part number.
Could anyone confirm its number 25 on this diagram please:
https://audi.7zap.com/en/rdw/audi+rs4+a ... 199000/#25
part number N91025301 - M10x52, does this sound right?

Cheers
Mike
These N90331606 number 3 on the parts list
ok, cheers.
That makes more sense to me.
I think in the video its implied that the 1st 3 bolts removed are stretch bolts...

ta
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Re: How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

Post by mikep99 » Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:00 pm

Just to complement the video above, I've just noticed there's a section on how to replace the starter in a workshop manual I have.
I've attached a PDF with the relevant pages. It assumes you've taken the undertray off and supported the engine.

ta
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Re: How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

Post by Oldmanmush » Sun Nov 15, 2020 11:54 am

Good luck doing it off the floor it ain't easy

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Re: How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

Post by docurley » Sun Nov 15, 2020 7:30 pm

Oldmanmush wrote:
Sun Nov 15, 2020 11:54 am
Good luck doing it off the floor it ain't easy
We've done it already!!!
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Re: How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

Post by rs user » Tue Nov 17, 2020 5:10 pm

cracking guide-tbh looks about the same amount of graft as changing a clutch in any of the tdi fwd vag group lol

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Re: How to change starter motor on Audi RS4

Post by flylife2k » Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:46 pm

just seen this, fantastic vid :thumbs: I had a starting issue with min a couple of years ago (separate article on here), mine turned out to be high resistance infact higher than the torque output of the starter motor, turned out to be an issue with one of my cams not turning freely resulting in no start, no similar scenarious anywhere on the internet....but that to one side well done :thumbs:

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