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S5 4.2L V8 Cylinder Numbering

42K views 13 replies 7 participants last post by  Gavstevens79  
#1 ·
Guys,

Seems like an easy question to search for but I haven't the slightest clue which cylinders are 5-8 in my engine.

Some places I read:

4 8
3 7
2 6
1 5
Bumper

Other places I read:

4 5
3 6
2 7
1 8
Bumper

Which one is it?
 
#2 ·
If you are standing in front looking at the car is
4. 8
3. 7
2. 6
1. 5
 
#3 ·
For sure
 
#5 ·
My pleasure, are you changing coil packs?
 
#6 ·
Still trying to diagnose a misfire on cylinder 6.

I cleaned my carbon build-up and sent my injectors out to be cleaned only to find that cylinder 6 is still misfiring.

Going in with a bore scope this weekend. Wanted to be sure I was working on the right cylinder.

Already changed spark plugs and swapped coils from 1-4 with 5-8. Still on 6.

MAF sensor seems to be working fine.

I got the car to go into limp mode but it didn't throw codes. I have a lead on VCDS in January if all goes well.

I'm actually suspecting the throttle body being bad. When the car went into limp mode I got a "Parking Brake Malfunction" warning and light on the dash and no CEL. Same thing happened when I put my car back together from said carbon cleaning. I had forgotten to plug in the TB.

Definitely electrical at this point. Going to go back through and check my connections.

Sorry for the purge of thoughts.

Car actually runs well 75% of the time. 50%-90% throttle gives me trouble around 2.5k-4k rpms. If I go 50% throttle through this zone, I can floor it to redline and keep my revs high during shifts. Runs like a top. Very confusing. Everything is worse when the engine and weather is cold.
 
#7 ·
I took the liberty of fwding your post to my buddy who is a master audi tech and does all my work installation and diagnostic lets see what he says? Pm me your direct email if you would like to communicate faster.
 
#12 ·
@pansilv3r Do you resolved Your issue with missfires on cylinder 5? I have the same problem but on cylinder 4. It only happens under heavy load, above 4k RPMs and only when I hard press gas pedal. When I don't push hard gas pedal, but in normal way increase the speed and motor RPM on manual gearbox mode, then missfire don't counting.

I switched ignition coil between cylinder 3 and 4 but without any changes at the end. Still counts missfires on cylinder 4. I'm wondering that maybe is some problem with oil separator (I changed oil separator few months ago but I used non OE) or small leak in air intake? Spark plugs are new on all cylinder. I will use also VSCD to check how injectors working (timings).