A6 2.7t Cylinder Head Rebuild

[Thomas Barbera]

Fellow Audifans,
I need to rebuild the cylinder head on my father's '00
A6 2.7t.  It has bad compression on cylinder #1.  I
need to remove the right head.  The first step in the
manual is to remove the engine.  Is this really
required?  Anyone ever remove the heads without
removing the engine?  Any help would be greatly
appreciated.  Thanks.

Tom B.
'91 V8q 5spd
'00 A6 2.7t 6spd (father's)