2.8l V6 AHA Engine Differences
Bill Shaw
b.shaw at comcast.net
Tue Jan 15 19:17:52 PST 2008
Thanks pbadore, sounds like the differences are external so I shouldn't
have much trouble. Mine should be going in this weekend, with any luck
my wife will have her Avant back and I will get my Z28 winter beast
again soon.
Bill
> I am currently doing an AHA engine swap between a late 99 A4 AHA to a 98 A4
> AHA.
> So far I have found that the 99 AHA uses an electronic cooling fan control
> module which the 98 does not. The 98 AHA has a simpler 2 post fan resistor.
> The 99 AHA has an electric coolant pump mounted between the thermostat cover
> small diameter nipple and the horizontal cooling pipe instead of a one piece
> coolant hose on the 98 AHA. The 99 engine has an added coolant temperature switch
> and different a connector for the electric radiator fan. These changes may not
> be applicable to the A6 as earlier A6 cars use ddual electric radiator fans
> and the A4 had one mechanical drive fan. My swap is just at the point of
> removing the 98 AHA engine with the 99 engine already out of the crashed A4.
>
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