Detaching the transmission and and moving it over to the other engine went smoothly.

The newer engine has black valve covers.

Now to bring the Silver S4 in and remove the engine and transmission from it.

Today the turbochargers came off along with the intake manifold.

The engine and transmission are now supported for the next step, removal of the transmission.

This afternoon I removed the engine from the Avant.  This time it took a bit longer than it has in the past, partly attributable to being a car that I’ve not worked on before and having some components that are not as removal friendly as ones on my Silver S4.

With the engine out of the car I began removing items from the engine in preparation for detaching the transmission.  My plan is to use the transmission with a lower mileage engine, and to sell the Avant’s engine.