location of serial number on 5ktq engine

[Beatty, Robert]

-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Thackrah [mailto:ggthack at swansea.ac.uk]
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 12:18 PM
To: BeattyR at ummhc.org
Cc: mh1492 at yahoo.com; quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: RE: location of serial number on 5ktq engine


>Hello

>> I'm not sure how else you can detect this problem withoutpulling the
tranny
>> and looking at the flywheel, perhaps someone here on the list has that
>> wisdom....

>what's wrong with looking at it through the timing inspection hole in
>the transmission bell housing whilst someone else turns the crank slowly?


hmmmmmm you could do that, but would be rather time consuming to do... 


>Also, wouldn't you notice this whilst starting the car sometimes? or is the
>broken tooth not broken badly enough for the starter gear to miss it?

Its completely snapped off, however i never notice any problems starting
it... ill take some JPEGs of it when i pull it off the car permanently...

Rob