Fwd: Re: Cover under engine.

[Chris Dyer]

Concur. Had a '77 Dasher (awesome car, actually) and I hit a snow drift full
speed. Stalled the car, even forcocked the timing so that it wouldn't
re-start. The snow was so packed in that even after sitting in a heated
garage overnight, little melt. Screwdriver was used as ice pick.


>From: "Michael Riebs" <AudiV8 at 1stchoicegranite.com>
>Reply-To: "Michael Riebs" <AudiV8 at 1stchoicegranite.com>
>To: "Al  S" <zeus83858 at icehouse.net>, "Q-list" <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: Cover under engine.
>Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:38:37 -0500
>
>After a shop left mine off, I "quattro'ed" over the birm of snow at the end
>of my driveway, which was scooped up by the plow, and without the
>"belly-pan" in place, the sharp snow-and-ice birm ruptured an oil line
>under
>the engine, causing oil to splatter onto the hot exhaust, and then catching
>fire, causing $3,500 worth of insurance-covered damage to the engine
>compartment.
>
>Since then I will not at any cost do without the belly pan.
>
>Do *you* absolutely need it? Well, the car drives just fine without it. I
>suppose you don't *need* the hood, or the fenders either...
>
>YMMV
>
>
>Michael Riebs
>Grand Rapids, MI
>'90 V8Q
>'98 A6QA
>
>www.1stchoicegranite.com
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Al S" <zeus83858 at icehouse.net>
>To: "Q-list" <quattro at audifans.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:25 AM
>Subject: Cover under engine.
>
>
> > Is the cover under the engine absoultly necessary. I ripped mine off
>this
> > winter going through heavy snow.
> > Thanks
> > Al Streicher
> > 1990 80 non-q
> >
> >
>




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