Survey: type 44 break down frequency

[Ben Swann]

Sorry - Fuel Pump leaked through the casing.  Was only a couple years
old..Abysmal.

Injectors are the fabulous viton tipped.  I must have gotten a bad batch,
as the 2 suspected and pulled were weeping just like the 150k miles ones,
only these only had around 20k and less than 2 years.  I think the other 4
probably arent much better.

Ben

On Monday, September 16, 2002 6:23 PM, Wallace White
[SMTP:wallace at stanfordalumni.org] wrote:
> Ben -
>
> > I'm starting to wonder about Bosch quality of late, as my relatively
> > new(about 2-3 years) developed a significant leak through the casing.
 The
> > original was still working, but I pulled one off of the '89 80 since
I'm
> > converting to CIS-EIII.
>
> What component are you referring to in the above?
>
> > That plus the injectors - at least two were weeping giving me hard
starting
>
> > trouble after my engine rebuild.  At $40 a pop I have yet to replace
them
> > again.  I am a little upset at this, as the 12 year old ones worked
just as
>
> > good.
>
> That is crummy... AFAIK mine are still original and showing no hard-start
> symptoms...
>
> - Wallace
>   '87 5kcstq 190k
>
> > Ben
> >
> > On Monday, September 16, 2002 3:53 PM, Wallace White
> > [SMTP:wallace at stanfordalumni.org] wrote:
> > > Ben -
> > >
> > > > I'm happy to say I have not been stranded in over 10 years of AUDI
> > > > ownership.  I think it is because I do my best to seek out problems
> > before
> > > > they occur.
> > >
> > > That's impressive--and somewhat encouraging.
> > >
> > > > (1) Clutch throw-out bearing, June '98.
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > -  Wouldn't need a tow for that if standard trans.
> > >
> > > True--I did drive another 450 freeway miles that way! I'd still count
it
> > as a
> > > debilitating injury, but it wasn't a stranding. So update my count to
> > four
> > > (minus this, plus that hydraulic hose) in four years, 53k miles.
Sadly,
> > two
> > > have been failures of replacement parts.
> > >
> > > > (3) Heater control valve, June '99.
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > -  OOh - I've had one leak giving me warning.  If not hot, but
going
> > south
> > > > while on the road, I guess hoseclamps inserted around a screwdriver
or
> > > > whatever would get you to a parts store.
> > >
> > > That's where the flush-n-fill kit comes in; it has little lengths of
pipe
>
> > that
> > > could substitute for the heater valve or a turbo coolant pump.
> > >
> > > > (4) Fuel pump, three days ago.
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > -  I would think this of all things is one that is most likely to
> > strand
> > > > you - did happen to me once in early VW ownership - Scirocco.  It
was
> > > > giving me warnings, but I didn't know it.
> > >
> > > Right--just didn't expect it on a two-year-old pump. It was always
noisy
> > but
> > > I'd heard that was typical for newer Bosch pumps. I did _not_ cut the
> > intake
> > > screen off of it when I installed it, however; I didn't see evidence
of
> > the
> > > old screen clogging or the tank coating flaking off. That may have
been
> > the
> > > wrong call.
> > >
> > > - Wallace
> > >   '87 5kcstq 190k