Motor Diagnosis was starter woes, Vol 1 #3963

[Jim Green]

--- Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com> wrote:
> --
> At 02:41 PM 09/18/2002 -0400, Suffolk GameServer LAN
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> > >From the conversation on the phone. This is what
> was determined to be the
> >cause:
> >In the back of the motor on Cyl #5 the head gasket
> had failed.
> >Somehow material or coolant had worked its way into
> the cylinder,
> >(I previously saw no white cloud -in exhaust- and
> no loss of coolant in the
> >last two months)
> >where the coolant and/or gasket material? worked
> into the #5 rings where it
> >collected until it was too much for the starter (on
> a weak 10.5V battery
> >I'll say) to turn the motor over - or at least cyl
> #5 past top dead center
> >TDC while starting.
> >
> >Engine tuner questions:
> >
> >1.  Can coolant accumulate to achieve this sticking
> point to prevent motor
> >from turning over?

Probably not, it actually cleans everything.  Cars
with blown headgaskets often have combustion chambers
that look brand new.

> >2.  Can Gasket material fail and there by "fall"
> into the cylinder?

Probably not

> >3.  Did I experience Hydro-lock not detectable by
> the dipstick rod because
> >the seepage was around the rings?

Probably, did you remove the plugs and try to turn it
over?

> >4.  Did the cars orientation of being angled (Nose
> high) on the ramps for
> >several weeks contribute to this?

Possibly

> >Mechanic said he'd never seen a failure like this
> in 20 years of working
> >around Audi/VW motors

Hopefully you didn't bend a rod if it was hydolocked.
It's probably a good thing you batery is weak.

HTH,

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq 034EFI, Haltech IG5
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html

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