20v I5 Implosion

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Ouch.
Sounds like a leaking valve cover gasket, perhaps?
Although I don't know if it could cause that much
damage, it may be a good lead into that oil in the
plug area.  Also, might want to check out the PSO's
that trigger the coilpacks.

Sorry,
Joe
--- alan page <alan at flaminglogos.com> wrote:
>
> Help,
>
> I have a '94 S4 with what looks like a serious
> problem. Suddenly last
> night it seemed to be running on four cylinders and
> by the time I got
> home 15 minutes later, I had a lot of white/grey
> smoke coming out and
> 1/3 the typical power.
>
> On looking things over today I've got oil all over
> the rear of the
> engine, although no obvious leak. There's air
> puffing out of the rear
> of the coil pack cover (from the little hole where
> the wiring goes in);
> sort of the puffing you'd expect from the crankcase
> ventilation, which
> has NONE coming out.
>
> I removed the coil pack cover and one of spark plug
> connectors is
> completely destroyed, with little bits all over
> (picture:
> http://www.flaminglogos.com/audi/coilpacks.jpg).
> Three of the cylinders
> where the spark plugs are usually visible are half
> full of engine oil
> (picture:
> http://www.flaminglogos.com/audi/sparkplugs.jpg).
> Upon
> cranking the engine, the first spark plug shot out
> of its cylinder and
> hit the underside of the hood, and the second one
> showed bubbles in the
> little oil covering it.
>
> I realize that none of this is good, and it's
> probably going to cost a
> fortune to fix it, but I'm having trouble trying to
> piece together
> what's going on. The spark plugs and coil packs were
> replaced at the
> 120K service 11 months ago. Even if that was done
> improperly, where's
> all the oil coming from?
>
> Any ideas welcome.
> Thanks,
>
> Alan Page
> Sandy Hook, CT
> '94 S4
> '90 80q


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