200 Turbo Quattro oil leak condition

[Alan Kramer]

I've seen 2 bad i-5 oil pumps, but yes, they are very rare.

Both had the aluminum housings craked.  One was cracked due to the car 
taking a farily decent punch in the nose by another car.  That one spewed 
oil right out the front of the motor.  The other cracked so that the high 
pressure side wound up sending oil back to the low pressure side.

The internally cracked one really didn't have too bad of oil pressure and 
the car probably ran that way for quite a long time without problem, these 
gear pumps can definitely put out the volume and pressure.

Alan

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Alan Kramer
http://www.geocities.com/audikramer

'83 CGT 20vt
'86 4kcsq
'90 v8q
'83 UrQ #519 (recipient)
'91 V8q (engine donor)

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>From: Mike Arman <armanmik at earthlink.net>
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: 200 Turbo Quattro oil leak condition Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 
>09:49:33 -0500
>
>
>>From: DevilInsidetunin at aol.com
>>Subject: 200 Turbo Quattro oil leak condition
>>
>>Hey all,
>>I'm a proud newer owner of an 89' 200 Turbo Quattro 10V. I love the car
>>as it only has 35,000 original miles but recently I have been plagued with 
>>a
>>dreaded oil leak condition. From what it seems, It looks like the oil leak 
>>is
>>emminating from either the crank seal or oil pump.
>
>
>
>Sounds to me like you just replaced the timing belt . . . check that the 
>bolts holding the lower timing belt cover (6mm) are tight - but not too 
>tight, because they *can* be stripped. And they can be interchanged, they 
>are not all the same length.
>
>Doubtful the car has only 35K on it - the odometers on type 44 Audis (also 
>known as type $$ here on the list) are known for giving up at low mileages. 
>I have a 1986 5000, for instance, that has only 41,000 miles indicated. 
>When I renew the plates, the DMV always asks "Don't you drive it?" (I love 
>jerking them around.)
>
>35K or 350K doesn't seem to matter - many, many listers are well over 
>200,000 miles on their 5 cyl Audis, and they run fine, strong, healthy, and 
>don't burn oil. These engines simply do NOT seem to break. We won't talk 
>about the rest of the car . . .
>
>The bolts I'm talking about are long 6mm's, they hold on the lower timing 
>belt cover. One or two of them go into an oil passage (clever design!), and 
>if they are swapped around, you'll get leaks as you describe. Crank front 
>seal is nothing special, so I doubt the leak is from there.
>
>You don't need to worry about the oil pump - I have never seen a bad one, 
>and don't ever recall even hearing about a bad one on this list, whatzit 
>been, seven years now?
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Mike Arman
>
>90 V8Q, 86 5k, 86 5KQT (the 5Ks are for sale)
>
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