What are these??

[tom winter]

on 6/8/04 8:16 PM, Eric Sanborn at eric_audi.ql at mindspring.com wrote:

> Ameer Antar wrote:
> 
>> I have a couple questions about these parts leftover in my gasket sets...
>> 
>> First, what is that 3-hole gasket for?
>> http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~ameer/head.jpg
> 
> ?? water pump??? he says with great confidence??
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Next, what is that white plastic thing near the rear crank seal?
>> http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~ameer/crankcase.jpg
> 
> From the picture it looks like a guide to install the lip seal.  You
> put it over the crank first to protect the lip seal while you install
> it.  Then it resides in the circular file.  No first hand Audi
> experience here, but I have seen that on lip seals in other applications.

Water pump is correct! You win, well, nothing. ;-)

Not sure what the what the white plastic thing is.

Tom