Need Advice ASAP *******

[Jim Jordan]

Hi Fay,

Who diagnosed that the head had warped and coolant had migrated into the
cylinders?  If that's true, it would be blowing coolant out the exhaust,
that is, after saturating your muffler and cat, ruining it as well.  

If I had that car, I would have the head flattened and rebuilt;  that is, to
have the valves ground and/or replaced, lapped in, new head gasket, etc.
That and replacing the coolant system items that failed ought to solve the
problem.  

Under no circumstances let no one send it or take it to TNT Engineering in
Kingman, AZ, for rework.  That's a separate story.

Often times a good dealer will refer you to a local wrench(local to Phoenix)
that does good work on cars that they are not particularly interested in
working on or where their price(by the book) is simply too expensive.  Ask
your contact at the dealer if s/he can do that for you.

Putting in a different engine without having it gone over with a jaundiced
eye can produce worse odds than you get in Vegas.  You don't expect
perfection but you do want to know where it came from and what's happened to
it.  

HTH.

Cheers!

Jim Jordan

 

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Kent McLean [mailto:kentmclean at mindspring.com] 
>  Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 1:24 PM
>  To: Cat ^. .^ ~
>  Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>  Subject: Re: Need Advice ASAP *******
>  
>  Cat ^. .^ ~ wrote:
>  > He said he would take the engine out and swap it,
>  
>  Sorry to hear of your (continuing) troubles.
>  
>  I agree about the early 1990s 100 series -- same seats, 
>  reliable V6, decent gas mileage, and in a FWD version decent 
>  performance.  My '94 100 S Avant wagon cost me $2800, but 
>  required me to splice a new ECU connector into the wiring 
>  loom.  Still, it has been much more reliable than my '89 200 
>  TQ (though not as much fun).
>  
>  But I've been in a position where I didn't have two nickels 
>  to rub together. Since your Hubby is willing to swap 
>  engines, sweet talk him into removing the head, having a 
>  local machine shop mill it flat, and putting it back on. The 
>  machine work, a new gasket, thermostat, and antifreeze may 
>  be your cheapest way out of it.
>  
>  --
>  Kent McLean
>  '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
>  '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
>  
>  

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