is anyone on here into '83 5000 Turbo Diesels ???

[E. Roy Wendell IV]

> From: Tony Hoffman <tfh400036 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: is anyone on here into '83 5000 Turbo Diesels ???
> To: Patrck A <tm2 at zipcon.net>, harchris at smokesignal.net
> Cc: audifans <quattro at audifans.com>
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> This cracking is very common in the Audi and VW diesels of yore. 
> Definately can lead to some problems down the road. There is a spec in 
> the manuals for the maximum size of them.
>
> Tony Hoffman

Unfortunately, cracking between the valve seats isn't a problem that is 
limited to just diesels. I've so far torn down two MC motors and both 
have cracks between the valve seats on two or more cylinders. Just as 
for the diesels, the Bentley says not to worry unless the cracks exceed 
a certain width. My Bentley is in a box somewhere but as I recall it's 
a whopping 2mm. Just knowing it's there bugs me though. Not very German 
perfectionist rocket science type workmanship. Must be the door handle 
and lighting/electrical system guys took a turn at cylinder head 
design. The thing about Audi's in general though is that the car is 
more than the sum of it's parts.

Roy Wendell
Morgantown WV, USA
turbo quattro type 44 times 3