MC throttle cam disintegrated.... (David Michael)

Sat Apr 26 03:34:36 PDT 2014

There should definitely be 200 000 + mile club in audifans. Whenever that
happens I'm in!

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   1. MC throttle cam disintegrated.... (David Michael)
   2. RE: MC throttle cam disintegrated.... (Pantelis Giamarellos)
   3. Re: MC throttle cam disintegrated.... (Cody Forbes)
   4. Re: MC throttle cam disintegrated.... (Kent McLean)
   5. Re: timing belt age as a sole replacement indicator
      (DeWitt Harrison)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:18:22 -0400
From: David Michael <adavidmichael at gmail.com>
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Subject: MC throttle cam disintegrated....
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Well, it is truly one thing after another now. Most recently,  the
overmolded plastic parts of the throttle cam  disintegrated into many small
bits. Other than a used throttle body, anyone have any suggestions? The
part was never available separately. 034 has a slightly spendy one for the
20V, but I do not think it fits a 10v.

My continued faithfulness to this car has now become a  borderline
obsession (and my wife would say delete the word "borderline"). 247,000
miles........

Thanks!

Dave

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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 23:01:42 +0300
From: "Pantelis Giamarellos" <pantg at otenet.gr>
To: "'David Michael'" <adavidmichael at gmail.com>, "'Quattro List'"
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Subject: RE: MC throttle cam disintegrated....
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www.sugru.com

Have found it to be a very interesting solution on several occasions.

Hope it helps

Take care
Pantelis Giamarellos

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Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:18 PM
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Subject: MC throttle cam disintegrated....

Well, it is truly one thing after another now. Most recently,  the
overmolded plastic parts of the throttle cam  disintegrated into many small
bits. Other than a used throttle body, anyone have any suggestions? The
part was never available separately. 034 has a slightly spendy one for the
20V, but I do not think it fits a 10v.

My continued faithfulness to this car has now become a  borderline
obsession (and my wife would say delete the word "borderline"). 247,000
miles........

Thanks!

Dave
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 16:03:30 -0400
From: Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com>
To: David Michael <adavidmichael at gmail.com>
Cc: Quattro List <quattro at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: MC throttle cam disintegrated....
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That's a strange one. None of my 5000's ever had that happen, even the
nearly 300,000 mile beater! I'd go with a junk yard part. 

-Cody Forbes (mobile)

On Apr 24, 2014, at 3:18 PM, David Michael <adavidmichael at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, it is truly one thing after another now. Most recently,  the
> overmolded plastic parts of the throttle cam  disintegrated into many
small
> bits. Other than a used throttle body, anyone have any suggestions? The
> part was never available separately. 034 has a slightly spendy one for the
> 20V, but I do not think it fits a 10v.
> 
> My continued faithfulness to this car has now become a  borderline
> obsession (and my wife would say delete the word "borderline"). 247,000
> miles........
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Dave
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:52:19 -0400
From: Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: MC throttle cam disintegrated....
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Pantelis Giamarellos wrote:
> www.sugru.com
>
> Have found it to be a very interesting solution on several occasions.

There is also something called Plast-Aid.  I haven't tried it myself, 
but the video makes it appear to be the best thing since sliced bread.

http://www.plast-aid.com/

-- 
Kent McLean
'02 VW Beetle TDI, and a lot of former Audis including Bad Puppy

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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:26:45 -0600
From: DeWitt Harrison <dewitt635 at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: timing belt age as a sole replacement indicator
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:21:47 -0400
Mike Arman <Armanmik at earthlink.net> wrote:

> ....
>
> Old timing belts make me nervous, and old timing belts that haven't been
run make me even more so.
> Rubber can take a "set" as well as harden over time, and if you start
that up, the belt is quite
likely to break or at least loose some teeth. Timing belts are cheap,
engines are not - if in doubt,
change the belt!
>
> ...

About the 200 miles in ten years deal, the car was extensively restored
about ten years ago and, since then, has been treated like a collector car
in a heated garage with annual replacement of gasoline together a 15 mile
highway cruise to shake the cobwebs out. So the T Belt has been exercised a
little bit every year. (It will be changed this time!) The tires are also
at least ten years old as are many other rubber bits like weather seals and
all the drive train mounts which were replaced back then. But more
worrisome to me, at this point, are the fuel and fuel injector lines which
are still original.

DeWitt Harrison
1988 5000CS (5ktq)

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