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

Sat Apr 26 05:36:33 PDT 2014

Could never happen. The odometers all stopped and most of us KNOW we are over 200,000, but have no proof! ;-)

I suspect also that pretty much this list *is* a 200k club since the vast majority are dealing with 20+ year old cars.

-Cody Forbes (mobile)

On Apr 26, 2014, at 6:34 AM, "rob" <rob3 at hod3.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> 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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> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:18:22 -0400
> From: David Michael <adavidmichael at gmail.com>
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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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> Message: 2
> 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>
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> 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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> 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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