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

Cody Forbes cody at 5000tq.com
Sat May 3 06:15:56 PDT 2014 

Ah yes, we have the knowledge, but do we have the motivation when there are so many other more critical fixes needed? LOL

-Cody Forbes (mobile)

On May 3, 2014, at 12:07 AM, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> Yes but Cody, on this list we taught people how to fix their odometers...  That was Audi 101!
> 
> On 4/26/2014 8:36 AM, Cody Forbes wrote:
>> 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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>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:18:22 -0400
>>> From: David Michael <adavidmichael at gmail.com>
>>> To: Quattro List <quattro at audifans.com>
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ------------------------------
>>> 
>>> 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'"
>>>    <quattro at audifans.com>
>>> Subject: RE: MC throttle cam disintegrated....
>>> Message-ID: <002b01cf5ff8$04cee5f0$0e6cb1d0$@gr>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
>>> 
>>> www.sugru.com
>>> 
>>> Have found it to be a very interesting solution on several occasions.
>>> 
>>> Hope it helps
>>> 
>>> Take care
>>> Pantelis Giamarellos
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
>>> Behalf Of David Michael
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:18 PM
>>> To: Quattro List
>>> 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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>>> ------------------------------
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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....
>>> Message-ID: <99B9CA74-2998-46CA-8871-2DB924F0A77D at 5000tq.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=us-ascii
>>> 
>>> 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....
>>> Message-ID: <53598793.9000806 at comcast.net>
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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>
>>> To: Quattro List <quattro at audifans.com>
>>> 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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