[s-cars] My dead S2

[Fred Munro]

I just watched a tech diagnose a blown head gasket on VW's first (failed)
attempt at the Passat. He connected a pressure gauge to the coolant system
and ran the engine at a fast idle. Fast pressure rise = blown head gasket.

Fred Munro
'94 S4


-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Paul Heneghan
Sent: July 10, 2003 6:24 PM
To: kirby.a.smith at verizon.net
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com; id at irvinduguid.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] My dead S2


Good point Kirby,

I'd presumed that Audi main dealers would be able to spot a blown
headgasket, but they haven't really shown themselves to be very competent,
have they?  Find a good mechanic (or better still, become one yourself), and
follow the info on Scott Mockry's superb web site.

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kirby Smith [mailto:kirby.a.smith at verizon.net]
> Sent: 09 July 2003 14:23
> To: Paul Heneghan
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com; id at irvinduguid.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] My dead S2
>
>
> And then there is the question of where the coolant is going.  Perhaps
> there is a leak in the head gasket.
>
> kirby
>
>
> Paul Heneghan wrote:
> >
> > Hello Irvin.
> >
> > That's bad luck!  When I bought my S6 last year, I was very worried that
> > something like this might happen to me, but so far, I've been lucky.
> >
> > You must see what error codes the ECU is producing - it will
> tell you things
<snip>

> > Irvin Duguid wrote:
> > > My S2 (K,1993) died suddenly on the 15th of March. It's been
> to two Audi
> > main
> > > dealers in Scotland and neither can revive it. Apparently
> it's idling ok,
> > > but when it gets any revs at all it misfires and goes mental.
> The ECU is
> > > not to blame as it has been tested and also swapped with
> another S2's ECU.
> > > Also my ECU went into the other S2 and it ran fine..
> > >
> > > My car was using coolant during the last two days I had it,
> it had to be
> > > topped up twice (co-incidence?). Apart from that, it was fine till
> > suddenly...
> > >
> > > Very sad without it and not entirely sure what to do since two main
> > dealers
> > > cannot rectify and are now washing their hands of it.
> > >
> > > Help..
> > >
> > > sincerely
> > >
> > > Irvin Duguid
> > > End of S-CAR-List Digest

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