[s-cars] RE: Ate a rod bearing: part 2

[Calvin & Diana Craig]

I wonder why the relative rash of rod bearing failures recently?  There are
about 4 possibilities I can think of:

1) At a certain mileage (is everybody at the same area of mileage with
these) some of the engines just fail a rod bearing because of fatigue.
2) The extra HP people are developing over stock is putting extra torture on
the rod bearing surfaces over time (is everybody failing rods chipped or
RS2'd?)
3) There is a piece of the oiling system that fails in a peculiar manner on
some cars?
4) Each of these had some previous work done inside the engine other than
normal T-Belts and valve cover gaskets, etc. and things were not
re-assembled properly, i.e. not clean.

I just think I have heard of about 4 people recently talking of this and
that seems like a high percentage given the number of owners on the
list...of course maybe this is going to become more normal as these cars
aren't getting any younger.  What do you guys think?

--Calvin


-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Emre Washburn
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 10:50 AM
To: chris chambers
Cc: Scar
Subject: Re: [s-cars] RE: Ate a rod bearing: part 2


> With the availablility of a 70,000 mile motor, providing it was a
> reasonable cost that's the way I would go. Now he will have a known
> good motor to build upon (and potentially a warranty).

Unless the motor comes from Shokan, I doubt it will come with a
warranty. Shokan offers 6 months warranty at no cost. When I inquired
about a replacement motor, they had a 16k! waiting for a car to get
into. Too much for my pockets, I have to go the get my hands dirty
route by replacing the crank.

Emre
92 //S4

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 06:22:54 -0700 (PDT), chris chambers
<fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I would expect there are a couple considerations regarding replacing
> the crank.
>
> 1. Labor to replace crank
> 2. bearings, and other parts needed
> 3. What is the condition of the other bottom end
> 4. Price of the used motor
> 5. Increased repair time due to replacing the crank versus swapping
> motors
> 6. what is the mileage on the current motor, possible worn rings, etc.
>
> With the availablility of a 70,000 mile motor, providing it was a
> reasonable cost that's the way I would go. Now he will have a known
> good motor to build upon (and potentially a warranty).
>
> Chris
>
>
> --- Mike Sylvester <msylvester at verizon.net> wrote:
> > Michael,
> >
> > Why don't you just replace the crank?  I just bought one from Audi
> > for $800.
> > That has to be cheaper than another engine.
> >
> > Mike Sylvester
> >
>
>
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