[s-cars] spun a bearing and stuff....

[Jason Mawhinney]

What a total drag!  I wish you all the luck finding a good short block and 
repairing the 100.
Jason


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pollock Thomas" <thomas.pollock at amd.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 2:47 PM
Subject: [s-cars] spun a bearing and stuff....


my fellow s-dudes...

hey a few of you know by now (cause your in the parts bizz... 8-) that I 
spun a bearing in my beloved 94 S4 last week. The diagnosis is not good. 
More damage than I had hoped. No warning. Motor was completely rebuilt 23k 
miles ago. Oil changed religiously. Always warm up before stating off. Was 
running great, developed what I would call a card in the spokes kind of 
noise and within 15 miles or so was rap'ing like crazy. Shut it down but the 
damage was done.... 8-(    Looks like a shortblock will take care of it 
although how much crud went through the top of the motor is still in 
question...   Ya, I'm sick about it.

But, there's a bright side to every story. (ok, maybe not but I need 
something to keep me from crying in my beer) Since my Urq just went into 
storage and the latest Audi won't pass state inspection and I need SOMETHING 
to drive I decided to take back my trusty 94 100csq from my eldest son 
(who's VW just went back on the road).  Seems he did more damage to this car 
in the six months he's been driving it that the entire time I've owned it. 
One particular trouble spot is some front end damage which had taken out one 
of the headlight washers.
I never realized just how much distance you can get out of that little pump 
with the nozzle removed (damaged). First time I hit the washer, it pissed 
all over the rear of a Jetta I was behind at a light. I quickly motioned I 
didn't realize it would do that and the guy had enough of a sense of humor 
to catch me with a blast of his miss aligned washer from over his roof line. 
Let the fun begin ! With the wife in the car we were in tears trying to get 
close enough for a counter attack....   At every stop I would show off my 
new found mod for anyone glancing my way. The looks were priceless. Cleaner 
is cheap enough these days that I have no plans to fix either !

Man, I gotta see a shrink....

thanks for listening,

tom.
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