[s-cars] Dodging the bullet; a short story

[mlp on D530]

No, but  :-( I also have had two "lost" plug electrodes/centers.  In one
case is was a brand new plug in a brand new rebuilt engine.  Did compression
& leak down tests after the events.... in fact several time after the
events.  All the tests came back, and the motors have run fine now for many
miles since the lost plugs, BUT......

Can't say the same for the turbo exducer blades.  The turbos lasted for 10K
plus, but when the hotsides were pulled to ah, look at making some other
changes there were significant little "cookie" bits taken out of the turbine
impellers.  You may want to check the blades.

Mike "just back from chasing Italians around Finnish Lakes" P


PS:  for those that haven't tried it, but are considering something like the
Audi Driving Experience~Finland version, I'd give it the Old Roger's & Ebert
Two Thumbs Up  :-)  Lots of seat time, miles and miles and miles of track,
and no Bullets.


>-----Original Message-----
>From: s-car On Behalf Of djdawson2 at aol.com

>So... Had to do a couple of weeks work in the LA area, and I
>figured it was as good an excuse as any to take yet another 
>road trip in the S.  

>After opening the hood, I was listening to what sounded like
>major head issues... akin to that of a broken valve spring, 
>and a potential valve-hitting-head type noise. 
 
>Curiosity, and 2 hours to kill gets me thinking...  So I pull
>the coil cover, and remove the #4 plug.  Huh??  The spark plug 
>is missing its ENTIRE center post... the whole thing, ceramic, 
>metal and all.  
 
>Happy... since I didn't blow the $2k to get the car home on a
>trailer.  But I must say that I'm looking forward to popping 
>the head to see what the chamber looks like.
> 
>That's it for now...  Gotta find a different type of spark plugs.
> 
>Dave