[s-cars] //S4cylinder, almost again!

[Mike P (530)]

I really hate to say this, but you may not know till you pull the turbo and
carefully inspect all the blades.  While the car "seemed" drive well after
the plug failures, all was, in fact, not well.  Unfortunately BTDT.  Two
failed F5PDOR's (one brand spanking new), two turbos significantly damaged,
although they did continue to run for another 10k+ miles before the downpipe
was pulled and the extent of the hot side blade damage realized.  One major
plus of the sleeve bearing design (allegedly less sensitive to blade
imbalances) vs. the new rage in ball bearings.

Cheers
Mike 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: s-car-list On Behalf Of calvinlc at earthlink.net
>
>Just be happy that the tip didn't wind up creating a short 
>like it did in my car one time and toast the ignition coil. --Calvin
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: s-car-list Behalf Of audijim at comcast.net
>Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 2:47 PM

>I almost turned my name back to "Angry Jim" today. .... 
........  immediately pulled 
>the coil pack cover and started pulling plugs. Of course you 
>find the culprit in the last thing you do. I started at #5 and 
>made it all the way to #2 with the plugs looking perfect. #1 
>was missing the entire center electrode and the body was very 
>loose from the rest of the plug. I fished around the top of 
>the piston for any magnetic bits 

........... I dodged a bullet this 
>time. The center electrode disintegrated and after I installed 
>the new plug, a test drive confirmed that everything was back 
>to normal.