[s-cars] Paging QShipQ, DJDawson, & other AAN experts- Pls help Paul D in LA!

[Hap Maguire]

Hey Paul & Jeff

How long since the timing belt was done? If never then it's time based  
on age. This would be a good time for tb and pull the head to check 4  
damage. If tb done then you could roll dice and pull & check turbo.

Hap, wit dakine BTDT not from Evahboost, Maguire

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On Sep 23, 2009, at 8:38 AM, jeff postupack <jeff.postupack at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Gentlemen.
>
> Paul D is one lucky guy who has a 1995.5 S6 with 26K original  
> miles.!  I
> came to know him thru a Stromung GB recently. Paul does read Tha List
> regularly..
> His S6 is TAP stage1 with RS2 EM on K24.. , all else is stock I  
> believe. He
> bought it from original owner in CT, some time ago so it''s  
> provenance is
> undisputed.
>
> He experienced a very unfortunate metallic screech and bang sound  
> recently,
> and immediately shut down the engine.
>
> Paul wrote to me"
>
> Here's what I found out, i had put in bosch F6DTC and the center  
> ceramic
> separated and swivels so I replaced with Bosch BSF5DP0R and same thing
> happened,except for cylinder #1 plug had broke the electrode and  
> part of the
> ceramic inside. I had the car towed home, and my mercedes mechanic  
> friend
> looked inside the cylinder thru the spark plug hole in the head with a
> borescope and didn't find anything.He suggested to do a compression  
> test and
> a leak down test and then to put in new plugs and give it a try. I'm
> hesident because if nothing is damaged and if the pieces are still  
> in the
> cylinder/head it could cause damage.But I really don't want to pull  
> the head
> for nothing.  Got any suggestions? will be checking fixing tomarrow  
> as I'm
> at work today. I really want to get the S6 back on the road so I can  
> get the
> Stromung exhaust happening.
> Thanks,
> Paul"
>
> Next Paul inserted a magnetic tool and extracted some metallic  
> objects.from
> Cyl #1... and he's not certain if there's any other stuff in there..
>
> Does anyone here know of a reputable AAN mechanic near Burbank CA?    
> because
> it's kinda tough to haul it up to Chicago (Scott J) or Colorado  
> (Dave) If
> they were even available and interested.. Even 2B is quite a drive  
> (6 hours)
>
>
> His question is: to pull or not to pull the AAN head, what should he  
> do?
>
> Jeff Posto
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