[s-cars] Borescope'ing the oil pick-up

Thu Sep 16 12:05:39 PDT 2010

I agree. What I figured is that things would look good in there with the
scope, meaning clean. Soo, I would then know I had to schedule down time in
my garage to get it sorted.

Visiting someone I talk with when I get the chance, while I drain my oil
(even into a clean jug, so i can pour it back in) and dig on his fancy
tools, sounded better to me than dropping the pan and having a tied up
garage for a week, being I could delay for a week and beter schedule the
time.

-Brian

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:50 PM, <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:

> OK....
>
> Now I really don't care about your control arm bushings, or any other front
> end hardware.  You need to pull your pan, and you need to measure your con
> rod clearances.  If it is in fact rod noise, you may still have a chance of
> being able to sort this out with the engine still in the car.
>
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: brian hoeft <qweblog at gmail.com>
> To: djdawson2 at aol.com
> Cc: fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Thu, Sep 16, 2010 12:40 pm
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Borescope'ing the oil pick-up
>
>  //Siiiigh,
>
> Theres a noticable, what sounds to me like a rod knock, slightly below and
> into 3k RPM..
>
> It doesnt happen at all when cold cold and oil pressure is steady high. It
> doesnt happen under boost (at least not noticably, yet)(did I say yet..oops)
> or deceleration. Once warmed and light on the throttle it is quite apparent
> to me, but I did have to point it out to my friend.
>
> kinda wanna puke, kinda staying optimistic, but im pretty confident Lucas
> and Amsoil are not the cure..
>
> -Brian
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:00 PM, <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>  No doubt your experience may have been different, but I got mine out
>> just pulling the front bolts.
>>
>> Back to the original issue... what makes you think your pickup might have
>> issues?
>>
>>
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>> From: brian hoeft <qweblog at gmail.com>
>> To: djdawson2 at aol.com
>> Cc: fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
>>   Sent: Thu, Sep 16, 2010 10:49 am
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Borescope'ing the oil pick-up
>>
>>  Not saying remove the control arms, but break the bolts free & drop down
>> along with the 2 front and 2 rear sub-frame bolts.
>>
>> I thought the CA bolts went through the sub, into the body. I dont
>> remember getting enough play out of just dropping the front like you
>> suggest. Or maybe I was uncomfortable with the stress I was putting what
>> remained attached.
>>
>> Whatever the case, I do remember trying to be minimal about removing the
>> oil pan and it turning into more than just two front sub bolts to get it
>> out.
>>
>> -Brian
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:27 AM, <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  I never said anything about removing your control arms...
>>>
>>> Seriously, you can get the oil pan out by just dropping the front of the
>>> subframe... no need to touch the control arm points.  BTDT...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>> From: brian hoeft <qweblog at gmail.com>
>>>   To: djdawson2 at aol.com
>>> Cc: fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
>>> Sent: Wed, Sep 15, 2010 8:41 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Borescope'ing the oil pick-up
>>>
>>>  I know, but I just replaced the control arms and im a hardware freak.
>>> "Always replace" may not mean *always*, as I remember you speaking to
>>> before, but my policy is to replace them every other time and they've all
>>> been re-torqued once..
>>>
>>> -Brian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:32 PM, <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  If you've got that sort of concern, I'd just drop the oil pan... it
>>>> isn't that rough.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
>>>> To: brian hoeft <qweblog at gmail.com>; liSt <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>>>> Sent: Wed, Sep 15, 2010 8:07 pm
>>>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Borescope'ing the oil pick-up
>>>>
>>>>  Brian,
>>>>
>>>> 17-3 of the AAN engine manual shows the pick up in illustration 17-303, looks to
>>>>
>>>> be in the front to me.
>>>> Here is a link where you can download the manual in pdf format.
>>>> http://s2-audi.co.uk/workshop/aan/aan.pdf
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: brian hoeft <qweblog at gmail.com>
>>>> To: liSt <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>>>> Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 9:58:13 PM
>>>> Subject: [s-cars] Borescope'ing the oil pick-up
>>>>
>>>> Hi list,
>>>>
>>>> I am concerned that I may have a contaminated engine oil pick-up screen.
>>>>
>>>> Wondering if anyone has had any success using a borescope in the oil pan.
>>>>
>>>> I forget, but ithought the AAN pick-up is in the front of the pan, but
>>>> forget if the baffles, however minimal, or dimensions make using a borescope
>>>> for this task even possible, going in through the drain plug hole.
>>>>
>>>> A colleague of mine has a snap-on borescope with fancy lighting effects, but
>>>> if it cant even contort into place, whats the point.
>>>>
>>>> Just typing to know if theres any BTDT for this scenario.
>>>>
>>>> thanks, Brian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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