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

Thu Sep 16 12:13:48 PDT 2010

Actually, back to the original question, I did simply want to know if anyone
had physically suceeded in scoping an AAN pickup screen, particularly
snap-on's..

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 3:05 PM, brian hoeft <qweblog at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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