[urq] A tip for all you I5 builders!

[Daniel Jones]

Bob, another thing to remember during this operation. All of the oil
pump bolts protrude into the oil galleries. Hence they need to have
sealant applied to the threads before assembly. Otherwise the oil can
"wick" past the threads. This is a very common leak when newbies perform
timing belt services on any I5 engine.

Glad to hear the Urq is up and running again.

Dan Jones

-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Bob
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 6:33 PM
To: quattro; Urq list; sport at audisport.com
Subject: [urq] A tip for all you I5 builders!


Just had to take apart my 'new' 20v again. Has about 1000 miles on it 
and it started spewing oil from the front around the oil pump. 
Everything looked OK at first glance and I couldnt tell where the oil 
was coming from.  Upon taking off the timing belt cover it appeared to 
be coming from the center of the idler pulley.  Yike!

To make a long story short, when I reassembled the motor, I put the new 
oil pump gasket right against the painted block. Over time (very short 
time) the paint separated from the block and oil weeped between it. All 
the bolts were as tight as I would go with it too.  Only cure was to 
take it all down, take off the paint, and put in a new gasket. Has been 
fine ever since, but I thought Id pass it along since Ive never seen 
that before. 

In the future, Ill be taking off the paint in that area before
assembling!
Bob
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