[urq] A new urQ owner, and a big problem...

[John Karasaki]

Time for an MC or MC2 swap.  If the guy can't fix the WX himself, the shop 
labor rates will cost many times more than swapping in a good known MC engine.

More performance and reliability for less cost.

A bummer, but maybe a way to make lemonade from lemons?

John

At 04:26 PM 7/18/2005 -0600, Brandon Rogers wrote:
>bent valves.  bummer.
>
>Brandon
>----- Original Message ----- From: <Louis_Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com>
>To: <urq at audifans.com>
>Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 4:00 PM
>Subject: [urq] A new urQ owner, and a big problem...
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>A guy called me a while ago to let me know he bought a Medium Blue 1984
>>Quattro. He said the car was a time warp machine, almost pristine. Good for
>>him. 10 000$CND was the sale price.
>>
>>Today, I called to invite him at UPG-05. Bad news, the car is at the shop,
>>with a no-compression engine.
>>
>>He said he brought the car 1 month ago to have the AC system filled with
>>R134a. The conversion went well, AC functional but not very cold (which is
>>normal for a converted system), and on the way home he stopped for gas,
>>engine working normally. When he tried to restart, no start but engine
>>cranked faster than usual which probably means the TB has snapped. He
>>called the shop who said "floor it and keep cranking, these engines have
>>hot start problem", which we know is true.
>>He had the car towed at the shop who said "the previous owner didn't put
>>Loctite on the crankshaft bolt, so it moved and the TB broke".
>>
>>Now, after replacing the TB, the engine has simply no compression. The shop
>>did look into the cylinder and said "must take the head off, something is
>>broken..."
>>
>>End of story for now.
>>
>>Questions :
>>is it possible that the "new" load of the AC compressor managed to moved
>>the damper and break the TB ?
>>Are this (stock WX) engine an interference engine at very low RPMs ?
>>What can cause the no-compression ?
>>
>>It's a shame since the owner wanted to keep this car in a stock and perfect
>>shape, hence the reason he had the AC work in the first place.
>>
>>Any comment welcome, I will meet him at the shop this week to evaluate the
>>"damages".
>>
>>Louis-Alain
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Audifans urq mailing list
>>Send posts to: mailto:urq at audifans.com
>>Manage your list connection: http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/urq
>>Have an urq question?  Check the Audifans Knowledgebase!
>>http://www.audi-quattro.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Audi/UrQuattro
>>Have an urq answer? ... Please help others by adding to the KB ... all 
>>contributions welcome!
>
>_______________________________________________
>Audifans urq mailing list
>Send posts to: mailto:urq at audifans.com
>Manage your list connection: http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/urq
>Have an urq question?  Check the Audifans Knowledgebase!
>http://www.audi-quattro.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Audi/UrQuattro
>Have an urq answer? ... Please help others by adding to the KB ... all 
>contributions welcome!