[urq] WX 000454 is RIP

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Louis-Alain
Very sorry to hear your news. Usual reason for a melt is lean mixture/bad
timing issue.
I can't help much but I have just been out to my car to look at head casting
numbers - I bought my head brand new from Audi 6 years ago and the engine is
a WR. The casting number is 035 103 373 AK but I still have the part sticker
on the head and the part number is 035 103 265 JX.
I hope this helps determine whether any you find for sale will do the job.
Good luck and all the best.

Keith
'87 WR in sunny England. Smow expected tomorrow and diff-locks ready!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis-Alain Richard" <larichard at plguide.com>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Cc: "Geraint Lloyd" <geraintlloyd_qc at yahoo.ca>; <info at dynodoc.ca>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 6:10 AM
Subject: [urq] WX 000454 is RIP


> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> My trusty WX had a little hiccup last Sunday, on the way to Mecaglisse ice
> lapping day. The head gasket blew between cylinder 4 and 5, and the result
> is a dead WX. The head, rebuilt less than 4 years ago, is shot, material
is
> gone between the 2 cylinders, and the #4 piston is partly melted as well.
So
> a new engine is in the future for my car. We also found that the turbo as
a
> small crack and the exhaust manifold is a little warped too. Oh well.
>
>
>
> I would prefer to do a repair using as many stock parts as possible. There
> is 2 WX for sale now, but each are far from here, and they have a lot of
> miles on them too. I have not decided against any of them yet. There is
also
> a  WX short block pro-rebuilt available on ebay, but then, I need a head
and
> a turbo.
>
>
>
> I would too evaluate a MC swap, either with the WX CIS or the MC system. I
> want the car back on the road as fast as possible, to prevent the "car
that
> sit too long for repair" syndrome.
>
>
>
> So any of you has something for me ? A rebuild head (WX, KH, WK or WR)
would
> be fine, a good used K26 or K24 too, stock or oversized pistons, etc.
>
>  Or a complete engine with all the surroundings, either a WX or a MC.
>
>
>
> Speaking of heads, there is a bunch of 2,1 liter rebuilts available for
> cheap, one is 25$ now on ebay and a guy on vwvortex has many of them,( 035
> 103 373H is the casting number) but no one knows for sure on which engine
> they fit. Are they hydraulic or solid ? If solid, then could I buy one and
> transfer the cam/valves from my engine ? Links are here :
> http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3596751 and
> http://tinyurl.com/3cnm2d
>
>
>
> Oh, last question: what would cause a gasket failure like this ? When I
> asked Geraint and Brady this very question, they answered (collectively
> laughing) : " Why bother, it's screwed, man ". Well, I want to be sure
that
> the failure was not caused by a clogged injector, or an air leak, or
> something else that would resurface with the next engine. The shame is the
> car was going very well prior to that, accelerating hard without any
> hiccups. The failure happened after an half hour drive at 75 mph, then we
> left the highway to take a regional road. Starting from stop, I did my
usual
> 0-60 WOT acceleration, then kaboom ! I kept running for a few kilometers,
to
> find a safe spot to stop. That distance is surely responsible for the
> piston/head meltdown, (my fault), but what caused the first gasket failure
?
> The car was filled with fresh 94 unleaded from the day before.
>
>
>
> Enough for now,
>
>
>
> Louis-Alain
>
>
>
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