[urq] Damaged cylinder walls caused by sand?

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Maurits,

Hmm.  If it was in the U.S. I'd say "cash for clunkers" but in your case --
You wouldn't be running a K&N or similar gauze type air filter, would you?

-Ingo

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Maurits Jonkergouw <
urquattro at moregraphics.nl> wrote:

> Last summer (2009) I had my GV engine rebuild at 300K KM and the shop said
> there was damage on several cylinder walls recognized as sand. We checked
> all air related intake hoses but couldn't find any cracks or splits etc.
> What are the 'usual suspects' of getting sand in the cylinder compartments?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Maurits
>
> 1986 quattro GV @ 0 KM (nearly there)
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