[urq] Damaged cylinder walls caused by sand?

Patrick Carlier p.carlier at pandora.be
Mon Jan 4 10:07:52 PST 2010


I'de guess you're using a k&n or similar crappy air filter
and that you drive on sandy roads often .

If you do have the std paper filter installed it could be
that the guy's who rebuild the engine in the first place
did a poor job and allowed dirt to enter the cilinders .


Pat


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maurits Jonkergouw" <urquattro at moregraphics.nl>
To: "Audifans" <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 5:53 PM
Subject: [urq] Damaged cylinder walls caused by sand?


> 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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