[V6-12v] 2.8 12v burning oil?

[James Whitehouse]

I haven't experienced that, but in my experience valve stem seals normally
show themselves when you notice smoke in your mirror off, not on, the
throttle, e.g. as you go downhill. That's not to say they couldn't smoke on
acceleration I guess but I think it's more likely to be something else.

We just replaced mine as part of the head gasket job, not too bad, but we
had the heads off and the cams out. Not sure if you can do those in-situ, or
how difficult it would be if you were to try!

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v6-12v-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v6-12v-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Lino M. Valadas
> Sent: 05 October 2006 23:21
> To: V6-12v at audifans.com
> Subject: [V6-12v] 2.8 12v burning oil?
> 
> My 2.8 v12 (93 90q with 205k km) has developed quite a bit of smoke out
> the
> exhaust when accelerating in first and second gears.  No lack of power
> just
> the smoke.  Not noticeable at higher speeds.  Could this be valve guide
> seals? Or perhaps a head gasket? Has anybody experience this?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Lino
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian O'Neill" <briano_72 at yahoo.com>
> To: "James Whitehouse" <james_whitehouse1 at yahoo.co.uk>;
> <V6-12v at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 6:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Quattro Conversion?
> 
> 
> it would be insane to do that to your or any other car, just sell it  and
> get a real one. youd be better off finding a crashed q car and  putting
> your
> body panels on it.
> 
>                                                       brian o'
> 
> 
> James Whitehouse <james_whitehouse1 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:  Well, the head
> gasket job (actually an 'engine-out and rebuild the top end
> and do a clutch job) is finished. She's running very smooth and powerful
> so
> definitely time and money well spent!
> 
> While I was working on my car at my mechanic's garage, he had a nice S2
> in,
> and this brought up the fact that my 80 was lovely, but could use a bit of
> 4WD to really make her handle better. My mechanic, who specializes in
> performance cars (rally and old F1 restorations, etc) suggested finding a
> 'donor' A80Q of the same generation (B4 UK spec. 1991-95) and literally
> 'transplanting' in the gearbox, driveshaft, diffs, and anything that's
> different.
> 
> I'm up for the idea, but we couldn't see where the fuel tank might go on
> my
> car, since it has a spare wheel well in the boot that is actually part of
> the bottom rear chassis. Without actually seeing an 80Q of that generation
> we don't know how the fuel tank and rear diff/ axles attach, etc.
> 
> Any ideas, or anyone with an 80Q that has pictures of the underbelly?
> 
> Cheers,
> James
> 
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