[V8] '93 Picture
Dave Head
v8q at bellsouth.net
Tue Feb 21 16:41:58 EST 2006
Did you just do the oil ring seal, or did you also remove the
distributor mount with the 2 torx screws and do the flat seal for it...
Paul Jager wrote:
>Here's a shot of my'93V8 taken today (115KB)....
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>http://www.jageng.com/Images/AudiV8_Moving.jpg
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>I think I've had it about 6 years and it runs & looks better than ever.
>Everything works, put in a sub chamber for deep bass, using our spare well
>sealing system (just like on our 928 Audio).
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>I still am living with an oil leak off the back, driver side of the engine.
>I did a 1000 mile trip and used a quart over the distance. Consumption of
>oil is not the issue, just the smoking 5 minutes after initial start, or on
>stopping after a few hours on the highway (burns off the cats after loss of
>cooling air flow across the cats.) Embarrassing!
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>We did the distributor seals and o-rings. I still suspect the head gasket at
>the corner. A barely noticeable coolant leak was in the same region, leak
>stopper fixed that. I might get a dye kit and use mirrors to trace.
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>Paul
>www.jageng.com
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