[V8] oil level...oil blow by

[Coleman, David]

I have koni and H&R setup, and am happier than I hoped I'd be, with both
the appearance and ride quality.  Not too tart, not too sweet.  Check
out Bruce's "fun page" on his site -- mine and others are on there.
Also, Jeremy sent me a great pic of his car that was enough to convince
me the koni/h&r setup was the right call.

Now, if my car were a 650HP barn burner, or if I tracked the car, I
could definitely see coil-overs... But I also have a dedicated track
car, and though it weighs a scant 2000 lbs and has 600 lb coil-overs, I
wouldn't want to live with that handful on my daily commute.  Dead-ass
nuts on the track, but on the street it'd be all over the place.  And I
don't have the time/ambition to diddle with ride height on a daily
driver -- plus, w/ coil-overs, it's easy to get the corner weights off
enough to negate some of the handling advantage at the limit.

Another note:  I have 255s and no rubbing ever.

Anyway, ask 10 people, get 10 different opinions.  This is just mine,
and probably doesn't speak for many others.

-DaveC.





> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Schlueter
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:23 AM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] oil level...oil blow by
> 
> Ok I just read a consumer guide on the v8, it said that the 
> 10 quarts of oil required was wrong in the book, but only 
> 8.5qts are really needed....the last time I did an oil change I 
> could have swore I used about 10qts, well soon as I order my 
> new filter, I will find out.
> 
> Also noticed this, maybe this is a dead topic, I know it has 
> come up a few times. My v8 only has oily smoke from the tail 
> pipe when it is above 45ish outside. If it is colder, then no smoke.
> 
> Andrew W. Schlueter
> '90 V8 MQuattro MSnS-E
> '90 Jetta VR6TT Quattro
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