[Vwdiesel] gonna sell the audi

[Chris Jude]

Well,  I think it might,  and hey, here's a great chance to try it!

Talked with the mechanic today, and he had said valve seat, not seal.  And,
there was apparently clearance, so it wasn't a shim.  :<

Well, i guess the car is on the market...

chris



>
> Wouldn't that 5-speed be a great car with the turbo diesel Audi imported to
> North America in 1983?  Wonder if that combination could be arranged.
>
> Bryan Belman <dieselwesty at yahoo.com> wrote:  Sorry to hear, I had the same
> car for about 2 years
> way back in 88 and it sounds like it was in about the
> shape your car is in NOW. It had 225K when I got it,
> I dropped a new junkyard motor in it with more
> compression then what I had, but the injection pump
> started to go and electrical starting issued killed
> the car.
> Tons of work to put new rings on and take the head off
> again to get the valve to seat properly.
> Sounds like it was just not seated properly, which can
> happen when doing a head for the first time.
> Didn't Loren help you out with this head, could be a
> bad valve or valve seat needs ground.
>
> Hey, be proud of what you have done so far, really.
> Any, you learned a lot along the way.
>
>