Re: Quattro Digest V3 #84

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Date: 1/31/96 11:08 AM
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Quattro Digest           Wednesday, 31 January 1996     Volume 03 : Number
084

In this issue:

	Re: 4kq engine help
	I got the TQC!
	plug tip!!!!! (fwd)
	FW: Upgrading/replacing Calipers - 1984 GT
	Re: Omaha anyone???
	BOSE radio code
	Re: Home Town Request - Columbus Audi Vendors (kind of long)
	Re: BOSE radio code
	Re: '90 CQ suspension
	Visor for Driver's Side
	Re: A4 Pricing & Equipment
	Re: Quattro Digest V3 #81
	Here in Omaha
	Re: Omaha anyone???
	Re: 1990 CQ: Sway Bars... (rear)
	S4 vs. V8Q...
	Attn:  Phil Slaughter
	Causes/effects of low oil pressure (was Dan's 'queer' engine)
	Compression Check
	Re: calling all TQC Owners.
	Re: Quattro Digest V3 #83
	First trip

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From: Dan Simoes <dans@ans.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 22:55:45 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: 4kq engine help

> Overfilling an engine is not good.

Agreed.  I don't think that was it, at worst it was over
by 1/2 qt.

> To start with I would
> go buy 4 quarts of oil, a new filter, 5 new plugs and see what happens.
> This can't cost more than $20 and will verify if the engine is truely
bad.
> With the numbers you are quoting for a used engine swap, $20 is noise
> and it will show if your current engine is gone. Start there and report
> back.

I drove up there this evening and did the following:

- - drained oil (not too much in there, maybe 2 qts)
- - added 4 qts Quaker State 10w30 (my usual winter oil)
- - removed plugs.  #3 was definitely burned down, and in the #3 hole
I see some metallic 'thing' which I can't identify.  It was dark but
it was attached to the side of the cyl wall and I think it might be
the piston.
- - did a comp. check (all plugs out, cold, WOT) and got 100-125 psi on
all cyl except #3 which was 0. 

> Just an uneducated guess, but I don't think the engine is gone. I have
> been wrong before though...

I wish you were right but I'm pretty sure it's gone.  Cyl 1 and 2 are
loaded with oil and have fouled plugs, #4 and 5 are pretty dry and plugs
are clean.  If I get bored one day I may tear down the old engine and
see what is the real story, but in the meantime I think
replacement is the best solution.

So folks... looking for a dropin engine for my 4000q.  Any
recommendations?  The turbo swap may be too much trouble right
now, although my mechanic (not the one who has the car now) says
it can be done without too much trouble.  And he's definitely much
cheaper than this guy.

Thanks for all the feedback.  I feel pretty stupid right now...

| Dan |

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From: John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 20:14:27 -0800
Subject: I got the TQC!

At 05:51 AM 1/26/96 -0500, you wrote:

>Awesome! I hope you like it! Going over the pass into Portland, the 4WD
>should come in handy. I hope that it is tuned up and ready to rock! Have
you
>driven it yet? Any engine mods to it? Handling?
>
I got it!  As someone said before, these are definitely love/hate cars.  I
love this car, but...

It ran excellent when I drove it on Saturday.  Drove for 5 hours straight
at
85 MPH or so.  Then when I pulled up in front of a friend's house in
Redding
for the night, the idle stayed at 2000.

Next morning it started and ran fine, but when I got on the freeway, it
lacked power and "throbbed" or puls