RE: @%#$&%!@

[Trisha Bethen <trishab@mv.mv.com>]

On Wed, 14 Aug 1996, Duff, Ian wrote:

> Hope you didn't drop a valve, on the 20v motor that gets expensive.
> 
> I had a Capri (the German one with the agricultural 2.3 SOHC motor) that
> burned an exhaust valve. Symptoms came on rather suddenly, same
> clattering (due to ignition happening in the combustion chamber, the
> exhaust header, and points south) , same lack of power, cheaper (but not
> much simpler) to fix than valves and pistons doing a tango. It required
> pulling the head, and minimally replacing the burnt valve and valve stem
> seal.
> 
> While I was there, I had the head planed, new cam, new springs, new
> valve stem seals, and a nice 3 angle grind done. The incremental cost to
> do the upgrade was not huge, but the performance difference was!
> Unfortunately Schricks for our 20v motors are around $1100 for the pair,
> Extrude-Hone is over $700, but fun costs. Now might be the time to find
> a nice, bent '91 200q or S4/6, and do a little transplanting.
> 
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> 
> Ian Duff, 1990 Coupe quattro 20v, Red/Black
> 
> Home: New Bedford, MA, USA
> Work: Charter Systems, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA
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> 
> 
> >----------
> >From: 	Brendan Rudack[SMTP:rudack@ucsub.Colorado.EDU]
> >Sent: 	Wednesday, 14 August, 1996 03:43 AM
> >To: 	audi
> >Subject: 	@%#$&%!@
> >
> >Go figure,  monday night i finished putting in my new valve lifters,
> >water
> >pump, cam seal, valve cover seal etc.  Ran wonderfully all day until
> >the
> >engine blew up a few hours ago!  It must have not wanted me to drive it
> >to
> >Michigan on Friday.  With the help of Mike Spiers and Carl Jerritts we
> >determined that #2 had ZERO compression.  
> >	THe sequence of events were as follows:  Driving in 4th at ~
> >3000RPM car lost all power and started making an awful clattering
> >racket
> >like something was loose inside the engine.  There is no visible damage
> >on
> >top of piston so does that rule out dropped valve?  Anyway I am P.O.'d
> >and
> >it has been a really long day.   Tomorrow I will haphazardly rip apart
> >the
> >engine(THe intro to Star Trek comes to mind!) and determine what
> >screwed
> >up.  Any pointers?  Ben H.  I now feel your pain! This Sucks...
> >
> >Brendan Rudack			rudack@ucsub.Colorado.EDU
> >88' 90Q may have a turbo motor sooner than I planned!
> >Boulder, Colorado 
> >
> >
> 
In reference to extrude honing.....expensive but worth every extra penny 
per horses.....we had it done to the intake on our ITE 
Mustang........yes..yes...yes...