Audi V8 Valdez

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <970524095508_-263536651@emout04.mail.aol.com> ToTheMink@aol.com writes:

> I bought a 1990 V8 Quattro (3.6) with 70k.  When I bought it I was told by
> ex-Audi tech to change timing belt and front seal.  Although the front seal
> wasn't leaking we changed it anyway.  It leaked.  We changed it again.  It
> leaked.  We changed it again.  It leaked.  All of these leaks are withen five
> hundred miles of  the new factory seals.

I have a vague memory of a TSB or update to the manual talking about oiling the 
seals before putting them in.  The symptom of not doing it was very early life 
failure.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club