Re: piston for mc engine

[audidudi@mindspring.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

>In my experience, WR code 5 cyl, and from others I've spoken with, the 
>#5 is often the first to suffer damage due to poor cooling and heat 
>transfer in the rear of the engine bay.  While my car seemed to run 
>well,(less than 40K miles) I was losing power somewhere, I pulled the 
>head for a look around, it turned out that #5 piston was breaking up 
>between the rings. Luckily none of the metal bits got past the rings.  
>All the other pistons looked new as did the bores.

My machinist is on vacation until 1/15/98 so my Ur-Q will be apart for a
while longer yet ... last night, as I was cleaning up the engine compartment
(Yes, I'm one of those!), I started wondering whether I should pull the oil
pan and check out the pistons while it's apart.  It's my understanding (per
several articles that appeared in VW/Audi Car magazine) that this is a
common failiure for these cars, especially if they've been overheated, as
mine was.

Do I tempt providence and leave it alone or should I pull the pan and take a
look at them?  Opinions welcomed.

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