RE: Recent motor melt down

[Sachelle Babbar <sbabbar@iris.nyit.edu>]

The life of the engine, indeed. When the belt goes, so does your engine. I
guess we can't sue them now. No false claims.

Steve
'84  5ksT 1.6-2.0 bar

Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
personal experience and may not necessarily reflect yours. Use caution as
your results may vary from mine."

On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Aleksander Mierzwa wrote:

> They probably thought the same about PS pumps, racks and oil cooler
> lines.
> 
> Aleksander Mierzwa
> Warsaw, Poland
> mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
> 87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
> 88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
> 91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk
> > [SMTP:quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk]
> > Sent:	Friday, January 30, 1998 11:29 AM
> > To:	daserde@ucla.edu
> > Cc:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> > Subject:	Recent motor melt down
> > 
> > As far as the V8 is concerned, I refer the interested reader to:
> > "Design and 
> > Development of the new Audi 3.6 litre, 32 valve V8 Engine" - Johannes 
> > Steinwart, Armin Bauder and Gerd Ohrnberger.  The copy I have (thanks
> > to Scott 
> > Mockry) is a friend of a photocopy of a reprint from an SAE paper.
> > Page 114 
> > states: "A width of 20mm was chosen to ensure that the belt will last
> > the life 
> > of the engine."
> > 
> > -- 
> >  Phil Payne
> >  Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club
>