Re: Cap'n, #5 is down, 'n I can't hold 'er any longer!

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

Another thing that I've experienced on my old n/a 5ks was the fact that
when the head gasket blows, you'll also end up kissing your 5th cylinder
exhaust manifold gasket goodbye. The exhaust is very hot in comparison to
the coolant. Head gasket blows, coolant that is (relatively) cooler rushes
in and out of cylinder. Thermal shock cracks em gasket's metal backing.  
That's what that notorious clicking noise I hear on soooo many other
Audi's is.

**************************************************************************************************************************************************							       
*Steve                                       Sachelle Babbar
*'84  5ksT 1.6-2.0 bar                    <SBABBAR@IRIS.NYIT.EDU>
*Cockpit adjustable wastegate, AudiSport badge
*
*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, 13 Mar 1998, Phil Payne wrote:

> In message <Pine.SOL.3.91.980312222113.7040F-100000@apollo> "Graydon D. Stuckey" writes:
> 
> > > > Mine blew just behind cyl #5.
> > > 
> > > Has anyone ever had one blow _anywhere_ else?
> > 
> > Having had limited exposure to _piston_ engines until recently, I have 
> > only once before blown a head gasket.   Is the Audi I-5 actually 
> > notorious for blowing at #5?
> > 
> > Is the cooling inadequate back there?
> 
> In one word, yes.  It's also the spot where fuel leanness makes itself 
> especially felt.  The two act in concert to heat #4 and #5.  2/3rds of the 
> gasket failures I see are water from the back wall of #5 leaking into #5.
> 
> -- 
>  Phil Payne
>  UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club
>