Re: Turbos and IC's

[ANDREW FINNEY <afinney@bigplanet.com>]

> Not to put Ned or I out of business on turbos, but if you haven't
addressed
> the IC, you are looking for the chicken before the egg.  5000/200tq
cars need
> IC's and fuel before you 'need' a bigger/better/faster turbo.

Same goes for the ur-quattro, only more so.

Is there any value in just _cleaning_ an IC?  Mine has 160500 miles
worth of dead insects in it - it just _has_ to be affecting performance.

>Phil, try cleaning the inside of the IC with gasoline. My UrQ has
208,000 mi and when I filled the IC with gas, sorry, petrol, and flushed
it the results were rather filthy. Lots and lots of oil ends up in there
after many miles. As for the outside, go at it with a soft wire brush.

Andrew Finney
1983 UrQ