Re: Piston Slap?????

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <001901be0793$6c1428c0$e52296d1@dgrady.nai.net> "Mr. Daniel P. Grady" writes:

> What is the milage? What makes him think it is "piston slap"? I assume he
> means by "piston slap" that the bores have worn over-size and that the
> pistons/ piston skirts are smacking against the bore. That's a rare
> phenomenon on audi motors, so far as I know.

Two supposed occurences - both on early WR ur-quattros.  One was
supposedly because of the installation of water injection and the second
simply because the first owner habitually drove the car _hard_ from
cold.

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