Re: your mail

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

My experience: expose the oil pressure switches to water when hot and they
fail. A thermal shock type syndrome, I believe. You may have blown water
al over the switch and damaged it.

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*Steve                                             Sachelle Babbar
*'87  5000CS Turbo 5spd 1.3-2.0 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."
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On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Frog Foot wrote:

> I have an 85 Audi 5000s Turbo that I recent purchased and found
> several minor problems with, so far I'm fixing as I'm finding and ..
> I'm finding lots! :) 
> 
> it's not bad tho.. 
> 
> here's what happened to me last night. 
> 
> 
> I overheated due to a hose breaking and had to pull into somewhere to
> find the broken hose and try to find a sutable replacement. luckly I
> stopped at a gas station with a late hours garage with mech's on duty. 
> 
> they replaced my hose, and flushed and filled my coolant for 50 bux.
> not a bad price for what I needed to do anyhow. 
> 
> then driving away I found that a sensor that was located directly
> below the hose that blew up was squirting out oil, This sensor
> (unknown name) is located directly on the block and is one of two in
> the same general location (this is the 5 cyl model of course) 
> 
> the two sensors are on the lower end of the left hand side of the
> block or head or whatever (I'm not super engine savy here since I'm
> not that familar with repairing the sensors of this model or make. 
> 
> anyhow. since it was squirting oil, it made me belive that the sensor
> was damaged by the mechanics, not on pourpose, but by mistake,
> probably while removing the hose that lead into the block... and most
> likly with a crowbar to save time. and to keep from burning their
> hands. this allowed for carlessness and thus destroyed my oil pressure
> sensor, or whatever this sensor is. 
> 
> 
> Now. since the sensor is located in the front of the block area. on
> the left. near the hose intake, I'm assuming this an oil temp, or
> pressure sensor.. 
> 
> I need to know exactly what this is so I can order a new one or find
> it used at a audi junk yard in my area (which there is one! .. YIPPY!) 
> 
> anyhow. 
> 
> in the mean time. I'm worried, cause I can't drive my audi 5ks turbo
> while this thing is squirting oil all over the place in my engine.. 
> 
> any idea what to do? 
> 
> should I make the gas station mechanics repair this for free or what? 
> 
> and if I can't get them to replace it. what should I be paying for
> this sensor, and how much is it. and what should I do to put it in?
> teflon tape was suggested by someone that does many engine repairs
> daily .. 
> 
> 
> 
> thanks for the help. 
> 
> STEVE BERRY
> 
> audi 5000s turbo .. 85
> 
> PLEASE HELP!!! 
> 
> Drive Audi
> Eat Trees
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ==
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