Re: Engine Woes and A Question

["Frank J. Bauer" <frankbauer@thevine.net>]

At 10:48 AM 11/12/98 GMT, Phil Payne wrote:
>In message <778BE4B526B5D111B70200805FADD6632CEB32@roc-exc1.ctron.com>
"Polletta, Jon" writes:
>> I was driving my newly purchased 87 4KSQ home last night and one
>> of the piston connector rods decided to take a look outside the engine
>> block. Luckily, I just put it on my Insurance before I picked it up and
>> got towing and labor. Fluid levels were fine, and I took it easy on the
>> drive home. I drove it 30 minutes and stopped by my parents on the way,
>> and then 15 more where it blew up.
>
>This is the first first-person account I've ever seen of an Audi engine
>throwing a rod.

since this happened on the way home from its purchase, i would suspect the
seller may have known something he didn't tell the buyer about.

frank