RE: A-4 1.8t engine question

["Paul Wilson" <pwilson@pop.ma.ultranet.com>]

You say it's a '99 so the burning was probably a coating(Cosmoline?) they
put on the engine at the factory to keep it from rusting.  I wouldn't worry
about it.

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> [mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]On Behalf Of Adam Singer
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 10:20 PM
> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: A-4 1.8t engine question
>
>
> Hi, I have a quick question about my engine on my 1999 A-4 1.8t...here
> goes:
> I was driving to a movie going in tiptronic, well anyways I came to a
> light and felt like giving my car a nice accelerated start, so I floored
> it, anyways to make a long story short, I forgot to shift and since I
> was in tiptronic, it shifted for me only after the rpm's bounced at
> almost the redline.  Then after I did this I continued driving when a
> funny smell came from my engine and when I got to the movie I realized
> that there was some smoke coming out of the front grille.  So thinking
> nothing of this I went in, watched the movie, came out, drove home, and
> everything was fine, no problems since.  Does anyone know exactly what
> happened/why and if it damaged anything or not? thanks a lot
> ---hydra@flinet.com
>