Re: The smell of burning oil...

[Sean_Ford@idx.com]

Excellent theory, Phil. The thing that worries me is, how the hell did the
puddle get there in the first place? Also, it wasn't all that violent a
maneuver, the whole family was in the car and I tend to "turn it down a
notch" when there are potential witnesses who know where I live and can nag
me about it later.

Thanks for the quick reply, Phil.

Sean Ford
'92 Audi 100CS 5-spd 43k mi
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/5528




quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne) on 02/22/99 10:32:17 AM

To:   Sean Ford
cc:   quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject:  Re: The smell of burning oil...
Body:



In message <85256720.00537122.00@isserv9.idx.com> Sean_Ford@idx.com writes:

> Myself, my wife, and my son are in my '92 100CS yesterday on our way
home.
> At a highway junction, on the on ramp to Rt. 95 (from 128, if anyone
cares)
> in MA, I drop down into 4th gear because its a
> right-into-a-fairly-tight-decreasing-radius-left on ramp, and as I come
out
> of the corner onto the straight I floor it. WOT in 4th, up to about 4200
> rpm and shift up to 5th. The whole car is then consumed with the smell of
> burning oil.

You had a little puddle somewhere on the engine and the violent
manoeuvre flung it onto the downpipe?

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