Re: Important FYI for I5 timing belt changes...

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

Overdoing the parking meter fee increase protests again, eh?

What caused the thrown rod?   Are you sure you want to apply a lubricant
accessory that was on an engine that failed?

Regards, Kneale Brownson


At 07:01 PM 8/5/99 -0400, Huw Powell wrote:
>> Two of the bolts go into oil galleries, as does the alternator strap
>> pivot bolt.
>
>for fun, try having your non-leaking, lowered Audi involuntarily towed
>(hard to manage the process when being photographed, while cuffed...) by
>some backwoods yahoo with a dolly rather than a ramp. (2 months ago)
>
>Some nice dents in the oil pan (I'd be screaming, but I had just got
>another one powder coated ready to put on), and evidence of motor mount
>liquid splattered around the port motor mount.
>
>The car now leaks oil disgustingly, around front of pan, oil pump lower
>end, etc.
>
>Not wanting to do half the job and still have leaks, this weekend I will
>be swapping the oil pan (and installing the windage tray), and also
>*replacing the oil pump gasket*.  Heck, I'm gonna replace the noisy new
>water pump while I'm in there just cause I can.
>
>So I have to do the whole WP/TB parts removal job, then take a deep
>breath and drop the subframe, pull the oil pan, pull the oil pump,
>examine it for cracks, then try to reassemble it all without a single
>leak.
>
>Maybe I should pick up a quart of loctite for the bolts...
>
>I'm also going to install a plastic baffle that came snapped onto the
>oil pickup of a trashed block I acquired (threw a rod...), which appears
>to be designed to keep some oil at the pickup on hard acceleration.
>
>Any warnings, ideas, suggestions, or general mockery that may prove
>useful to me will of course be very welcome!
>
>-- 
>Huw Powell
>
>http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/
>
>82 Audi Coupe; 84 4kq; 85 Coupe GT