RE: 4kq Oil Pan Removal

["Iain Atkinson (ETL)" <iain.atkinson@etl.ericsson.se>]

One of the mechanics at my local Audi dealer had exactly the same problem with his Coupe Q, it was the sump being too close to the oil pickup.


Iain

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Frank de Kat [mailto:fdekat@sentex.net]
		Sent:	16 August 1999 04:55
		To:	quattro@audifans.com
		Subject:	4kq Oil Pan Removal

		I was wondering if anyone has removed a 4000q oilpan sucessfully, when the
		motor is still in the car...?

		Why do I ask, you ask? 
		Recently the oil pressure light has been coming on when I'm pullng high
		revs. I was thinking that 'something must be wrong with the oil pressure
		gizmo, that has two sensors', as who ever heard of low oil pressure, at
		high revs? 
		Oil pressure usually goes *up* as revs go up.

		Then I remembered why I built the sumpguard...
		Both myself and the previous owner have driven many miles of 'rally roads',
		resulting in a somewhat 'dented' oilpan. I'm now thinking that the
		'denting' has created a starvation problem at high revs, as I'm betting the
		bottom of the pan is probabaly against the oil pickup...
		What's it look like in any of the Bently pictures? Likely situation?

		Thanks for any help!

		Regards!





		Frank de Kat 
		fdekat@sentex.net   
		Dundas, Ontario, Canada

		http://www.sentex.net/~fdekat
		To see "The Rally Pictures"