Re: Used engine question - Audi content

["BMD" <eurocar@gci.net>]

This is not uncommon in Audis hit in the front. Many times the
engine/accessory mounting can survive without further repair but it is
possible to weld, using correct materials, or to braze the pieces back (pay
a pro and do it while engine is out and with bracket as guide). The rest of
the engine is probably fine, though there is always the chance.......before
repair you could have that area magna-fluxed and ask the seller pay for
checking.

Bryan Doughty
home.gci.net/~eurocar
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert B. <robbrauns@bb.eulink.net>
To: Quattro List <quattro@audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 2:03 PM
Subject: Used engine question - Audi content


> Hi List:
>
> I just looked at a 20V turbo engine for my project car and since the
> motor is out of the car, I couldn't run it. But I noticed that where the
> AC compressor sits (on the cool side of the engine (this swap is going
> to be more involved than I thougt)) that there are 4 cast in bolt
> studes, nipples, bosses (what are these things called, anyway?).
>
> Of the 4 bosses, one has a snapped off bolt, 2 are OK and one is broken!
>
> So, my questions:
>
> 1. Can broken bits of the cast iron block be welded back on?
> 2. If the car was hit so hard that the AC compressor broke off, could
> the block have hairline cracks that will cause problems later on?
> 3.Since casrt iron is hard, heavy and somewhat brittle, how much damage
> would a real hard collision do to the motor block?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Rob
> Germany
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