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Re: Grrr. Audi gods shining and frowning?!?! (long)
Yea, its the right one. Almost put the wrong one on though. But this one
is write. And it only fits on one way. you cant put it on upside down
the way the bolt holes line up and everything.. Well, you COULD but it
would look funny and stick out the side. :-)
But it could be bad Iguess. wish i could check it. Compression
is fine though so that makes me hope that it is at least still good.
Thanks for the ideas.
Todd Phenneger
1983 ur-q / black / getting a MC
1984 4000 Turbo quattro (Faster than your average 4kq)
1987 4000 quattro / Saphire Metallic Blue/ Girlfriend's
1996 A6q / Volcano / Dads Car
*****1985 5kt / PARTING OUT!
* http://www.uidaho.edu/~phen9461/motorsports.htm
On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, mike mcclurg wrote:
> Head gasket?...The right one?....Right side up?
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Mike
>
> --- Todd Phenneger <phen9461@uidaho.edu> wrote:
> > Dang it,
> > Any help or ideas much appreciated on my latest
> > problem. The Saga
> > continues. (the main content of the problem is in
> > last 1/3 of message but
> > it all relates)
> > The Audi gods are REALLy frustrating me. First
> > they bless me by
> > letting me get the Turbo 4kq running. Then they
> > curse it with
> > problems. Which I fix. great. Now the last
> > problem was traced to a
> > clogged fuel injector. I was running to rich for a
> > while due to a bad
> > warm up regulator and it fouled it up. A bottle of
> > techron fixed that
> > though. Easy fix. Audi gods shining again. Then
> > today my 4ktq
> > mysteriously started to run VERy hot. Not
> > overheating hot but way to hot
> > for this temperature. (20-40 degrees from night to
> > day) About 3/4 up the
> > temp gauge. On the freeway. usually its about 1/3
> > to 1/2 MAX up the
> > gauge. Esp with the 80 deg c Thermostat that I had
> > in there. So I flush
> > the coolant system, pull thermostat to check it, and
> > I find a small Pebble
> > in It!!!!! What the H*#*... I was super Anal about
> > the motor int he
> > transplant but it seems when I pulled the radiator a
> > pebble must have
> > gotten kicked in it or something. It was wedged
> > between the thermostat so
> > it couldn't close. Thinking problem fixed I
> > reassemble and fill with
> > 50/50 mix. Nope, still gets to hot. I think, maybe
> > the pebble knocked it
> > out of alignment so tis not opening all the way??
> > Pull it agian and boil
> > it. Opens it fine. Just to make sure I put in a
> > new 87 degree unit that
> > I had (factory Wahler part just like the 80) and
> > head into town. Still
> > overheats. Well, gets to hot. So I stop and do
> > some shopping and dream
> > of owning the $160 Craftsman Multi Meter they had at
> > Sears. Oooooo, duty
> > Cycle, Freq Test, Transistor test (for my stereo
> > side), and all the other
> > nice goodies a $160 multi meter should have. In my
> > wildest dreams. I
> > cant even afford a new light switch for the 4kq.
> > So I continue on and pass the local pull-n-save
> > yeard. hmm, cars
> > getting hot again (takes about 10 minutes to get
> > uncomfortably hot) so I
> > stop knowing there will be Nothing there worth
> > buying for me. Just
> > 79" 5000's and Rabbits. :-) Huhh, whats this. A
> > new in today 86' 4ks and
> > an 82'Coupe. Hmmm, the Gods are shining on me
> > again. Hey, a good light
> > switch, looks like I can afford one afterall. $1
> > aint bad. And I got a
> > BUNCH of other stuff I needed for my car and friends
> > including the oil
> > temp and press senders for the factory Audi Gauges
> > (I'm currently
> > borrowing the aftermarket VDO units from the ur-q...
> > And an Oil press
> > sender for my friends Jetta off the 4ks. cool.
> > Those arent cheap
> > new. Even TPC wants like 450 for the press sender.
> > (or is that the temp
> > sender. Anyhow, got that, new mirror joystick
> > (electric), misc trim
> > pieces, more spare window switches to test and
> > stockpile. (many 4ks/5ks
> > int he family and friends arena. :-) Some door
> > handles. New Spare tire
> > (mine got ruined as it wanst holding air right and I
> > drove on it to get
> > home. (disposable spare. ) :-) Nifty Toolbox
> > tray out of the trunk
> > that I decided needed to be used to store all my new
> > goodies in and will
> > find a place at home for organizing stuff I'm sure.
> > :-) Msc trim pieces,
> > vacuum lines, vacuum pump for Power Door locks (in
> > case mine fails like it
> > did in a friends car), all the fuses from fuse box,
> > some light bulbs,
> > parking lights from 4k for friends car that needs
> > them, Power Antennae
> > that works, and a few other small things. All for
> > cheap. Really
> > cheap. $1 for all the small misc stuff and great
> > prices on the rest. I
> > love that place when they get good stuf in. (rarely
> > though that is) The
> > only sad part was if I hadn't gone to sears I could
> > have gotten some ATE
> > Powerdisc rotors in great shape for my friends
> > Jetta, and some 4k wheels
> > for him to use as snows. But oh well, I'm happy
> > with what I got. So
> > again, Audi gods shining on me.
> > Now back to the problem. Still getting hot. Hasnt
> > per say
> > overheated as it gets real hot and then stops
> > rising. One tie the
> > pressure in the hoses was REALLy high. Could barely
> > squeeze them. So I
> > drain coolant AGAIN and check to make sure the WP
> > impreller is still
> > spinning. Crank car and water spouts out of block
> > out the outlet int he
> > head. Hmm, jam pump impeller with a screwdriver and
> > with a wrench try to
> > turn engine oeve.r Nope, impeller firmly connected
> > so its not just free
> > spinnign but not moving water well enough. So, WP
> > and Thermostat both
> > brand new and working fine. Radiator appears to be
> > flowing fine as when I
> > pull the bottom hose water flows out very fast. And
> > the system is holding
> > pressure. 50/50 mix of coolant/water. Radiator Fan
> > working
> > fine. Nothing blocking radiator. What cold it be.
> > Turning heater onn
> > seems to effect the temp quite a bit is always warm.
> > so that tells me
> > that the coolant is at least flowing inside the
> > block and through the
> > core. To get to school, (Finals coming up and I HAD
> > t get here) I jsut
> > pulle dout the Thermostat and ran without it. (Had
> > to get creative for a
> > sealing surface to keep water from leaking out) That
> > really helped as now
> > the temp on the freeway was where it should be. It
> > started to creep up
> > once but then was fine. 90 miles. Car seems to run
> > fine.
> > Observations, with thermostat in, car warms up
> > normally, but
> > around the time it should open and allow warm
> > coolant inot radiator and
> > cold into engine, the bottom radiator hose stays
> > cold and it appears that
> > coolant isnt flowing through radiator. I say this
> > because of the hose
> > staying cold and the fan doesnt kick on. it takes a
> > long time for the fan
> > to kick on. By then the engine is VERy warm, make
> > that hot, and then it
> > stays that way never coming down.
> > Any ideas from anyone. At this point I only see
> > one possibility,
> > somehow the engine maybe has a slight leak in its
> > BRAND new head Gasket
> > that is adding pressure to the cooling system int he
> > engine and basically
> > locking it up. But with NO thermostat and coolant
> > always flowing it never
> > gets hot enough for this to be a problem as the
> > pressure never builds up
> > because of the continuous coolant flow. But with
> > thermostat by the time
> > it opens enine is already heated up so much its
> > locked up the coolant
> > flow. The inconsistancy with my theory is that the
> > heater core continues
> > to provide hot air so there must be hot air flowing
> > over it at all
> > times. So does that mean coolant flows through
> > block jsut fine but not
> > the head??? I had the head re-surfaced and checked
> > for straightness but I
> > spose the block could have a problem. I'm REALLY
> > hoping this isnt the
> > problem but I'm out of ideas.
> > Thanks for listening. I'm VERY frustrated right
> > now. 6-months
> > converting and I have a car that runs pretty well
> > (most of the time) but
> > this worries me. all the other little problems I
> > knew were small and
> > could fix. this I'm not sure of now. Oh yea,
> > Compression on ALL 5 cyl's
> > is within 2psi of each other. slightly higher than
> > stock, about 175psi
> > but I think the gauge might be off a bit and always
> > read a bit high. If
> > not, that means my compression is 8.5:1 which is .3
> > higher than stock. I
> > guess that might have come from re-surfacing the
> > head. Not a big deal for
> > me, I pulls nice.
> >
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>
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