this might be the last straw

[scirious@hotmail.com (Brian Haygood)]

Uh, take all the turbo stuff off and make it look stock before you try this. 
  They should cave easily if the engine has fewer than 100k on it.  After 
that they may give you a hassle, but stick to your guns and I bet you can 
get a new engine out of it.


>From: Calimus <calimus@techography.net>
>To: Allyn <amalventano1@home.com>
>CC: the hitman <vwscir87@hotmail.com>, mpeters6@rochester.rr.com, 
>	scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: this might be the last straw
>Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 17:20:59 -0500
>
>Providing that it is the Original facotry installed crank and it was never 
>modified in any way, Allyn
>is completly correct.  Take that thing to your nearest VW stealership and 
>tell them you got a defective
>crank, show them the evidence and get a new engine outta the deal.  Not 
>sure how smooth that will go
>since VWoA is is the largest PITA to their enthusiasts as a company can be. 
>  But there should definitly
>be some compensation involved.  Be sure to take pictures of the crank just 
>for your records as well as
>shots of the head and any other damaged area's.
>
>William
>
>Allyn wrote:
>
> > Since there is no way that bubbles will appear in metal after x mileage, 
>i'd lug that crank to a vw
> > dealership and say 'i want a new vr6'.
> > Al
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "the hitman" <vwscir87@hotmail.com>
> > To: <mpeters6@rochester.rr.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:25 PM
> > Subject: Re: this might be the last straw
> >
> > > when we got the motor tore down and my buddy pulled out the crank, you 
>could
> > > see it had snapped. both him and my dad say the culprit is a faulty 
>crank.
> > > they showed me the edges of the brake and the metal looked pourous, 
>almost
> > > like it had a sponge texture to it. they both said no forged piece 
>should
> > > look like this when cross-sectioned. my dad says the small "bubbles" 
>in the
> > > metal were actually air pockets that weakenend the metal and caused "a
> > > structural failure", hence the break. i've gotta trust my dad on this 
>one,
> > > he knows his (american) cars.
> > >
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