Quick Question

[rick@brubakerbox.com (Rick Alexander)]

If it is turning, there is still a possibility that the journals of the
crank can be polished. But you are still looking at a complete tear down and
a trip to the machinist.

Rick Alexander
http://www.brubakerbox.com
http://clubs.hemmings.com/hams/
http://clubs.hemmings.com/vwsrus/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Krazy Horse" <nightmare16v1988@hotmail.com>
To: <rick@brubakerbox.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: Quick Question


> i thought it was the exhaust valves because if the barring is gone, the
> piston would move slightly more than it should. i figured it slapped the
> valves on the exhaust stoke. the engine was frozen for a while, but i got
it
> running again. it starts right up but has that God aweful tapping (more
like
> banging) sound. i can move the crank with a ratchet so the journal is not
> against the cylender wall. thanks everyone who is/has been helping me out
on
> this!
>
>
>
> -Craig
>
> "Nightmare" '88 16v (soon to be G60 Turbo!!)
>
> >From: "Rick Alexander" <rick@brubakerbox.com>
> >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Re: Quick Question
> >Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:23:01 -0500
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Krazy Horse" <nightmare16v1988@hotmail.com>
> >
> > > i pulled the pan off my frozen 16v and discovered that a barring was
> >missing
> > > from cylender #3. since a barring is missing, i believe the exaust
> >valves
> > > are bent on that cylender as well.
> >
> >It would be intake valves, but they are not necessarily bent. The noise
you
> >were hearing was the bearing self destructing.
> >
> > > explanes why my car runs and sounds like
> > > a lawn mower and why i get that God aweful tapping sound.
> > >i dont think a barring is really just gone. i dont know what else to
say,
> >i
> > >can move the journal forward and back, but not up and down. i took the
> >nuts
> > >off, but i cant get the journal off to see if the barring is still
there.
> >
> >Move it back and forth with a downward pull. It will come off they are
> >tight
> >where they meet the block on the sides.
> >
> > >there are also some really nice chunks of metal in the bottom of my pan
> >
> >Sorry to report that you are looking at a complete rebuild.  If there are
> >bearing reminants in the pan and the engine is frozen then it is almost
> >impossible for the crank not to be galled and in need of machining.
> >
> > > on to my question; i wanted to pull that piece of plastic off that
helps
> > > keep that oil in place in hard turns, but i broke a little peice when
i
> >was
> > > also, is there a place that i can get a new one?
> >
> >What Patrick said!
> >
> >Rick Alexander
> >http://www.brubakerbox.com
> >http://clubs.hemmings.com/hams/
> >http://clubs.hemmings.com/vwsrus/
> >
> >
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