WTB: 3a from Audi 80

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

The most common failure I have seen in the rings letting go, and destroying 
the bore as well as the piston they are connected to...  I have seen a few 
bearings spun, but that is not as common a failure...  

On a tangent, my boss saw the room in Mexico where they assembled the 
engines...  He said it was more dirty/disorganized than our dept., and as 
large an ego as he can have about his responsibilities, that said it all for 
me...

HTH

David 

Quoting Mark <mardak@cogeco.ca>:

> >  Also, all years are with a forged crank, and ALL
> > are
> > made in germany, while the ABA are all made in Mexico...  I am biased,
> but
> > I
> > would rather have a german engine over a mexican one...  Way to many
> > failures...
> 
> 
> Failures with what?  I haven't heard anything about the ABA bottom end
> being problematic...
> 
> Mark.
> 75
> 80 S
> 81 S  2.0 ABA/JH/4K
> 
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David Utley
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