Rebuilt head, new head, or can i get mine rebuilt...
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RE: Rebuilt head, new head, or can i get mine rebuilt...
I personally know the guys at momentum and already left Mike a message there wont hear from them till monday. the car is at a freinds shop now who has done a few leakdown test b4 its a speed shop in my area should have all the down low on the car tomorrow.. someone told me about getting the valves cleaned or a full MotorVac cleaning where would I go for that..
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RE: Rebuilt head, new head, or can i get mine rebuilt...
When they said the timing was good were they talking about ignition timing, cam timing or both? You kind of sounded unsure on whether they properly performed the leak down test, like they may not have had the tools you need one of these...
https://www.mactools.com/portal/site...extfmt=default
If the timing belt was off time (which I hear from this forum is O.K. and will not bend valves) you could fail leakdown tests but I would believe it would be in both intake and exhaust sides and it may need to be off more than a tooth.
To do a leakdown test with one of those you shoot compressed airinto the cylinder through the sparkplug hole with the adapter while the engine is at TDC and listen for whooshing from the intake manifoldfor intake valves or listen for rushing air or put hand behind exhaust for exhaust valves and listen for whooshing from crankcase for bad rings. It is not the same as a normal compression test.
https://www.mactools.com/portal/site...extfmt=default
If the timing belt was off time (which I hear from this forum is O.K. and will not bend valves) you could fail leakdown tests but I would believe it would be in both intake and exhaust sides and it may need to be off more than a tooth.
To do a leakdown test with one of those you shoot compressed airinto the cylinder through the sparkplug hole with the adapter while the engine is at TDC and listen for whooshing from the intake manifoldfor intake valves or listen for rushing air or put hand behind exhaust for exhaust valves and listen for whooshing from crankcase for bad rings. It is not the same as a normal compression test.
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RE: Rebuilt head, new head, or can i get mine rebuilt...
Just throwing this out there but... could you just snag a new/used engine from one of those audi salvage places? It seems like if your looking at any more than $2000 than it might be an option... maybe?
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RE: Rebuilt head, new head, or can i get mine rebuilt...
ebay it, you can get a used head or a new head if its a 1.8t for cheap. i usually look for cheap spare parts for my 12v and i found a whole engine minus wiring and ecu for about $350 with only 107k. a while back i say a whole short block 1.8t brand new for about $700
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RE: Rebuilt head, new head, or can i get mine rebuilt...
thats what the guys at apr basically said they did..
I brought it to a shop and a bunch of guys I know and it failed, you can hear the air on the intake side they are going to do it again tomorrow along with some other tests
you are right thats how the APR guy explained it.. and how the guys at the shop i went to did it.. compression is really good but intake side is really really bad..
I brought it to a shop and a bunch of guys I know and it failed, you can hear the air on the intake side they are going to do it again tomorrow along with some other tests
you are right thats how the APR guy explained it.. and how the guys at the shop i went to did it.. compression is really good but intake side is really really bad..
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When they said the timing was good were they talking about ignition timing, cam timing or both? You kind of sounded unsure on whether they properly performed the leak down test, like they may not have had the tools you need one of these...
https://www.mactools.com/portal/site...extfmt=default
If the timing belt was off time (which I hear from this forum is O.K. and will not bend valves) you could fail leakdown tests but I would believe it would be in both intake and exhaust sides and it may need to be off more than a tooth.
To do a leakdown test with one of those you shoot compressed airinto the cylinder through the sparkplug hole with the adapter while the engine is at TDC and listen for whooshing from the intake manifoldfor intake valves or listen for rushing air or put hand behind exhaust for exhaust valves and listen for whooshing from crankcase for bad rings. It is not the same as a normal compression test.
When they said the timing was good were they talking about ignition timing, cam timing or both? You kind of sounded unsure on whether they properly performed the leak down test, like they may not have had the tools you need one of these...
https://www.mactools.com/portal/site...extfmt=default
If the timing belt was off time (which I hear from this forum is O.K. and will not bend valves) you could fail leakdown tests but I would believe it would be in both intake and exhaust sides and it may need to be off more than a tooth.
To do a leakdown test with one of those you shoot compressed airinto the cylinder through the sparkplug hole with the adapter while the engine is at TDC and listen for whooshing from the intake manifoldfor intake valves or listen for rushing air or put hand behind exhaust for exhaust valves and listen for whooshing from crankcase for bad rings. It is not the same as a normal compression test.
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RE: Rebuilt head, new head, or can i get mine rebuilt...
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thats what the guys at apr basically said they did..
I brought it to a shop and a bunch of guys I know and it failed, you can hear the air on the intake side they are going to do it again tomorrow along with some other tests so it looks the APR was right and the seller Lied to me right to my fuucking face.. im drunk and rather pissed right now.. so i may go on a rant.. im so dam fuucking pissed right now.. basically everything APR must have said had some truth to it.. how could you sell a car knowing it had major issues and tell the person it was perfect knowing it needed a bunch of work... or even further more tell someone else to mask the problem so the car would run good and then sell it..
you are right thats how the APR guy explained it.. and how the guys at the shop i went to did it.. compression is really good but intake side is really really bad..
thats what the guys at apr basically said they did..
I brought it to a shop and a bunch of guys I know and it failed, you can hear the air on the intake side they are going to do it again tomorrow along with some other tests so it looks the APR was right and the seller Lied to me right to my fuucking face.. im drunk and rather pissed right now.. so i may go on a rant.. im so dam fuucking pissed right now.. basically everything APR must have said had some truth to it.. how could you sell a car knowing it had major issues and tell the person it was perfect knowing it needed a bunch of work... or even further more tell someone else to mask the problem so the car would run good and then sell it..
you are right thats how the APR guy explained it.. and how the guys at the shop i went to did it.. compression is really good but intake side is really really bad..
ORIGINAL: tractioncontrol
When they said the timing was good were they talking about ignition timing, cam timing or both? You kind of sounded unsure on whether they properly performed the leak down test, like they may not have had the tools you need one of these...
https://www.mactools.com/portal/site...extfmt=default
If the timing belt was off time (which I hear from this forum is O.K. and will not bend valves) you could fail leakdown tests but I would believe it would be in both intake and exhaust sides and it may need to be off more than a tooth.
To do a leakdown test with one of those you shoot compressed airinto the cylinder through the sparkplug hole with the adapter while the engine is at TDC and listen for whooshing from the intake manifoldfor intake valves or listen for rushing air or put hand behind exhaust for exhaust valves and listen for whooshing from crankcase for bad rings. It is not the same as a normal compression test.
When they said the timing was good were they talking about ignition timing, cam timing or both? You kind of sounded unsure on whether they properly performed the leak down test, like they may not have had the tools you need one of these...
https://www.mactools.com/portal/site...extfmt=default
If the timing belt was off time (which I hear from this forum is O.K. and will not bend valves) you could fail leakdown tests but I would believe it would be in both intake and exhaust sides and it may need to be off more than a tooth.
To do a leakdown test with one of those you shoot compressed airinto the cylinder through the sparkplug hole with the adapter while the engine is at TDC and listen for whooshing from the intake manifoldfor intake valves or listen for rushing air or put hand behind exhaust for exhaust valves and listen for whooshing from crankcase for bad rings. It is not the same as a normal compression test.
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RE: Rebuilt head, new head, or can i get mine rebuilt...
dude you should see if AP{R has that im sure they would keep reccords of somethin like that so they coudlnt be liable if something bad happened to the motor on the "temp fix" tune