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 Oil leak solved, now for the exhaust...
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Fri, 25 June 2004 16:49
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I just found out something bad, when firing up the TA again -- there's a hole in the exhaust.
A large, round hole, that I can't patch. It's right on the curve.
And rust is threatening several other parts of it.
Didn't notice it in the once-over 'cause it was dirt-caked, but now that the engine's run it's blown off the dirt.
That doesn't bother me so much as I've been told I can take a 2T header and exhaust, though I'm not sure there's an A4X one, or i could just get a new bit of tube bent and fitted... but it's highlighted something far worse -- My baby is bleeding.
There's an oil leak somewhere. Not sure -- any key points I should check on the 13T-U motor? The oil is covering the bottom of my gearbox, coming down the little channel created by the heat-shielding/trapping (bloody heatpipe) and it's fresh. I painted the undercarraige a little while ago, sans the exhaust and such which I was planning to blast clean and give a gentle polish, but hey...
If I can't make it better, I have a leakless, solid 18RC I can use -- might not be the greatest but it'll do. Anyone who can tell me what I'd need to take off the donor car? It's an Automatic if that makes any difference.
[Updated on: Sat, 26 June 2004 13:10]
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Oil leak solved, now for the exhaust...
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Neal Pallotta | Fri, 25 June 2004 16:49 |
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Re: Blood loss, and not from me, either
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FKN16V | Fri, 25 June 2004 23:53 |
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Re: Blood loss, and not from me, either
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Neal Pallotta | Sat, 26 June 2004 04:07 |
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Re: Blood loss, and not from me, either
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Neal Pallotta | Sat, 26 June 2004 13:08 |
