Safe amount of boost to run on an S4

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Post by K9ng » Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:33 pm

Brett hope you get this sorted,
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Post by Mik » Tue May 10, 2005 9:07 pm

How is it going with the car? Is it back on the road yet? :D

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BRETTCOLLINS wrote:Have a brand new short block now, Will be getting the engine removed from the car in the next couple of weeks.
I will be having independant inspection of the engine before work is done.

WILL POST FINDING ON SITE WHEN I KNOW.
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RE: Status

Post by BRETTCOLLINS » Wed May 11, 2005 10:48 am

Not yet, AMD are coming back to me today.
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Post by Mik » Sun May 15, 2005 10:18 pm

How did it go Brett?

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BRETTCOLLINS wrote:Not yet, AMD are coming back to me today.
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Post by BRETTCOLLINS » Mon May 16, 2005 8:24 am

40 ish hours labour + parts.
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RE: Re: RE: Status

Post by KayGee » Tue May 17, 2005 7:39 am

Brett,

Realize your being carefull with what you are saying but did you get root cause analysis on what your problem was? Is the 40 hours plus parts to install the new short block or to rebuild your own "old" engine?.
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Post by BRETTCOLLINS » Tue May 17, 2005 8:44 am

To remove my engine transfer everything over to my new short block then install
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Post by BRETTCOLLINS » Tue May 24, 2005 5:47 pm

At last the engine is out of the car now, All the people that need to look at it, have done.
Should be back on the road in 10 days. we hope.
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Post by mikeyquattro » Tue May 24, 2005 6:39 pm

What was the outcome?

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Post by Druggie » Wed May 25, 2005 2:02 pm

Just curious but are the pistons in a S4 motor forged?
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BIG THANK YOU

Post by BRETTCOLLINS » Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:17 am

Just want to say big thank you to PHIL WALKER for the new AGB short block and PAUL CANNON from VAGPARTS for all the parts.
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MY OLD ENGINE

Post by BRETTCOLLINS » Fri Jul 01, 2005 12:16 pm

Outcome of my old engine, TWO melted plugs, deternation on 6 and 3 and engine was getting un-metered air after the air mass meter, see photo's.
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RE: MY OLD ENGINE

Post by DuncS3 » Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:19 pm

what does that mean for the uninitiated?

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RE: MY OLD ENGINE

Post by Dippy » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:58 pm

I assume:

Air leak = lean running = hot running = plugs disintegrating = damage...
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RE: MY OLD ENGINE

Post by DuncS3 » Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:12 pm

Sure, understand - In this scenario cant the ECU help by going into limp etc?

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