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Old 06-26-2007, 12:01 AM
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The car fired right up after I added some oil (3 quarts); however there was a very noticeable ticking present. I pulled the spark plugs and they were pretty bad. I also noticed a lot of standing oil around cyl #5. Tonight I WAS going to do a compression check, throw some different spark plugs in, maybe fill it up with some good gas, and run seafoam through the intake/gas. Instead the starter decided to die after the first failed attempt at starting (dead battery). Now I can't do anything until I swap the starter out tomorrow

What do you think the chances of this engine actually being good are?
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Old 06-26-2007, 02:49 AM
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100%...you're just playing catch up right now.
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Old 06-26-2007, 06:59 AM
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Sounds like the motor is fine...do you plan on keeping both cars?
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Default I have a complete spare engine sitting in my garage if you need a replacement...
Including the starter. Let me know if you need any other parts..
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How many miles?
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Old 06-26-2007, 09:32 AM
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Around 200k, but fresh timing belt/water pump/etc. (about 5k old)
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Old 06-26-2007, 09:34 AM
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Default I think I'll keep them both, for a while at least.
I think this 92 is going to be somewhat of a project to get back on the road and I always wanted to keep my 94 until it was no longer drivable.
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Default I'm going to replace the starter tonight so I can do a compression check.
Then I'll have a better idea of what I'll need to do.
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wait until you drive the quattro in the snow. you'll never want to own anything else as a daily
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