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this might be the last straw



Since there is no way that bubbles will appear in metal after x mileage, i'd lug that crank to a vw
dealership and say 'i want a new vr6'.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "the hitman" <vwscir87@hotmail.com>
To: <mpeters6@rochester.rr.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: this might be the last straw


> when we got the motor tore down and my buddy pulled out the crank, you could
> see it had snapped. both him and my dad say the culprit is a faulty crank.
> they showed me the edges of the brake and the metal looked pourous, almost
> like it had a sponge texture to it. they both said no forged piece should
> look like this when cross-sectioned. my dad says the small "bubbles" in the
> metal were actually air pockets that weakenend the metal and caused "a
> structural failure", hence the break. i've gotta trust my dad on this one,
> he knows his (american) cars.
>
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