My yearly engine/tranny rebuild saga... long

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

you know, you dont strike me as the kind of person that runs an engine above redline while
overheating for an hour or so, which is what it would take to kill a 'correctly' rebuilt 16v bottom
end. i personally think you need to flame the hell out of that shop. post on vortex, etc.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Lutman" <llutman@hotmail.com>
To: <NWSciroccoList@groups.msn.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 1:28 PM
Subject: My yearly engine/tranny rebuild saga... long


> A bit of background info for those of you who haven't been following
> along... A year ago, just before ND 2001 actually, I blew up my tranny. I
> decided that at this time, it was a good time to put in a 2.0L and the shop
> I took the car to was only too happy to oblige. Fast-forward a year later...
>
> About 7 weeks ago, my motor started to knock... mmm... rod knock. I'm
> finally experiencing the 16v woes I think. I decide to take the spare motor
> I have laying around to Momentum to have rebuilt. I call the previous shop
> that did the work on the car and the owner says "Wow, that's some bad luck
> you're having. Have a nice day." Ummm... thanks. My spare motor also
> coincidentally came from this shop in a round about way. The machine shop
> discovers that this supposedly fine low mileage spare motor I have has a bad
> rod and 3 stuck rings. Thank God I sent to be rebuilt. The supposedly fine
> used head that I have from a friend also needs work they tell me. Bent
> valves aren't good apparently.
>
> So, I'm driving a fair distance from my house when my knocking finally
> becomes a distinct clackety-clunk-knock and I have the car towed home at a
> cost of $260 cdn. Frig. Serves me right I suppose. Thanks to 16volt for
> rescuing me.
>
> My motor came out of my car yesterday so I went to Momentum and we opened it
> up and although I'm not super mechanic, I know that those bronze coloured
> shavings in the oil can't be good. #1 rod and bearing are toast. Same with
> the crank - toast. In the head, the valves are bent (saved you the valves
> and the bearing for your collection 16volt). To make this whole experience
> really fun, my tranny is also leaking from every seal ever put in it and the
> 2nd and reverse syncros are in need of replacement (and they'll throw a bolt
> kit in there).
>
> On the bright side, I'll finally get the headwork done that I wanted, I'll
> have a tight bottom end, another new clutch and a really strong tranny.
> We'll also do some other small performance mods too, although limited, since
> my budget is long since blown.
>
> Well, if you made it this far, thanks for reading!
>
>
> Lisa
> Vancouver, BC
> 87 2.0L 16V Scirocco
>
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