Another Good Reason Why VW/Audi Sucks (with Pics)
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Another Good Reason Why VW/Audi Sucks (with Pics)
Have you ever thought that you would like to put a plastic windage tray in your engine? Of course not! It's obviously a stupid idea...unless you are a VW/Audi engineer.
These are pictures I took at an engine rebuild shop here in Tampa. Among the "souvenirs" that live in a little box on the front counter of the shop is this little gem.
It looks like an oil pickup tube swallowed a shop rag...until you pick it up.
The plastic is hard at room temperature and is firmly stuck up in the pickup tube.
This came from a VW 1.8T engine that got a little warm on a trip back from Orlando and the woman (surprise) decided not to pull over for it to cool down. The same or a similar windage tray lives in the 2.0T according to the shop.
Enjoy the pics
Notice the rivets that are supposed to retain the windage tray are still with it.
These are pictures I took at an engine rebuild shop here in Tampa. Among the "souvenirs" that live in a little box on the front counter of the shop is this little gem.
It looks like an oil pickup tube swallowed a shop rag...until you pick it up.
The plastic is hard at room temperature and is firmly stuck up in the pickup tube.
This came from a VW 1.8T engine that got a little warm on a trip back from Orlando and the woman (surprise) decided not to pull over for it to cool down. The same or a similar windage tray lives in the 2.0T according to the shop.
Enjoy the pics
Notice the rivets that are supposed to retain the windage tray are still with it.
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Here's a pic or two sniped from vwvortex. It looks like the tray also directs oil from the head drain ports to the sump.
Notice the rivets in the first pic.
EDIT: It looks like the 3.2 VW/Audi engine uses a plastic one as well.
Notice the rivets in the first pic.
EDIT: It looks like the 3.2 VW/Audi engine uses a plastic one as well.
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