Post #274,463
11/30/06 2:18:49 PM
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And the dye results are back.
One head gasket leaking, the other one seeping. $2200 to fix. A far cry from the initial $12.5K, but still. Blech.
Now it's a $17,200 car.
I got the guy to throw in a free winter checkup for me, at least. :-P
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #274,464
11/30/06 2:22:19 PM
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Well
At least its fixed (or in process)...and ideally this will put you in the drivers seat of a very nice car for some time to come.
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #274,466
11/30/06 2:24:25 PM
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Re: Well
That's the only saving grace... even at $17K it's still not a horrible deal for this car. Certifieds still go for a good deal more. Had I known going into it, of course...
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #274,465
11/30/06 2:22:27 PM
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Free is good.
:-)
With the way labor rates are these days, it doesn't sound too high. But it's a bummer.
Fingers crossed that they don't find anything else wrong with it for a while!
Enjoy your new car!!!
Cheers, Scott.
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Post #274,467
11/30/06 2:24:56 PM
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Ar, I plan to.
You can bet I'm driving the snot out of the poor thing now.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #274,471
11/30/06 3:06:50 PM
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If you want to scratch the fuzzy belly of paranoia
:-0
..you could, with second oil change after repair - take an oil sample and send off for analysis. It would (could) reveal signs of any bearing materials at alarming level -- possibly missed in the first diagnosis. The trace elements are often very specific re source.. babbitt in main/rod bearings - Indium flashing and such. I haven't investigated tranny fluid analysis - but I guess that could be revealing too: when an expensive one had been trashed/replaced repaired.
(First oil change, hopefully done soon after repairs - will, of course reflect the water/oil mix that occurred plus inevitable debris from the shop work done - a false positive I'd think.)
I gather from the motorheads that these oil analyses are being run on more sophisticated automated spectrometers than in past years ie. improved credibility, though doubtless.. there are still MBAs in that field too.
Enjoy
Oh and -- if you do put pedal to metal lots? -- an analysis a couple years later makes for interesting er, data! (You've heard of that?)
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Post #274,481
11/30/06 3:56:18 PM
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I'll keep that in mind.
I'm definitely paranoid about the car at this point.
Oh, and did I mention that I got my teeth cleaned right before I brought the car in? Just for added grit!
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #274,511
11/30/06 10:47:49 PM
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That explains it, then -
You "removed tartar"
Car thought you meant, "removed starter" so logic said: !=run ( One must speak d i s t i n c t l y around an Audi AI )
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Post #274,488
11/30/06 5:46:00 PM
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better than you thought, fingies xxed
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