Posted: 9/17/2007 2:34:01 AM EDT
while surfing another board i found this.  Hey guys, I've got a 98 1.8T. I've had a k04 and chip for a while and wanted to get more performance. I was recommended to port and polish the intake and exhaust. We found out they used abrasive material to do it like gritty sand. So I got with my friend that tunes Hondas and we decided to try it ourselves. We got a bag of sandblasting sand and hooked up into the intake and started the car. We had to hold the gas so it would run. He wanted to let the engine suck in the sand through the intake so it would port it out and then push it out the ehxaust so it would port the exhaust manifold. I was worried that it might cause problems but he figured it'd be OK as long as we didn't make boost and it get sucked in the turbo. After running the car and letting it suck in sand we got about half way through a 25 lb bag. The check engine light was on and the engine was bucking and kicking and sounding really weird. We stopped and hooked the car back up normal and took off the sand supply. We tried to start it again and it was really hard. Once started it couldn't idle and kept making weird noises. We took it out and drove it and it started to make scraping and knocking noises. Help! Can anyone tell me what to do! My buddy only does Hondas so he doesn't know much about Audis. |
   Hey guys, please help with my mods gone wrong... Original link. People that are too stupid to own a Honda, buy an Audi. |
| In all the years I have been building cars, I have to say I have never EVER heard such a story. It almost has to be fake. That motor is trash. The reason they put filters on for incoming air is to prevent abrasives and trash from getting in. You have to realize that you have run the sand through the entire motor, so your valves and piston rings are probably chewed to hell. HOLY CHRIST... I still think this is fake |
I've seen a tech fill crankcase with coolant and radiator with oil. :P He failed the drug test shortly thereafter lol |
I have a friend who had his motor fried after an oil change. They forgot to install an oil filter. Fortunately when they reviewed the tape the manager confirmed the tech caused the problem by failing to install the filter. He ended up with a new motor, installed. Jim |
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free float barrel by tying on water wings :) |