Yes. '00 Arctic silver/red with NH plates. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Car has been sitting for a week. Started it to put it in the garage to check compression. Ran a little rough as usual upon starting. #3 plug darker than the rest. Compression in #3 was 137. Others varied from 120 to 136. #3 plug looked damp. Resistance varied, 1500/2500 ohms. Cleaned plug. Resistance infinity. Coolant measured 1500 ohms. Looks like a head gasket! Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Thanks for the thought on the head gasket. Yes, the plug was clean, but not a lot more than the others. It runs well enough so I didn't think a compression test would show much. I'll check it and leak down, too. I'll let you know in a week or so. Edby Ed B - Main Forum
Hi all, 3.0 Audi V6. 128000 miles. CEL. Changed coil, swapped plug and injector. No change. Still #3. Has slight lifter noise on start up and runs a little rough on start up. Takes a few days to a week to set code P0300 & P0303. Daily check of readiness and pending codes show nothing. O2 sensors and MAF check OK. It's also using some coolant but no oily coolant or foamy oil. Any ideas? Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Baxster (B & W cat) doesn't have his own board. He does bring the w(h)ine, though. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Look like pieces of an IMS bearing ball separator. Any small black rubber like pieces, too? Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Grant, Thanks for the interest. The cover rubs and breaks the printed circuit in one area and sometimes shorts out other circuits. Both boards failed in the same area, one worse than the other. The tach failures were different and the speedo didn't fail on the first one. I repaired the second board and now the clock works, but still no tach or speedo. All other instruments work. Might be the voltby Ed B - Main Forum
I've checked the items you suggest. I tried the old instrument cluster and its old (different) problems are still there. I changed the display unit with no improvement. The tach and speedo run off different sensors although they may use the same chip. Edby Ed B - Main Forum
The printed circuits on the board are abraded by the cover and break. In some cases short out on other circuits. I'll try to get a pic, but it won't be easy. They are tiny. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Hi all, Any electronics experts that can help me with my '95 Audi S6? A few months ago, the tach started doing strange things and the analog clock didn't work. I pulled thee instrument cluster and found a damaged circuit board. I found a used cluster and installed it. All was well but a couple of illumination bulbs were burned out. I waited a few weeks for warmer weather, pulled the cluster and rby Ed B - Main Forum
On the first day of spring, 6" of snow. More on Thursday. Have to plow the driveway again. The Boxster gets another few weeks of sleep. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Some water, but not too bad. I'll have to do a little excavating this summer. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Try the Porsche Travel Club. A dealer should have the book of tours. You can also find info on the Porsche web site. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
We have a DE at NHMS in 4 weeks. I don't think I can find the Boxster in the garage by then. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Hi all, Spring is finally here at The Balsams grand Hotel. Last Sunday, heavy rain and mud. Sunday night and Monday, 20" plus of snow. Great skiing and sun Tuesday and Wednesday. Today heavy snow and 50 mph wind. Tomorrow rain? I'll try to find the Audi this afternoon. Rain at home in New London, NH. Great old hotel, fabulous food and good friends. We've been coming here for 30 years. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Planning to go. Hope they have a cold spell. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
The oil may be black from particles worn from the seal. If the oil smells burned, it could be from overheated seals. If the oil smells "fishy",(no pun intended), it could be from extreme pressure additives in the oil. Something to think about. I believe that the oil level in the engine is at the IMS bearing when full. If the oil level is on the low limit, there may not be enough oil splashed onby Ed B - Main Forum
I've driven almost every type of transmission made. Crash boxes, two speed automatics (Powerglide), five speed automatics, PDK, three to six speed manuals, two speed axels and construction equipment. My current collection includes three crash boxes, six syncro manuals, and two five speed automatics. Each has its good and bad points. I've driven a PDK on the track and had one for a week in Germanyby Ed B - Main Forum
Either bearing should be fine. FAG and Timken are reputable manufacturers. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Harbor Freight carries the tool shown by Pelican. Not very expensive. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Any body want some? I have an excess. 4" last night on top of 2 ft with another 1 or 2 ft today. It's snowing so hard now, I can't keep up with it. Defroster on high will barely keep the windshield clear on the plow. (there's enough scotch and wine in the cellar to last the storm.) More snow Saturday? Global warming. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Right. I'll take oil splash lubrication over grease any time. It's a little hard to splash lube wheel bearings, though. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Not necessarily. An IMS bearing without seals receives clean filtered oil in a closed environment provided you change the oil and filter as recommended. An open bearing on a piece of construction equipment wont last regardless of what the lube is. A sealed, greased bearing will not last as long as an open bearing continuously lubed with clean oil. Grease is a mixture of oil and a thickener. Commoby Ed B - Main Forum
All the sealed IMS bearings I have examined have no obvious grease in them. Just a little dirty oil. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Boxsterra, Please reread my posts. Engine oil is a suitable bearing lubricant IF the viscosity and/or speed is sufficient to prevent metal to metal contact. 0-40 has too low a viscosity. 15-50 is better. Water will work if the loads are light and the speeds are high enough but I don't recommend it. ( many high speed bearings are lubed with an air/oil mist) Oil splash will remove debris and coolby Ed B - Main Forum
No seal is perfect. If it was, the bearing wouldn't turn. I've been there in my 35 years as a bearing engineer. The IMS is not a good application for a ball gearing. Even if the seal were perfect, when the oil in the grease is used up, the bearing will fail. (Grease is just a small amount of oil with a thickener to hold it in place). Clean oil is required to lubricate and cool the bearing for loby Ed B - Main Forum
Yes, an original, small version. i used to do a lot of rallying. Home made electric odometer and a stop watch or two. My car of choice was a '55 Porsche powered VW or a '54 1300 Super Cabriolet. The 1300 Super was featured in an issue of Christoforus in the late 50's. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
Thanks from NH, too. Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum
While we are on this thread, anyone else have a Curta in a metal can? Ed Bby Ed B - Main Forum