Audi Junkie

Had it out for the desnorkel...



Repainted aluminum...



Added a smallish screen, functional. Pryed it out of a busted space heater and painted it Chevy Engine Block Red (orange).

Otherwise, it's coming along really well.





Intake/TB spray cleaning and Marvel Mystery Oil cleared up my clacky lifters. It's ready to run the second I turn the key.

Not bad for what I have into it. Success.

Audi Junkie

Resprayed my calipers BBQ Black Gloss too. Kinda tricky w/o pulling the wheels, but....

I'll do a write-up on the intake cleaning. I found a very good inlet. Anyone here ever do a WATER intake cleaning? lol, we have a long road ahead.

San Rensho

Were you getting valve clatter on startup or all the time? Did you put the MMO in the fuel or the oil?

Audi Junkie

Well, it was a lil smokey on start, even moreso the day after hammering it. Things took a few miles to settle down, with the ticky valvetrain and in general. Every day, it got a bit better, and a shorter distance until things were running normal. Smoke was just for a minute at cold idel

Upon adding MMO to the oil, it all quieted down and def quit smoking. Now, I did do a TB cleaning subsequently, but I give the old MMO credit. I'd just say to use it for a few hundred miles before draining. 8 or 9 quarts means at least 12-16 ounces. Put the rest in your gas.

I haven't had the car for more than a month, a 2002 w/42k.

I use 2-cycle in my fuel at 500:1, it may have also helped soften deposits before the TB cleaner blasted them off the valves. I use it in all my cars, all the time. We can talk about that in another thread, or here....later.

I should have mentioned the PSF changeover to ATF+4, that quieted the PS pump down a LOT.