Oh dear - (was - sickly Ur quattro)

["Jim Haseltine" <Jim@ur-q.freeserve.co.uk>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Payne <quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk>

>White and smells acrid?  Sign of burning coolant.  Blue is usually valve
>guides or a turbo seal.  Looking for a cause of both together?  Something
>serious has happened to the head gasket between #4 and #5 or behind
>#5.  On the MB, this doesn't always result in exhaust products in the
>coolant, which is the usual sign otherwise.


Hmm.. Head and gasket are about 20 months old but there could be a problem
there although the car isn't drinking coolant the way it did last time -
I'll check inside the cyclinders tomorrow,....BUT, I retrieved my lost 10mm
socket by removing the rh headlamp and hooking the socket out with a bent
coathanger and a thought struck me - when I'd described the clouds of smoke
to a friend earlier today I said it looked just like a blown turbo, so I
removed the turbo hoses to take a look. Very little oil in the front of the
turbo, less than I expected to see, but I got a surprize when I took hold of
the impellor shaft - it moved, there's so much play that not only can I feel
it and see it move - I can hear it rattle too.

>> Hmm.. Theres a white 88 for sale not to far from me - asking price is
>> less than GBP6k - a drastic solution but it would give me something
>> more powerful (and classy) than the Metro to drive until I get this
>> one fixed.
>
>If it's the one in Preston - contact Roger Galvin or Richard Simmonds.


Its in the Selby area, white, grey leather, 'maintained regardless', 'new
job forces sale', etc etc.... still, its nearly half the price of the one at
Kirk Lane Motors.

>> But can I really justify three of these cars?
>
>Galvin has three ur-quattro, a 200TQ and a Coupe quattro.  I think (and
>I've told him) that he's an idiot.  He also has two small children and
>(for the moment at least) a wife.


Ah, I waited _until_ my wife left - then I bought the first ur-quattro.

Jim Haseltine