[urq] cracks on 20v head?

[Brandon Rogers]

I had a couple fairly bad cracks on my 20V head (3B) between the plug hole
and valve seats in one or two cylinders.  I don't know the threshold for
them being okay vs. not okay - I had a good aluminum welder repair them - I
believe he drilled out the cracks and filled back in with Alum.  Was about
$300 IIRC (and at the time it was cheaper/quicker than trying to find
another head....)

...not sure how helpful that is....

Brandon 

-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of Fluhr
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 12:44 PM
To: urq at audifans.com
Subject: [urq] cracks on 20v head?



Listers,

Are cracks in 20v heads common, like between the valve seats on a 10v? A
friend's head has a crack between the spark plug hole and one of the exhaust
valve seats.  Is the head still serviceable if the crack is small enough?

Thanks,
Eric
'82 urq
_______________________________________________
Audifans urq mailing list
Send posts to: mailto:urq at audifans.com
Manage your list connection: http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/urq
UPG2008 planning at: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/urquattro/

You can help keep the audifans site running by shopping at
http://audifans.com/shop/