Redneck Truck

B&B Muffler in Carrollton, just west of Dallas. The guy was pretty handy and really knew his stuff.

in the noise

Timing belt was done about 10k miles ago. I do not believe any seals were done at the time. Looking at what needs to be done to get at the cam seals, oh dear.


So this weekend I will be trying to determine which seals are leaking. I guess I'll pull the expansion tank and see what I can see back there.

Thanks for everyones input on this by the way

ECS Tuning-Audi

Definitely inspect all your seals. Oil can seep out and get on the exhaust then burn off. IIRC the intake ducting for the cabin is under the hood so it can very easily get drawn in and blown into the cabin.

Jason

in the noise

Passenger side cam plug looks to be leaking pretty bad. I'll fix that one first and go from there. Replacement on order from ECS tuning, also picked up the window guides as those are on their way out as well.

thanks

guys

Thanks

ECS Tuning-Audi

^^ Thanks for the order!! Hopefully it takes care of the issue!

Jason

in the noise

Well, replaced the cam plug. Which has fixed the problem.



http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/078103113E/ES3181/

Fortunately the offending piece was on the passenger side. Once you have expansion tank out of the way you have pretty good access. Lord knows how you get at the drivers side one, it looks to be a bit tricky. I thought I'd right up what I did in case its of use to others and also incase I did something stupid, you guys can pull me up before on it.

How I did it,

1. Engine was warm. My thinking was that the cover would expand and make it easier to insert the plug.
2. Big screwdriver through the side of the plug. It pops right off
3. Wiped the sludge from around the hole.
4. Placed the new plug in by hand, pushing in as hard as possible.
5. Got a bit stuck at this point as I couldn't apply sufficient pressure to get the plug in all the way. Tried a few things, best I could do was us a ~3ft steel pipe pivoted on a piece of wood at the engine compartment bulkhead. I was able to push the bugger all the way in.


Learning from my mistakes

1. Get a rag or some oil absorbing item underneath the plug as you remove it. Mine came out and a good glug of black sludgy oil came out. If you don't catch it, like me, it lands on the exhaust manifold underneath. It took about a half hour of running the engine with the bonnet open to burn off all the oil.


Thats about it. Again thanks for the help, 'til the next time

ITN