chloe16v
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why wasnt it reported by the owner? 
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/audi-sports-car-stripped-parts-6673528
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big eck
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Registered: 20th Apr 03
Location: Tullibody. Drives - Audi B8 S4 & Fiesta Zetec-S
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Insurance job
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Not sure I'd have gone to the trouble of taking the engine, must be a reason the car has been abandoned.
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Ben J
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
Location: Cheshire
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Had to have been nicked. If you just got stuck you'd blatantly get it recovered ASAP??? As if you'd just leave it there.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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That or drug dealer who'll just buy a new one.
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Col004
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Registered: 25th Jun 03
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That's been stripped and dumped there.
It's been properly cut up.
I don't believe that's happened at the road side.
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nathy_87
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I'm shocked on how many parts have been taken tbh. Sledge anyone?
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Mattb
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Not sure I'd have gone to the trouble of taking the engine, must be a reason the car has been abandoned.
engine would have been fine mechanically.. just a little soggy
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John
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Surely engine could be pretty bad if someone has tried to drive through it and managed to get water in it?
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Mattb
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it could potentially have water in the cylinders, but not enough compression to bend the rods on them..
in comparison, we had a V8 Tdi Q7 in the other day, same thing, driven through deep water and hydraulic locked. Took out the wet filters, dropped the boost hoses off both intercoolers and emptied them out, removed all 8 glow plugs and cranked to engine to empty the cylinders.. it started after it was back together.. i have a vid on my phone of all the water running out the exhaust 
Compression was down across the board however - not below minimum spec, but on a 13000 mile engine it was close enough to the minimum.. insurance co wrote the car off!
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John
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Fair enough. I knew you could get away with it sometimes but I thought that was only if you were really lucky.
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JordyCarter
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Parts have been cut havent they? So some guy with cutting tools has been down there and nobody has bat an eyelid??? There would be mass noise and sparks lol
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sc0ott
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You find lots of empty shells when the tide is out. Floods must have the same effect on cars.
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
it could potentially have water in the cylinders, but not enough compression to bend the rods on them..
in comparison, we had a V8 Tdi Q7 in the other day, same thing, driven through deep water and hydraulic locked. Took out the wet filters, dropped the boost hoses off both intercoolers and emptied them out, removed all 8 glow plugs and cranked to engine to empty the cylinders.. it started after it was back together.. i have a vid on my phone of all the water running out the exhaust
Compression was down across the board however - not below minimum spec, but on a 13000 mile engine it was close enough to the minimum.. insurance co wrote the car off!
Silly question,
On our old Petrol jetski's, you'd quite often flood the engine after doing various tricks.
Spark plug out, WD40 in, turn it over with starter, place a thumb over the spark plug hole leaving a tiny gap. After a few minutes of water splashing out, you'd dry the plug off, pop it back in, boooom off you went again. Engines never suffered any problems after either (well, until you flooded it the next weekend).
Is this pretty much the same thing?
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Mattb
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pretty much, its just that diesels run so much more compression coupled with the low down torque to bend the rods when the cylinders are filled with fluid.
Petrol engines just dont normally have the guts to do it (which is a good thing really)
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Daimo B
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So a derv can run in water as long as its got air, but if water gets in its screwed.
A petrol can't run in water, even if its got air, but if water gets it, it can still work after being cleared.
Engines, madness
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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I've known two petrol engines which have bent rods, that red GSi I had and a 406 coupe.
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Steve
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Had a hose pumping water into the throttle body of an old 106 gti.
Max revs, shit loads of white smoke. Hydraulic lock. An hour later the fucker started. Did this 4 or 5 times. It just wouldn't die.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Petrol engines typically have a much lower compression ratio to diesels so you can get away with a bit of water in the bores. Hose-piping water into the engine though, that's mad!
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ed
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Then again, I remember my 1.2 8v Corsa engine taking lots of water related abuse. It would end up running on three cylinders for a bit and then jump back into life.
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3CorsaMeal
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
You find lots of empty shells when the tide is out. Floods must have the same effect on cars.
I will lol for you
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