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I'm hosed, broken spark plug!

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  1. Horkn

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    What motor was that, the 2.5? Or the 2.0t gas?

    My 40v 4.2 v8 Audi uses about a quart in 10,000 miles.
     
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    Don't worry about the engine oil. Just put 50:1 in the gas tank.
     
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    A 2 stroke 4 stroke. Lol

    I did drive a trabant while I was in Germany in the early 90s. Fan cooled 500 cc twin 2 stroke. Premix, not even oil injected. You could buy premix at all gas stations in former East Germany.
     
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    Yup, officially not talking to you anymore.
     
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    Pre-mix at the pump! :rofl: :lol: And the 26hp Trabant!
     
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    image.jpg
     
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    Just rolling back into town, my wife picked up the head from the machine shop this morning. Pics when I get to the house.
     
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    The 2.5l 5 cylinder. It consumed more oil inbetween oil changes, then what it took to change its oil.
     
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    Lol. I actually have a pic of me next to the white trabi of my host family's. My wife has it on the fridge. Complete with my acid washed Jean jacket.:rofl: :lol:
     
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    Lol. Mine doesn't have a timing belt either. It's got a chain....
     
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    the model is actually made of better materials than the real one!
     
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    It was amazing how they assembled the little cars with what we'd call "unconventional" materials. The advertising for them was quite humorous too. One showed a family camping with a little trailer attached.

    17 years from the point of order to delivery. Crazy stuff.
     
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    Here are the pics 20160220_074536.jpg 20160220_074555.jpg 20160220_074606.jpg 20160220_074622.jpg
     
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    The one my host family had, he got 1 year before reunification, and had he waited a year, he could've bought a pretty loaded 3 series. Heck, I was offered a running trabant for an extra pair of Levis. Sending an 1100 lb car back as a 17 yr old was an issue.

    Heck, I could've traded cotton for cotton. :rofl: :lol:

    I'd actually like to have one now, drop the biggest baddest triple piped triple 2 stroke sled motor in it and have fun. Give it German flag race stripes, and call it the DDR 800.


    OK, Unicorn1 , you got your head back, and the plug is out.

    Did you find out why 1 chamber is off color?
     
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    I have no idea.
     
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    You should compression test it once it's all back together. A good idea regardless but it will give you a rough idea of what kind of condition the Pistons/rings are in.

    Looks like they milled the head and did some valve work. If that's the case, it's prob gonna run a whole lot better and burn less oil.

    Don't forget that nasty-seize on the plug threads. Doesn't take much but it makes a big difference later on.
     
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    fresh parts are cool. getting ready to put it back together?
     
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    I still need all the gaskets, timing set, water pump etc.
     
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    check on headbolts, they are single use bolts on some engines. just trying to help. where do you get your parts?
     
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