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On 18 Aug 2004 at 19:11, Jacob Schroeder wrote: > When I did the overhaul 6 years ago, I believe case savers were already > installed. I'm 90% sure that they were because if I remember correctly, I > had to use the smaller diameter studs because the case savers were > installed. That makes sense. I just hope you used the 8mm torque, not the 10mm torque which will pull out the inserts. > I'm hoping it's something as easy as the heads coming loose. I had my VW > mechanic listen to it and he said he didn't think it sounded like it was an > internal engine noise. He thought it sounded more like an exhaust leak or > some other leak caused by a bad gasket or a loose head. That's what I'm > crossing my fingers for. I am able to drive it just fine at higher RPMs - > no real power loss at all. An exhaust leak would be a real blessing here. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~