Valve cover off at 122,000 miles=

[Jim 5]

Franky, apart from a bit of normal wear on the cam surfaces, this looks to me like what I would (in my uneducated point of view) would expect to see if you opened the valve cover on a brand new engine after it had been run for an hour or so.

Pretty impressive, thanks for posting this!

 

[Gary Allan]

PHOTOSHOP!!!

 

[moribundman]

Maybe I cheated by taking the valve cover off and taking a picture after a thorough cleaning with some secret cleaner!

 

[Aldaris]

moribundblend

 

[moribundman]

"The best part of waking up is moribundblend in your cup."©®™

 

[Jim 5]

moriblendman

 

[moribundman]

Sounds lethal.

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
PHOTOSHOP!!!

While the photo is a bit washed out and not up to the usual moripar, has this been been handed down in indictment form?

What's the scoop?

 

[moribundman]

The picture was taken in 2003 with a lousy 2 MP point&shoot. I won't stand for bullcrap accusations:

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1343062#Post1343062

 

[Pablo]

Frank just says stuff........people have spoken to him about that.

 

[BrianWC]

Proof of the efficacy of MMOri. I think we have this figured out now.

 

[OVERKILL]

Ouch, those are some wild accusations!

 

[Shannow]

Originally Posted By: moribundman
A blast from the past: This is a picture of the left bank of my '96 A4's V6 engine without the valve cover.

Up to that point in 2003 I had used Castrol 5W-50. More often than not I added a few days before every oil change 1/2 quart of MMO to the sump and drove the car gently, a practice which I have picked up again a couple oil changes ago.

When I replaced a leaky valve cover at 122 k miles, I took this picture:

At that time oil consumption was high, mostly caused by leaks that hadn't been fixed. Some of the oil consumption was, based on BITOG expert opinion, due to a "dirty engine." Dirt, which alledgedly was hiding in the darkest, deepest creveces, such as piston grooves -- where you can't see the dirt.

Did the suggested A-RX treatment. Six years and 68 k miles later I wonder how it looks underneath the valve cover. I'm hoping for a valve cover to begin leaking. So far, no signs of it! Curiosity may drive me to open up the engine anyway. Just for you guys!

Honestly don't know what all the fuss was about

 

[moribundman]

MWAHAHAHAHA!

 

[Shannow]

German engineering looks pretty antiquated to me.

Although I do like the idea of double in block cams outside the crankshaft centreline. Would make an interesting timing belt run to clear the water pump.

 

[Shannow]

Plot thickens.

Stumbled across this pic somewhere else...remarkably similar perspective.

 

[moribundman]

Hmm, I think this image may have been tinkered with!

 

[greenaccord02]

Originally Posted By: Shannow
Plot thickens.

Stumbled across this pic somewhere else...remarkably similar perspective.

This looks photoshopped. I can tell by carefully examining the pixels.

 

[Pablo]

U funnee mAN

 

[StevieC]

That's the ARX cleaning the engine... See all the smiles?