Stuck side seal in a rebuild engine
Front rotor is experiencing a single lower number of the 3 bounces.
Was anyone successful in freeing a stuck side seal using chemicals? The engine is a non turbo S4, I did switch over to OMP metered 2-cycle oil. Any thoughts? |
It's a fresh build? Do you have a catalytic converter?
Run a gallon of water through the engine. Use vacuum nipples on the UIM towards the front of the engine. Have a friend rev the motor to about 3k rpm while you stick a clean piece of silicone hose in a gallon of water. Don't go too crazy with it, I'd split the gallon up into about three or four 'pulls,' let the car idle normally and cool off in between. |
Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
(Post 10865338)
It's a fresh build? Do you have a catalytic converter?
Run a gallon of water through the engine. Use vacuum nipples on the UIM towards the front of the engine. Have a friend rev the motor to about 3k rpm while you stick a clean piece of silicone hose in a gallon of water. Don't go too crazy with it, I'd split the gallon up into about three or four 'pulls,' let the car idle normally and cool off in between. |
If it's stuck after a rebuild, it's probably not carbon buildup sticking it. Try forcing a gratuitous amount of oil through a vacuum line and spin the engine over by hand a few times. Let it sit, spin, sit, spin, etc. It'll smoke like crazy. There's a few different ways the seal could be stuck. One possibility is a burr is keeping it pinned down, which would probably take a few redlines to unstick it.
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if it's that new of an engine and hasn't freed up by now, nothing you do is EVER going to free it up. tear it back apart.
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