Not a GOOD DYI

misio4 · 03-31-2003

Hey guys, I've got a 98 1.8T. I've had a k04 and chip for a while and wanted to get more performance. I was recommended to port and polish the intake and exhaust. We found out they used abrasive material to do it like gritty sand. So I got with my friend that tunes Hondas and we decided to try it ourselves. We got a bag of sandblasting sand and hooked up into the intake and started the car. We had to hold the gas so it would run. He wanted to let the engine suck in the sand through the intake so it would port it out and then push it out the ehxaust so it would port the exhaust manifold.
I was worried that it might cause problems but he figured it'd be OK as long as we didn't make boost and it get sucked in the turbo. After running the car and letting it suck in sand we got about half way through a 25 lb bag. The check engine light was on and the engine was bucking and kicking and sounding really weird. We stopped and hooked the car back up normal and took off the sand supply. We tried to start it again and it was really hard. Once started it couldn't idle and kept making weird noises. We took it out and drove it and it started to make scraping and knocking noises.
Help! Can anyone tell me what to do! My buddy only does Hondas so he doesn't know much about Audis.

Would you attempt to do this yourself???

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wcsjunior · 03-31-2003

HELL NO!! isnt that the samething as like hydro-locking the car but with sand??? thats crazy dude. i would have never done that..
some of that sand probably didnt make it out the exhaust and is in ur engine.. and that knocking noise....... well, u probably already know what that means when ur engine starts to knock..

flotsamm · 03-31-2003

Someone posted this before here and on another Audi/VW site.. suppose to be a a joke obviously.

CarbonFly · 03-31-2003

REPOST........i posted that about a week ago. hahahh

Slainte · 03-31-2003

dude, we've already seen this here... this has been on countless other boards...

IBTL

Jodster · 03-31-2003

Well you've got sand in your combustion chamber and your miss firing. And you made a really big mistake by driving it. You morethan likely not have sand all in your turbo. The motor is going to have to be pulled apart and cleaned out. I sure as hope you didn't shear anything.

wcsjunior · 03-31-2003

damn... sure had me going... i was thinkin "OMG, what kind of a......" well, u get the idea.. lol

Jodster · 03-31-2003

I hope this is a joke. If not your a dumba$$ for thinking that sand was ok for the motor.

dragoon · 03-31-2003

hey last week called, he wants his shit back

CUE2k1 · 03-31-2003

I can't believe you even tried some shiet like that!!! MAN!! I thought hydro-locking my car was bad when I ran over a deep puddle (Unintentional of course) and here comes your story. I don't feel so bad anymore!

GoOkStA · 03-31-2003

i seen that awhile ago on s2ki and audi

RoadRunner · 03-31-2003

damn why did you do that, you should make sure and verify stuff like that before you do it, espically when it comes to internals of the motor

S2000man01 · 03-31-2003

ya. old joke.