Not a GOOD DYI
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Not a GOOD DYI 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???
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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Rep Power: 0 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..
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..
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Rep Power: 374 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.
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Rep Power: 0 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!
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