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"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
09/22/2019 at 23:42 • Filed to: None

Don’t let the Audi 4.2 timing chains bite.

DISCUSSION (19)

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/22/2019 at 23:46

Plastic timing chain guides = weight savings

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/22/2019 at 23:47

I like your thinking

pip bip - choose Corrour > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/22/2019 at 23:58

Especially to your wallet

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/22/2019 at 23:59

“Moving the timing chains to the back side of the engine....”

Means more billable hours for VAG dealers worldwide

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/23/2019 at 00:00

As an aside, I think the numbers bear me out— the “most reliable” of the Audi 4.2s was actually the ABZ designed in the early 1990s . All downhill from there.

Urambo Tauro > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/23/2019 at 00:13

Kinja'd!!!

RPM esq. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/23/2019 at 00:38

I’m a big fan of weight savings choices at the expense of durability on street cars that save less weight than, like, the driver e ating a smaller lunch.

Dogsatemypants > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/23/2019 at 02:42

Go home audi, you're drunk

Echo51 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/23/2019 at 02:56

Try and look up pictures of the timing gear set used in the V10 TDI for the touraeq, keep a towel handy.

jimz > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/23/2019 at 04:58

Timing chains on back of engine = because fuck you, that’s why

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Echo51
09/23/2019 at 05:57

It looks like a clock.

jimz > Echo51
09/23/2019 at 06:20

At least they’re gears, that should be relatively simpl...

Kinja'd!!!

Oh, Jesus Christ VW.

keep a towel handy .

Nope. “Making things way more complicated than they need to be” is not good engineering. Even if it is the way the Germans tend to do it.

I swear the engineering mindset over there is “let’s design in as many potential failure modes as we can think of and still make it work.” Oh, and “let’s use a screw head nobody has ever seen before.”