Parts laid out ready to assemble. Another happy customer 996 vs 997 intermediate shaft bearing. Not larger new bearing. We have now done several rebuilds on the 996 and 986 engines. All of the engines we have rebuilt have had failed intermediate shaft bearings. Some years ago we saw an early engine with the D…
Cylinder head off, block and pistons exposed Using jig to install thread repair inserts Vanos tool installed to set cam timing Camshafts installed Camshafts Installed Cams and cam towers removed Ready to go A failed cylinder head gasket is fairly common for E46 3 series BMW’s. The root cause is usually a problem with the…
Radiator and cooling fan removed Old water pump Old Pump removed This 5 series BMW came in with a leaking water pump. Luckily the owner was attentive and brought it in before more serious problems developed (see previous post). These pumps usually start leaking from the drive shaft but can also leak at the seal…
Bad Turbo New Turbo Engine on engine stand Lowering Engine Ready for the road This Cayenne came in to us with a customer concern about smoke coming out of the tailpipes at about 100,000 miles. An inspection of the tailpipes confirmed oily residue, further inspection of the turbo boost pipes showed liquid oil in the…
New & Used Brake Pads New & Used Brake Pads Porsche 911 Turbo S Porsche Ceramic Brakes All laid out with new brake hardware Lets get started The Porsche 911 turbo can be optioned with awesome ceramic brakes. Saving several pounds each and offering exceptional stopping ability they are really an engineering achievement. They do…
This engine had the classic intermediate shaft bearing failure. I have not seen and actual data on the failure rate of these bearings but many sources estimate it to be about 1%. When this bearing fails there is typically a loud banging noise coming from the engine and and a large oil leak at the…
The Parking brake cables on these VW Jettas can rust internally. This can cause the parking brake not to engage properly or not to disengage, neither of which are good situations. This is a pretty straightforward Volkswagen repair. Some interior panels are removed and the cables are detached from the parking brake assembly. They are then…
This particular Volkswagen Repair found a turbo charger that failed. It was severe failure where the impeller came off the turbo and large amounts of oil went through the turbo into the exhaust. We let the customer know when we installed the turbo that the catalytic converter would most likely have to be replaced as well, but…
Doing a brake job on an Audi A4 seems like a pretty simple job, and its certainly no problem for our factory trained technicians. Its the details that make sure the end result is a quiet, safe brake repair that restores the original Audi factory performance to you braking system. At DART auto we only…
We don’t see many of these, so I thought I would post a couple of pictures. From wikipedia, “Manufactured in Wolfsburg, Germany (1968–1974), Hannover, Germany (1974–1983), Puebla, Mexico (1970–1980), and Jakarta, Indonesia (1973–1980), the Type 181 shared its mechanicals with Volkswagen’s Type 1 (Beetle); its platform with the pre-1968 Volkswagen Microbus;[2] and its concept with the company’s Kübelwagen, which had been used by the…