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  • Bill-B
    E30 Fanatic
    • Apr 2007
    • 1242

    #1

    Is sand bad for my motor?

    Friend linked me to this


    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.


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  • golde30
    R3V OG
    • Nov 2003
    • 11464

    #2
    that had to be a troll post. no way any1 is that retarded///
    IG: @Baye30

    FRONT VALENCE IS ZENDER!!! STOP FILLING MY PM BOX PPL!!!

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    • Jand3rson
      Banned
      • Oct 2003
      • 37587

      #3
      That story is older than the interweb.

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      • lovemy318

        #4
        dude, i hope you are kidding. really. excuse my language but WHY THA FUCK would you suck sand into a running engine? thats still in the car? that you drive daily?
        thats seriously dumb shit!
        i hope this was a joke

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        • LINUS
          R3VLimited
          • Jul 2004
          • 2422

          #5
          Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
          That story is older than the interweb.
          Yup Yup - that was a urban legend before all us kiddies ever got internet. I heard it as a V8 motor when I heard it in ~1990.

          It's not how you handle the good times, but the faith you keep in the bad that defines you.

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          • golde30
            R3V OG
            • Nov 2003
            • 11464

            #6
            remember the thread where the guy sucked a tube sock into his s54?? that was HILARIOUS!
            IG: @Baye30

            FRONT VALENCE IS ZENDER!!! STOP FILLING MY PM BOX PPL!!!

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            • Jordan
              R3V OG
              • Oct 2003
              • 12907

              #7
              I remember reading that back when BEN was the place.
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              • asubimmer
                R3V OG
                • Jul 2004
                • 6482

                #8
                Originally posted by golde30
                remember the thread where the guy sucked a tube sock into his s54?? that was HILARIOUS!
                that was on e46fanatics

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                • Justin B
                  Sikky Nar Nar
                  • Mar 2005
                  • 4273

                  #9
                  ahhaha, I remember that sock thread.

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                  • Car Addict
                    E30 Enthusiast
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 1100

                    #10
                    holy hell i never heard either yes it is sad but damn the sock is the best one ever
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                    • threlevenguy
                      E30 Enthusiast
                      • Dec 2006
                      • 1057

                      #11
                      i Just did this MOD to my b16Haztch! Gettin HP gains out the ASS!! i ownzer any bmw porsche lamborghini on the road!!!

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                      • Ablice
                        Wrencher
                        • Sep 2006
                        • 261

                        #12
                        Originally posted by threlevenguy
                        i Just did this MOD to my b16Haztch! Gettin HP gains out the ASS!! i ownzer any bmw porsche lamborghini on the road!!!
                        Wanna race?

                        Ah gwats de bestah b15 on dah plahnut
                        :mrgreen:

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                        • sunset_tintiner
                          Banned
                          • Oct 2007
                          • 92

                          #13
                          wow i thought tinting headlight was stupid

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                          • Farbin Kaiber
                            Lil' Puppet
                            • Jul 2007
                            • 29502

                            #14
                            Originally posted by sunset_tintiner
                            wow i thought tinting headlight was stupid
                            Ironic.

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                            • sunset_tintiner
                              Banned
                              • Oct 2007
                              • 92

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Farbin Kaiber
                              Ironic.
                              i knew you would like it

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