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Subject:Audi 5000 turbo motor info
From:Pat Dooley
Date:Sun, 2 May 1999 23:55:15 -0400

For those contemplating a turbo 5000 motor for a vanagon engine swap, be
sure the donor motor has strait valves.  This is an interference motor, as I
found out.

Most important maintenance on this engine is changing the timing belt.

I recently purchased an 86 Audi 5000 turbo, got it cheap because the timing
belt went and took out the exhaust valves.

I have pics of the engine damage, pmail if interested.

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