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Vehicle & Technical => Not Anything Listed Above.... => Topic started by: richard_sephton on September 05, 2006, 13:37:33

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: richard_sephton on September 05, 2006, 13:37:33

dose any one know a good place to get a head gasket for a 1.9l audi engine from 1972 i have tryed my local part suplyers and they have not got or can not get any thing

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: wing nut on September 05, 2006, 15:43:03

stupid question ...have you not tried audi themselves .????

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: richard_sephton on September 05, 2006, 17:03:01

they dont beleve me that audi existed bfor 1977 and when i give them the part number it comes up as obsoleet

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: bronco on September 05, 2006, 17:11:01

guessing the blag would be your best bet-try searching across Europe-ya never know :)

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: richard_sephton on September 05, 2006, 17:17:54

i think i will have to use the old one it had only been used in the engine for about five minutes must have been the last one in the world if that dont work its out with the instant gasket :lol:

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: hobbit on September 05, 2006, 17:47:07

Consider the fact that the engine you have would have a chance of being fitted in other cars. not just your model, you may come across another vehicle that has a different part number but the same engine

Not much of a help but if so you could look under the other model too :wink:

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: wing nut on September 05, 2006, 18:09:23

Quote from: "hobbit"

Consider the fact that the engine you have would have a chance of being fitted in other cars. not just your model, you may come across another vehicle that has a different part number but the same engine

Not much of a help but if so you could look under the other model too :wink:

i agree its worth a try .. you might find a mk 1 golf or older may fit ,

have you tried engine reconditioners ,they have to get thier gakets from somewhere :wink:

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: Andy the Landy on September 05, 2006, 22:05:08

Try the owners clubs - have a Google :wink:

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: richard_sephton on September 06, 2006, 21:22:59

i found a 1969-1979 Audi 100 coupe s owners club which strangely enought is what the engine is out of and rung them up and found out hu have all of the head gaskets :lol:

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: Disco Inferno on September 21, 2006, 14:29:02

your not wrong about audi
Aparently the company didn't exist before 1986

which is bizare given its reputation in the early 80s

you try getting parts for an 85 80 quattro

Rockign horse [PooPoo] is easier to come by than a part

I have to resort to eithe rfinding a scrap one and rebuilding or making summut new

You should find that the 1.9 5 pot motr was used  also in passats up until around 1986
And funnily enough i know where there is one in a scrappers

If you get really stuck
try

www.quattro-forum.com

or pete reeve at quattro corner

he knows audi's inside out and seems to be able to magic parts out of thin air

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: TEMPL4R on October 01, 2006, 20:01:34

It was Auto Union, Deutche Industrie ( AUDI ) until VW took control.

Search for stuff under that.

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: richard_sephton on October 02, 2006, 23:13:17

mine is the 4cyl i got the head gasket next day but i dont think me engine is gonna run too smoothly tho the compretions down quite alot on one cylinder

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: offroad4x4 on July 23, 2007, 20:43:51

i work in a small garage and to be honest its not reali worth doin it will cost u about £700 all togther m8

Title: 1972 Audi 100 Head Gasket
Post by: Evilgoat on July 23, 2007, 21:31:42

Audi Ceased to be for a while then came back, but it was the 80s when it really turned up again. Having owned a C3 Audi 100, oneof the first off the line I know they were about from at least 83. All that remains of Auto Union is the 4 rings.

I'm guessing yours would be a C1, which was the first car ever produced by what we now know as Audi after it ceased to be Auto Union, I dont think I have ever seen one. I've seend C2s about by the bucketload though. There are a few specialist breakers about and they may be able to help. Also look up the number for Autotechnic in Totton, Hants for any Audi parts, hell they can even get my composite propshaft and they were works items :)

Audifans is always worth a gander too.

You might want to look to the 80 and possibly the VW Sirocco too IIRC.