🏆 We’re Feeling the Love, Minnesota! 🏆
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🏆 We’re Feeling the Love, Minnesota! 🏆
View full postCongratulations to our newest Expert-level technician, Mario Salinas, for graduating from Audi's AEP program.
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Which Audi model best represents the brand's performance and luxury legacy?
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The new Q5 and A5 models launched with new technology. When a new model launches, we are in launch phase and have to contact Audi before proceeding with any repairs - big or small. Learning the new technology is challenging and exciting.
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💙 Making Miracles Happen at Miracle Place 💙
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Please join us in welcoming the newest members of our team!!
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Got this heavy duty work truck back to work after we custom made & replaced his hitch & trailer receiver.
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What's the number one thing a tech needs for a successful career in auto technology and repair?
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A great shop runs on 3 things:
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What tool brand do you trust the most?
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Another lift going in. This will be the second one we've added this year. Look at us grow!
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Sometimes you have to take the opportunity to do something different than your day to day, willingly lose against the clock to learn something to help you do better in the future.
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The balance shaft chain was a dead giveaway on that engine. Sounds like a lifter failed and wiped the cam, usually happens on the V8s, but I have heard of a time or two on the 6. First time I had to do a VLOM on that and found out I had to pull the oil pan to get it off I was rather grumpy. Bad repressed memories there. Anyhow, it's always good to stretch one's abilities, so good for you for tackling something new.
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Every company that uses lifters seems to be having issues.. I beleive a lot of it harks back to quality. Far to often its parts made by the lowest bidder with the highest volume.
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Jay, there are several issues: cheap parts like Paul mentioned, weak plastic retainer trays that wear and allow the lifters to rotate in the bore (nearly instantaneous camshaft wipeout on a roller lifter cam), constantly cycling internal parts that wear out, and variations in oil pressure and consistency from lack of maintenance coupled with all of the above.
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