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Saturday, January 7, 2012

How will medical bills be paid out of the lawsuits?

I found a really interesting article on insurance reimbursement out of law suit settlements  by  Max Kennerly of the the Beasly firm.  Mr Kennerly is a litigator in that firm in the Philadelphia office.  The full article can be found here:

I will provide some excerpts from that article but first a brief background and why I found his article interesting.

Background discussion.

The question he poses has always been an interesting one to me:  If you are submitting your Depuy claims to your insurance company and they are first paying out on your behalf to the provider, that which is  due less your deductibles and co pays, how is the insurance company going to get paid back?  Or, if you are on Medicaid or Medicare, how will the govt get paid back if they are paying out the claims on your behalf?

It has been my experience that Depuy/Broadspire reimburse things in three ways  (albeit, they prefer to reimburse the remaining balance after the insurance company made their payment to the provider):

(1) Submit a bill from a provider to my insurance company and they pay the provider a negotiated rate.  IF I DO NOT CALL ON EACH AND EVERY DEPUY BILL, THE INSURANCE COMPANY THEN SENDS ME A STATEMENT TELLING ME IF THERE IS ANY MONEY DUE.  I then send Broadspire Depuy the remaining bill and they pay it only the remaining balance.

(2) Submit a Bill to the insurance company and they pay the provider a negotiated rate and then I tell the insurance company to send the  ENTIRE Bill to Broadspire Depuy for payment to the provider under the negotiated rate.

(3) Sometimes, in certain situations,  I send a provider Bill directly to Broadspire/Depuy and they just pay it.  No insurance company is involved.

Frankly, I find all of this very confusing as I have said in prior posts.  If you are following the process for number 1 above, yes, the question arises as to how the insurance company gets their money back.  In the remaining two scenarios, there is no balance due to the insurance company.  Mr. Kennerly is commenting on only that situation.  Below are the excerpted quotes re the first  payment process.

"Subrogation, Where Much Of The Hip Implant Settlement Money Will Go"
(Subrogation in its most common usage refers to circumstances in which an insurance company tries to recoup expenses for a claim it paid out when another party should have been responsible for paying at least a portion of that claim.)

Take Mr. Dougherty, the 55-year-old referenced by the New York Times’ article. He’s too young for Medicare, so I assume he has some degree of private insurance. (Really, it doesn’t matter, because Medicaid and Medicare follow similar practices.) The article describes just under a half-million-dollars in medical bills he’s racked up as a result of his defective hip implant, and I’m betting the actual costs of revision surgeries, hospital recovery, rehabilitation, prescription pain killers, follow-up treatment / monitoring, and all the rest are much higher, potentially more than a million dollars.

As the article notes, Mr. Dougherty intends to file a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, the parent company of manufacturer of his hip (presumably one of the ASR or Pinnacle hips), DePuy Orthopedics. So here’s the big question: how will his medical bills be paid out of the lawsuit?

Every private health insurance plan I know of, as well as Medicaid and Medicare, includes a “right of subrogation” that allows the insurer (or the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or “CMS”)) to recover any payments it made to cover the medical care of an insured or beneficiary if that person recovers money from someone else to compensate them for those same injuries. For complicated reasons outside the scope of this post (the “collateral source rule”), a personal injury plaintiff can generally show a jury the full price of the medical treatment they received or will need in the future as a result of the defendant’s negligence, even if the plaintiff isn’t going to pay all of that out-of-pocket because an insurer or CMS will pick it up. On the flip side, however, the insurer or CMS imposes a “lien” on the judgment so that, if the plaintiff recovers compensation through a verdict or settlement, they then have to pay back the insurer or CMS for the treatment they received.

If Mr. Dougherty pursues his case all the way through trial and appeal and wins a judgment that includes the full value of his medical care, then the subrogation issue is usually simple: Mr. Dougherty has to pay back to his insurer whatever medical bills the jury thought were caused by the defendant’s negligence, minus whatever Mr. Dougherty paid out of pocket.

But few cases are resolved that way, and the majority of DePuy recall cases will likely end in some sort of settlement or another. At that point, things get really complicated, and the courts still haven’t figured out how to value subrogation claims in the context of a settlement. If someone with a defective hip receives $500,000 in medical care paid for by their insurer, files a suit against Johnson & Johnson asking for compensation for the medical care and $500,000 in lost wages and pain and suffering, and then settles their case for $750,000, how much should the insurer get?"

Apparently, according to Mr. Kennerly's article, the Law firm representing the patient hires a lien resolution company to negotiate the insurance settlement.  I found that really interesting.  My question is why wouldn't you as a patient use method two or three which I mention above where there is no balance carried by the insurance company?

Why would I want to wait until some litigation is settled to deal with this if the claims can be subjugated now directly to Depuy/Broadspire?

Does anyone know the answer to this question?

  1. Hey Connie,

    Thanks for the link and the thoughtful commentary. A couple thoughts:

    First, a big caveat: though I am a lawyer, none of this is legal advice. Every patient's scenario is different and every one has different factors that affect what they pay, what their insurer pays, etc. I urge everyone reading to contact their lawyer and talk to them. If you don't have a lawyer, there are plenty of hip recall lawyers who do consultations for free and represent clients on a contingent fee.

    Second, I feel compelled to point out that most plaintiffs' lawyers are deeply suspicious of the Broadspire set up, and worry that it's being used to trick patients into missing the statute of limitations on their claims and to manipulate treating doctors and records. Broadspire also doesn't even try to compensate patients for lost wages or pain & suffering; they compensate for medical treatment they believe to be due to the failing hip, but that's all.

    Third, there's also a scenario, which I'd call (0), in which a patient receives treatment but Broadspire/DePuy refuses to reimburse the patient for anything, including out-of-pocket costs. In those instances, it's roughly the same as (1): the insurer pays for the treatment, and, if the patient sues and wins a settlement or judgment, the insurer claims a 'subrogation' right to whatever part of the settlement or judgment was meant to compensate for that medical expensive.

    Fourth, once a patient has chosen to involve Broadspire, the differences between (1), (2) and (3) are mostly negligible to the patient, because the patient doesn't pay anything out of pocket anyway. If a patient's using Broadspire, and Broadspire agrees to pay, then (2) or (3) will indeed bypass any issues with the insurer down the line. Although I can see some situations in which a patient would indeed prefer (0) or (1) for complicated legal reasons relating to the value of their claim, by and large (2) and (3) are easier routes for patients who never intend to file a lawsuit. Subrogation becomes more of an issue in situations where a patient has (0) or (1).

  2. Thank you for your reply. The good thing about this blog is we can all agree to disagree and that is just fine.

    I like to take the position that most patients in situations like this have done thier homework. With the pelethora of ads on TV re the depuy hip recall by the plaintiff lawyer, I think you would have to be living in a cave to not know that you have a right to sue Depuy. If you know that, it would be the exception and not the rule that a patient would be unaware of the time lines in which you must file.

    Plaintiff lawyers tend to raise this point (raising the expiration date to file a claim) often in coversations. I do beleive that plaintiff laywers often raise this issue in order to get patients to sign a contract. I myself have been presented with this " sign now or you will loose your rights" speal when there is a year plus remaining to make a claim. Patients are smarter than Laywers think they are.

    I see no link between the employment of an independent claims agent and some underhanded scheme to confuse patients about their right to take legal action. I see no cause and effect here. I see no link betweeen one and the other.

    I disagree with your point that options 2 and 3 are easier routes if you don't intend to file a suit. I don't think it matters whether you intend to file a suit or not. A good business rule is always, get your money now regardless of your representation.

    I do agree that there are cases where Broadspire might refuse to pay. I know they recieve claims for non ASR related issues. If the hip is not in recall, I would not reimburse it either. I am not defending Depuy Broadspire I just don't know the facts of the cases they deny. No one has posted enough details of their refusal to reach any conclusion.

    There was a fellow who posted on the blog a few days ago who had a really interesting case claiming that Depuy would not reimburse becuase the insurance company refused to provide him with appropriate meidcal care. I would have to hear the facts on that one. The insurance company was Wellcare and I know they are well supported by orthodpedic surgeons so I am not sure what the deal is with that. I guess my point is, one must understand the facts as to why Broadspire/Depuy rejectected the claim. If a patient has a case for innapropriate rejection of coverage or reiumbursement, there are plenty of plaintiff lawyers who might be interested in taking that case on for no up front costs.

    My 2 cents for what it's worth. I enjoyed your commentary and thanks for answering my questions.


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Take this short history quiz: What Civil War hero reluctantly entered the military? Which 19th-century president fought to preserve the lives of American Indians as well as the rights of former slaves? Which American leader's very name is a registry error?

If you guessed Ulysses S. Grant, give yourself an A.

H.W. Brands reveals these and other illuminating facets of Grant's life in his authoritative new biography, “The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace.”

Fusing clear narrative with meticulous scholarship, Brands paints Grant as a beloved but humble leader, one with a preternatural talent for war whose subsequent immersion in Reconstruction politics and corruption sullied his reputation.

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“Grant has long been the object of a caricature,” Brands said in a phone interview. “So people think of him as the drunken general who butchered his way to victory in the Civil War and then stumbled into the presidency and staggered through two dismal terms before he wandered off into the sunset. But if anybody was close to (indispensible), it was probably Grant.”

Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, young Ulys, as his friends and family called him, grew up loving trick riding and not much else, certainly not the family leather business. It was the military academy at West Point that made him, quite literally, Ulysses S. Grant.

When Grant arrived at West Point in 1839, Congressman Thomas Hamer recorded Grant's first name as Ulysses and his middle initial as S, likely for his mother's family name Simpson. So was born “U.S. Grant,” a name that would follow him from ambivalent cadet to storied general.

It was on the battlefield, specifically the war with Mexico, where Brands says Grant found his calling as a master war tactician. And where Grant also found … peace.

“He discovered that he didn't get more fearful in battle. If anything, he calmed down,” Brands said. “And he got an early intimation that war was something that he did well.”

After winning the war that fractured the nation, Grant would lead its reunited states after Abraham Lincoln's assassination and Andrew Johnson's brief presidency. Despite Grant's post-Civil War popularity, he soon found himself at odds with his own constituency, which wanted to veer from the principles of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation to the business of industrialization.

Nevertheless, Brands notes Grant busted up the Ku Klux Klan and saved American Indians from extermination — civil rights efforts lost on the prejudicial majority opinion of the time, not to mention history books that came later.

Brands has taught American history at the University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere for about 30 years and is a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his Benjamin Franklin bio “The First American” and Franklin Delano Roosevelt bio “Traitor to His Class.”

Brands says he doesn't want to debunk the standard historical treatment of Grant but rather to use Grant's life to better show how the nation's democracy kept itself intact and tried to deliver equality to all citizens.

“History,” Brands says, “is life.”

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Art From The Heart: VFW Post 76, 10 Tenth St., 210-675-9000. ChildSafe will host an evening celebration with art activities for adults and live music, food trucks, beer, wine and signature cocktails. Event includes live canvas art, wood cut prints and a papel picado demo. $75. 7-11 p.m.

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In his “Another View” column on the Texas water crisis on Feb. 18, Andy Sansom, executive director of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, stated, “We must find a way to keep our landowner stewards on the land and ensuring continued water for the rest of us.”

I could not agree more, but the City of San Antonio has accomplished this goal, through the innovative Edwards Aquifer Protection Program. Authorized by voters in 2000, and again in 2005 and 2010, this .08 percent sales tax-funded initiative has preserved more than 103,000 acres over the Edwards Aquifer recharge and contributing zones, with more to come.

Some of these acres were purchased and maintained in their natural state, while the majority are secured through conservation easements, a mechanism by which the land remains privately owned but development is effectively prohibited, in perpetuity.

With recent purchases, added to those secured earlier, the city now holds easements on a 17,000-acre (and likely to increase) contiguous block in the northeastern corner of Uvalde county, and that matters for two reasons.

First, this is prime recharge zone, crucial to securing the quantity and quality of water that flows to our city wells and taps. Using a model that ranks properties on recharge capacity, we targeted land representing a large and significant drainage watershed.

Second, this land probably would not have remained undeveloped much longer without this protection, as U.S. Census data predicts a 22 percent population increase in Uvalde County by 2050. That development would likely have undermined recharge integrity, negatively impacting our water supply.

We are protecting similar large, contiguous watersheds in Medina County, which will encounter even more dramatic development pressures , with a predicted 63 percent population rise by mid-century. And, even in Bexar County, where most recharge land is already developed or prohibitively expensive, the city recently partnered with the federal and state governments to purchase a 461-acre tract adjacent to Government Canyon about to be developed into 460 one-acre homesites. Now, it will remain in its natural state.

Our Edwards Aquifer endeavor, overseen by the Conservation Advisory Board and implemented with The Nature Conservancy and Green Spaces Alliance, is attracting national and international attention.

A Pennsylvania State University crew was here a few months ago, filming a documentary on the program, and Forest Trends' “State of Watershed Payments” report just listed ours as one of only about 200 in the world, and the only active program in Texas.

As the City Council continues to consider purchases with the current round of $90 million in funding, San Antonio should be proud of this world-class effort.

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WEATHERFORD — Standing in the middle of the practice arena on the sprawling 25,000-acre Diamond S Ranch, Cat Ballou looked every bit like the reigning PRCA Bull of the Year.

Tall and majestic, the 6-year-old Charolais and Brahman cross is 1,900 pounds of power and fury with droopy horns and a confident strut.

It's an intimidating look, and why rodeo fans seeing him for the first time stand and stare with faces frozen in awe.

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A line of dark clouds rolled in from the west that afternoon, bringing thunder and lightning and a steady drizzle to this town just west of Fort Worth.

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Cat Ballou, the baddest bull in pro rodeo, didn't seem to notice.

“Not much ever seems to bother him,” 4L & Diamond S Rodeo Co. stock manager Scott Pickens said. “He's really pretty calm most of the time.”

But put him in a bucking chute, and Cat Ballou, who is scheduled to compete at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo on Monday and Feb. 23, becomes a totally different animal.

He bucks, he snorts, he spins and drops his head while kicking his hind legs to the sky, daring an unsuspecting cowboy to complete a qualified ride of eight seconds.

Few have done it.

Only one rider was able to stay on for a full eight seconds at Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association events in 2012. Twenty-three others tried but failed.

In his career, Cat Ballou has been ridden only four times in 49 outs at PRCA and Professional Bull Riding events.

“He's not overly mean,” Pickens said. “But he knows when it's time to perform. I think he looks forward to it.”

While most of the attention during the rodeo will be focused on the cowboys, there are plenty of stars among the livestock, as well.

Many of the top stock in the bucking business are competing at the AT&T Center.

None draw more attention than the bulls.

Part of the reason is that bull riding is considered the most dangerous of the rodeo events. And the animals themselves are massive.

Typically, a rodeo bull averages 1,500-2,000 pounds. But Cat Ballou is closer to 1,900 pounds — nearly a ton of beef.

“He's so big, I could barely get my feet around him in the chute,” bull rider Corey Rickard said of his lone ride atop Cat Ballou in 2012. “He practically took up the whole space.”

Rickard, 19, of Nuevo, Calif., was the only cowboy to successfully ride Cat Ballou in a PRCA event a year ago, scoring a 93 on the beast at the Cave Creek (Ariz.) Fiesta Days Rodeo in March.

Marco Eguchi scored an 88.75 on him at a PBR event in Las Vegas in October.

“I was itching to get on him,” said Rickard, only 5-foot-7, 130 pounds. “You always want to prove yourself against the best. The big thing with that bull is his power. And he moves like a smaller bull.

“For his size, he's extremely athletic.”

Rickard, now in his rookie season, was still on his permit at the time of his successful ride. He had just celebrated his 19th birthday.

He said he “was in shock” that he not only was able to stay on the bull but at the score he received.

“I was like, 'Oh, wow. Did that just happen?'” Rickard recalled. “When it was over, a couple of the bullfighters said to me, 'Do you realize you probably just rode the bull of the year?' He's the best bull I've ever been on.”

Rickard was barely out of diapers when perhaps the most famous bull of all was terrorizing the sport.

Bodacious was so mean and nasty that stock producer Sammy Andrews had to retire the bull in 1995 after it left a string of injuries in its wake.

The most serious came in 1995 at the PBR Championship when Bodacious crushed Tuff Hedeman's face.

That same year, Bodacious inflicted injury to Scott Breding's face, even though Breding was wearing a baseball catcher's mask at the time.

That prompted Andrews to put an end to the reign of terror.

Bodacious was so rough, so unorthodox and “rank” that many of the top riders refused to ride him. During his career, Bodacious was ridden eight times in 135 tries.

Not surprisingly, it turns out Cat Ballou is related to Bodacious. Cat Ballou's dam sire was Bo Dippin, one of Bodacious' offspring.

Pickens said most topflight rodeo bulls such as Cat Ballou — named after the 1965 movie by the same name starring Jane Fonda — are still bred naturally. The trick is picking the right animals — those with a history of producing champion bulls — to mate. Then getting the desired results.

Out of 50-60 bull calves produced each year at the ranch, Pickens said, only a handful will become elite bucking bulls.

Like any good athlete, the best bulls receive the best care possible. Pickens said he's had three bulls treated with acupuncture — all successfully — to correct back injuries.

Pickens said they start handling the bulls as yearlings and begin training them at age 2 “with a dummy on their back.”

“They don't get a rider before they're 3,” he said.

It's the second year in a row that stock producer 4L & Diamond S has garnered Bull of the Year honors. Palm Springs won it in 2011, the same year another of the company's bulls, Big Iron, was named the reserve champion.

Each year, the bulls' popularity only seems to grow.

“They have their own fans,” Pickens said. “The spectators come to the rodeo looking for certain bulls.”

Like Cat Ballou.

Correction: A rodeo bull can weigh up to 1 ton. A story on Monday's page D1 of the San Antonio Express-News and on had incorrect information.


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MOOD SWINGS TO MURDERFifty-something New Jersey community college professor Bel Barret has had enough "changes of life" lately to last her a lifetime. Her daughter has cheerfully announced her pregnancy and her impending marriage in a single e-mail. Her son has come back home to find himself, but all he's found so far is the TV remote. Even a romantic stroll covering the Hoboken waterfront with live-in love Sol can do nothing to stabilize Bel's menopausal mood swings--especially when they stumble across the corpse of a stranger in the night who turns out to be...Frank Sinatra?
Actually, the bogus Blue Eyes was one Louie Palumbo, a sorry imitation of the late local icon. And since Louie had been dating and two-timing one of Bel's favorite students, the unfortunate co-ed is now the prime suspect in Palumbo's slaying. Bel's determined to go all the way to rout out the real killer. But that means plunging estrogen patch-first into the strange world of obsessive Sinatra worship--a move that could prove to be something stupid...maybe even fatal!

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Haunting moorland, mysterious caves and a sea of alpine flowers: the landscape around the Hohgant soon charms its visitors. Especially on Lombachalp, which together with Sörenberg makes up one of Switzerland’s largest and most impressive stretches of moorland.

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In winter an array of cross-country ski trails and snowshoe paths lead over the high snowy plateau; from spring to autumn, the landscape is characterised by bubbling brooks, atmospheric moors and sculpted limestone pavements, scattered with pines and spruce. The neighbouring Thunersee-Hohgant Nature Park, which extends for 350 square kilometres and up to 2,200m above sea level, incorporates a colourful mosaic of habitats, shared by ibex, golden eagles and lynx – as well as humans.

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Car-free and surrounded by nature: Fex Platta is regarded as a place with natural healing powers and accordingly provides the mystical, harmonious backdrop to the Pensiun Chesa Pool.

It is the peacefulness which immediately becomes apparent.

Here one is still able to enjoy magical nature undisturbed and in tranquility.

But your stay in the Pensiun itself is also intended to help you regain inner balance and calm: and that's the very reason why the 24 non-smoking rooms are also television free.

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The Chesa Pool has existed for 400 years, surrounded by gardens and the stream, fields and pastures in the sunny Weiler Platta at the entrance to the Fextal. The footpath leads from Sils-Maria over the picturesque gorge route in about 15 to 20 minutes. Driving on the road is only permitted for those who live there. Hiking paths and cross-country ski-tracks lead directly past the hotel and form the starting point for many exciting tours. There is a completely unrestricted view towards the Lagrev mountain to the north and Tremoggia and the Fex glacier to the south.

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intake manifold carbon buildup cleaning, for 1996-1999 mk3 VW Jetta or Passat TDI

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intake manifold carbon buildup cleaning, for 1996-1999 mk3 VW Jetta or Passat TDI
  • DIY removal and cleaning of intake manifold of carbon build up, for 1996-1999 Volkswagen Jetta or Passat TDI
    difficulty: 2/5back to mk3 FAQ and "how to" index

    The intake manifold must be regularly cleaned of carbon buildup. This DIY shows how to remove the soot buildup from your TDI engine.
    There is no factory replacement interval, it should just be cleaned when there is significant buildup. This carbon buildup can reduce performance and efficiency. Now that all diesel fuel sold in North America (not Mexico) is ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) only, clogging problems should be much less. Unlike the mk4 cars, the egr is part of the intake manifold and cannot be removed separately. Because of this, I suggest cleaning it and reusing it instead of buying a new one since a new manifold is over $500. Otherwise you have to use a pressure washer and/or brush to scrub it clean. Wear old clothes because they will be stained after you clean the intake manifold. Always wear gloves and eye protection when cleaning the manifold. The carbon is very sticky and a pressure washer or brush alone can't reach the interior corners.

    I do not recommend bead blasting since improper cleaning can leave tiny particles stuck in the carbon and cause engine damage. There are chemical cleaners that work while the manifold is attached to the engine but I strongly do not recommend this. Dealers used to do this until engines were damaged. In a diesel, the valves are almost touching the pistons due to high compression and once you see how much crud is inside, you won't want that going through the engine with the cleaner You also don't want the gunk to go through the turbo. If the cylinder head is really bad you should remove the head for cleaning.

    Soaking the manifold in carb cleaner, biodiesel, or wood furniture stripper will clean the carbon effectively.

    I suggest buying new allen bolts ahead of time because by now they're probably rusty and seized. If you do get stripped bolts, use a deep socket bolt-out tool. The shallow socket bolt out tool won't reach.

    This is a good time to also clean the EGR cooler. This is the round cylinder that leads to the EGR. Removing the EGR cooler causes a little coolant to be spilled so have replacement coolant available. Warning: check the color of your coolant, do NOT mix green/blue coolant with VW red/purple coolant, refer the article: 1000q: coolant flush for more details.

    Some people put a EGR block off plate because this will greatly reduce any intake buildup in the future. Disabling or reducing the EGR cycling will increase emissions and could cause a check engine light to appear. For more EGR information, see 1000q: TDI EGR system FAQ.

    Note: if you have a 1996 passat TDI, you do not have an EGR cooler. All other models do, differences are noted below in the procedure section.

    Parts (click links to compare current prices)
    6mm ball end allen wrench or socket, straight end allen wrench is preferred since it will help avoid stripped allen bolts
    10mm socket
    mirror to see the back of the engine
    a brush, degreaser, and a power washer, biodiesel, or other solvent

    6x 6mm allen bolts for the intake manifold (size: m8x45, also used on ALH engine) (optional but suggested) VW# N-904-242-01
    egr gaskets VW# 069-131-547-D (can be reusable)
    intake manifold gasket VW # 028-129-717-D or Genuine V gasket (manual suggests replace ev time)

    NOTE-some intake manifolds do not have the EGR cooler, part number ending in "J" should have the EGR cooler, ending in "T" should not have one. Make sure to double check the part numbers with your vendor! It looks like "J" has bolt holes for the cooler but some vendors list "T" for both parts. Later mk4 ALH manifolds will not bolt on, especially since the manifold points to the the other side.
    With EGR cooler - VW # 028-129-711-J
    Without EGR cooler VW # 028-129-711-T if you have a 1996 passat and do not have an EGR cooler.

    VW G12 coolant (not needed on 1996 passat). Do not use green coolant or other type coolant, see 1000q: coolant flush for more details.

    Optional tools

    hose clamp pliers (optional but suggested) Bolt-out tool for stripped allen bolts (optional, don't get the low clearance set)
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    Intake manifold cleaning procedure
    Remove the top engine cover. 3x 10mm nuts.

    Remove turbo outlet piping and intercooler-manifold piping by removing their hose clamps and any vacuum lines. Tape over the exposed pipes so nothing falls in. I prefer tape over paper towels because paper towels tend to get stuffed into the pipe and forgotten.

    If you have a 1996 passat, your car looks like this: It's pretty much the same but you have no EGR cooler, intake removal will be even faster!

    Optional: You can remove the accordion hose/turbo intake hard pipe for easier access but I don't suggest it. There is an o-ring seal at the turbo intake and it's best not to disturb it. Circled below are the 3x 10mm bolts holding the pipe. You should also remove the crankcase vent (CCV) oil line heater (the electrical plug) When you put the piping back, lube the o-ring before putting it back and twist/wiggle it on to avoid pinching the o-ring. If you need a new turbocharger flange o-ring, the part number is #1h0 129 646.

    Remove the EGR-EGR cooler metal piping (2x 6mm allen bolts per flange). NOTE: if you have a 1996 passat, you have no EGR cooler, skip this step. Make sure to catch the gaskets so they can be reused. Remove the EGR cooler water hoses. There are 3 hoses. Then remove the EGR cooler (3x 10mm bolts)

    Unbolt 3 bolts holding the EGR cooler down (red circles in below pic). Use a mirror to positively identify them. Disconnect EGR cooler intake and outlet hoses. Remove EGR cooler intake and outlet flanges (2x 6mm allen each flange), some PB blaster works great here. It may be hard to get access to the nuts on the exhaust manifold so you can leave that section in place. The EGR cooler can now be removed.

    To finish disconnecting the intake manifold remove the rest of the bolts (6x 6mm allen bolts, 1 hole is circled in red). It's hard to get a good picture, so here is the manifold after removal. Note - you may want to use PB Blaster to soak and pre-lubricate the bolts. You may also want to buy 6 new bolts in case they are damaged or get stripped during removal. The 3 bright areas in the below pic is the EGR cooler bolt location. The 1996 passat intake manifold has flat machined pieces with no bolt holes since it has no EGR cooler.

    Some people choose to remove or block off the EGR cooler and EGR system. On the mk3 TDI, it's part of the intake manifold and is not easily removed so you can block off the coolant and EGR tube instead. Refer to 1000q: EGR FAQ for more details about EGR blocking, the purpose of the EGR, etc.

    The EGR naturally puts exhaust soot into the intake which must be cleaned out. It mixes with oily crankcase vapors and can form a buildup. Do NOT use a chemical dissolver or a vacuum cleaner to suck out the carbon while the intake manifold is still attached to the head. Hard pieces of carbon will fall into the engine and could damage the valves or turbo. The intake, EGR, and EGR cooler must be removed from the head for cleaning.

    The cylinder head is best cleaned while off the car. If you want to clean the cylinder head while on the engine, I suggest removing the camshaft (follow timing belt removal as spec. in your factory service manual or see 1000q: timing belt removal so that all the valves are closed, or rotate the camshaft so that the valves on the cylinder you are cleaning are closed. You can then use a brush to clean. I would avoid using liquid cleaners in case it were to leak into the engine and cause hydrolock (engine damage). Make sure to follow up with compressed air to blow out all loose carbon particles. I've also heard of filling the manifold with carb cleaner, old nuts, and shaking it or to use an old hacksaw blade to get to the corners (hacksaw tip by P2B).

    Below are some pictures showing a moderately dirty intake. It looks worse than it really was because of the curve in the manifold neck. The worst buildup tends to be downstream of the EGR.

    Pictured below left is the manifold near the intake ports, there was only a moderate/light coating of carbon so removing the cylinder head was unnecessary. Note the oil stain below the EGR vent hole. After cleaning, the hole was tapped and a drilled out fitting/hose was screwed in to divert the oil leak, pictured bottom right.
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    You have to look on the downstream side of the EGR to see the really bad clogging.

    Buying a new manifold will let you immediately change it and save car down time but they are more expensive on the mk3 TDI because the EGR is part of the manifold. A new manifold should avoid the EGR weeping issue but I chose to clean the old manifold. I used a pressure washer, soaked it in carb cleaner w/brushing, and used the pressure washer again. Soaking the manifold in carb cleaner, biodiesel, or wood furniture stripper will clean the carbon effectively.

    A hose will not clean it, you need a pressure washer like the one at the carwash! It will cause a big mess, so wear clothes you don't mind getting stained. Make sure to look inside the manifold as well, the corners and neck hide a lot of carbon. Other options for cleaning involve ultrasonic cleaning or soaking in biodiesel.

    I have a junk table and clamps to prevent the manifold from blowing away. A carwash type electric pressure washer will also work but these aren't as powerful because they would otherwise damage cars. The pictured manifold is from another engine, your mk3 manifold will look similar.

    Installation is the reverse of removal. The service manual says that the intake manifold gasket is one use only but you can reuse the old gaskets if they are not damaged. The intake manifold gasket's beading (coating) faces the intake manifold.

    Torque specs: 6mm intake manifold allen bolts - 18 ft lbs.


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dayton wedding flowers and florists

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find local wedding florists in Dayton, OH

Adrian Durban Florist
Cincinnati, OH |

Attention to every detail is our promise to you. Adrian Durban Florist has been recognized and awarded as one of the top wedding consultants in the Cincinnati area. We love sharing and creating ideas that will surely create a stunning wedding you will always remember.

The language of flowers invokes many unspoken emotions that carry to your heart and live in your soul. Let us make your event an enchanted memory spoken through flowers.

From Rehearsal Dinner to Reception, Piepmeier, the Florist can fulfill all of your floral needs.We've earned our reputation as Cincinnati's premier florist; our passion for flowers shows in our designs

Covent Garden
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Covent Garden Florist - your Cincinnati, Ohio wedding florist - offers a wide selection of bridal bouquets, wedding ceremony flowers, floral cake decorations, & centerpieces to fit any budget .

Lutz Flowers
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Lutz Flowers is Greater Cincinnati's premiere wedding specialist. We have been in business since 1918 and have served three generations of brides. Free wedding consultation.

Wedding Flowers by Eleana
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We specialize in wedding flowers and know our stuff! With our main focus on weddings we are up to date on the latest trends and love to make your flowers unique for each bride. Come see our green ideas and ways to reuse your arrangements throughout your wedding to keep costs as low as possible!

Relax! Enjoy your wedding planning. At Nature Nook Florist our designers offer personal, conscientious service to help you find just the right flowers for your special day that reflect your style and meet your budget.

Cincinnati Wedding Specialists! Simply Stunning, Creatively Fresh Floral Arrangements & Beautiful Bridal Bouquets.

MadisonHouse Designs
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Offering full-service floral designs exclusively for weddings and events, we specialize in creative yet affordable designs. With high attention to detail and a fresh and modern take on design, your flowers will look fabulous and unique... but without the big price tag.

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A locally owned and operated florist serving the Grove City and Columbus Ohio area With over 29 years of floral design experience and a 100% Fresh Flower guarantee! Weddings are a Specialty with Free Delivery and Setup(Franklin County) -No Consultation Fee-No Minimum

Diana's Silk Flowers offers a unique silk flower service for brides who want an ever-lasting bouquet of beautiful hand-made flowers. We work with each bride on an individual basis to create exactly what she is looking for. Each bouquet is unique to each individual bride. We aim to please!

Let us help you enjoy the elegant and unforgettable wedding that you deserve, specifically tailored to a vision that's completely yours.

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With over 37 years of Blumen Garten Florist offers wedding floral designs from simple and elegant to rustic or fun. We pledge to give you high quality wedding flowers and great service at a fair price. Most of all we promise to stay within your budget.

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The perfect pair—your dream, our passion, creating Columbus brides' floral vision.

A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS since 1901. Free Wedding consultations to get what you are looking for no matter what your flower theme is by our award winning Designers.

A privately owned bespoke floral company, offering custom floral arrangements for weddings. Other services include coordinating rentals for decor and theme weddings. By appointment only.

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A 3rd Generation full service florist specializing in floral arrangements for special events, weddings, as well as flowers for all holidays and special occasions.

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We're your friendly, full-service florist proudly serving Columbus, OH and the surrounding area specializing in Weddings, Events, Corprate Services, as well as an assortment of premium floral and gift items for all ages and occasions... birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, get well, new baby, holidays.

The Florist at Forget-Me-Not can help you design a spectacular wedding. Meet with Kelli, she can help make your wedding dreams a reality, designing around your budget.

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Timeless Petal is a wedding florist serving the Central Ohio area since 1999. Our goal is to offer our clients superior service and quality product at a reasonable price. Our experienced and creative designers will work with you to bring your sense of style and personality into every detail of your wedding.

Your wedding day will be one of the most important days of your life, and your flower and bouquet choices require careful consideration. We offer a wide variety of flowers and bouquets to choose from.

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indianapolis rehearsal dinner restaurants and venues

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find local rehearsal dinner restaurants and venues in Indianapolis, IN

Bluegrass Brewing Co.
Louisville, KY |

Let us host your wedding reception or rehearsal dinner. We guarantee a good time for all full of wonderful memories, friendship, and great food.

Equus Restaurant
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Equus is a fine dining restaurant offering progressive American regional cuisine. Serving Louisville for 20 years, 4 Star rated Equus specializes in making your event unforgettable.

Cafe Lou Lou
Louisville, KY |

Cafe Lou Lou possesses a unique atmosphere and character that is perfect for your rehearsal dinner. Enjoy an intimate evening with family and friends full of good memories.

Amici' Cafe
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We here at Amici' strive to exceed our guests expectations with our genuine hospitality, eclectic menu inspired by Northern Italian cuisine, and friendly atmosphere to make your time here unique.

DuPont Mansion
Louisville, KY |

If you have imagined your wedding day filled with elegance and grandeur, then the DuPont Mansion is proud to offer you a fairytale wedding setting. We offer several wedding packages to choose from.

610 Magnolia
Louisville, KY |

Chef Edward Lee and the 610 Magnolia staff will make a corporate or private function one to be savored, enjoyed and remembered.

Bristol Bar & Grille
Louisville, KY |

Host your next special event at the Bristol Bar & Grille and enjoy 5 star service as well as 5 star food.

Louisville Seminary
Louisville, KY |

Louisville Seminary offers the finest meeting facilities, wedding and reception sites to meet both the professional and social entertaining needs of our community.

Gardencourt Estate
Louisville, KY |

Eloquent whispers of days gone by welcome guests to Louisville’s Gardencourt Estate. From its tree lined drive to its formal gardens, these extensive grounds are ideal for your wedding.

Kennedy's specializes in award winning fresh seafood and rooms that can accommodate anywhere from 10-200 guests.

Lentini's Ristorante
Louisville, KY |

Our aspiration is to provide each of our guests with a memorable dining experience. We spend hours daily searching out authentic Italian products for your enjoyment. Host your next special event here.

Seviche Restaurant
Louisville, KY |

Seviche has emerged as one of America's best and most innovative Nuevo Latino restaurants, with plent of the chef's personality packed in to every dish. We guarantee your event will be a success.

Kentucky Derby Museum
Louisville, KY |

If you want your next party or business meeting to be truly special, host it at the Kentucky Derby Museum. With our flexible rental plan, you can virtually "own" the Museum for the night.

Churchill Downs
Louisville, KY |

Churchill Downs offers the excitement of thoroughbred racing added to your next meeting or special event. Churchill Downs offers a unique venue to celebrate your wedding.

Le Relais
Louisville, KY |

Situated in the historic airport terminal of Bowman Field, Le Relais offers a grand dining experience like no other in Louisville for your wedding.

Breckinridge Inn
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Breckinridge Inn's seven meeting rooms each provide versatile seating arrangements and capacities for your wedding event.

Oxmoor Country Club
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The Oxmoor Country Club has a variety of beautiful rooms and settings to host your upcoming wedding event.

Winston's Restaurant
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We offer a supremely enjoyable dining experience brought to you by the rising stars of the culinary industry and welcome corporate events and other special occasions.

German-American Club
Louisville, KY |

Looking for the perfect place to host your special event? Our rental hall and picnic grounds are some of the finest facilities in Louisville.

Buca di Beppo - your Wedding Party Destination! Perfect for Rehearsal Dinners, Bridal Showers, Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties and more!

The Riverside Visitors Center has a capacity for 200 people in its large carpeted auditorium, which features a breathtaking view of the Ohio River.

Weddings | Receptions | Rehearsal Dinners

Host your wedding at the South Park Country Club for a beautiful setting and an unforgettable memory.

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Ubuntu 12.04 “Precise Pangolin” Beta 1 Is Released

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the first beta release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products.

Codenamed “Precise Pangolin”, 12.04 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work throughout this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.

This release introduces a new set of images for the ARMv7 “hard float” ABI, denoted as armhf. There are still some armel images around, as we finish the migration, but 12.04 for ARM will be based on armhf.

The technology that allows GPUs to go into a very low power consumption state when the GPU is idle (RC6) is now enabled by default for Sandy Bridge systems, which should result in considerable power savings when this stage is activated.

The CD image size has been adjusted to 703MB to squeeze in every bit of package goodness we can on the installation CD images.

With Ubuntu 12.04, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, and Ubuntu Studio also reached Beta 1 status today.

Ubuntu Changes

Some of the new features now available are:

* A new way to quickly search and access any desktop application’s
and indicator’s menu, called the HUD, can be accessed by taping the
Alt key and entering characters.

* Unity setting can now be configured by the System Setting panel, and
Nautilus support has been added to the Unity launcher.

* Support for ClickPad devices has been enhanced an now when a button
is pressed on the trackpad surface, a second finger may be used to
drag the cursor.

* The default music player has been switched to Rhythmbox, which again
includes the UbuntuOne music store.

* LibreOffice has been updated to 3.5 beta 2. Please report any
regressions that you notice.

* When installing packages through the software center, the corresponding
language support packages are now installed automatically as well.

Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ for details.

Ubuntu Server and Cloud Images

* Improvements to OpenStack, LXC, and server provisioning have been

* The identity service (Keystone) used by OpenStack for authentication (authN)
and high-level authorization (authZ) was updated to Keystone-light
(redux branch).

Ubuntu Core

Ubuntu Core is a minimal rootfs for use in the creation of custom images,
and now includes ARM hard float (armhf) images. Developers can use
Ubuntu Core as the basis for their application demonstrations, constrained
environment deployments, device support packages, and other goals.

Kubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 has updated KDE’s plasma and applications to 4.8. In
addition other significant changes include:

* Telepathy-KDE brings improved instant messaging to Kubuntu, offering
easy chat capabilities on Facebook, MSN, GMail and many other services.

* Amarok 2.5 has added an MP3 shop and integration with GPodder, an
online personal podcast archive.

* The Calligra office and creativity suite is now available,
featuring Krita the world’s best painting app and top MS Office file

Please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/PrecisePangolin/Beta1/Kubuntu for

Edubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 now ships the newest upstream version of LTSP 5.3,
offering improved support for fat clients and other improvements. Other
significant changes include:

* Epoptes, the new classroom management software, has an updated
user interface.

* The Ubiquity slideshow has been updated.

* pastebinit and vim are now both installed by default.

For more details on what has changed in Edubuntu 12.04, please refer to

Xubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 now uses the new Ubiquity installer. Other significant changes include:

* Alacarte is available by default, and will show all Xfce-related menu
items on Xubuntu as well.

* New wallpaper and other tweaks and improvements to the
looks of Xubuntu are in, including lots of GTK3 fixes for the
Greybird theme.

For more information about the changes in Xubuntu 12.04, please go to http://xubuntu.org/.

Lubuntu 12.04 now uses Lightdm as the display manager with the default gtk greeter. A new software-center optimized for Lubuntu is now available by default as well.

For more information about the changes in Lubuntu 12.04, please go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu.

Ubuntu Studio

Ubuntu Studio 12.04 Beta 1 ships a live DVD for the first time, and is properly configured for the lightdm greeter. The XFCE transition is now almost complete, and there is an updated application set for typical desktop tasks (i.e. text editor, movie player, etc)

Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/precise/beta1 for more details on the above products.

About Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support.

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate.

Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions really help us to improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.

To Get Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1

To upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 from Ubuntu 11.10, follow these instructions:

Or, download Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 images from a location near you:

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/download (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server).

In addition they can be found at the following links:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ (Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server)
(Ubuntu Cloud Images)
(Ubuntu DVD, preinstalled ARM images, source)
(Ubuntu Core)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/12.04/ (Ubuntu Netboot)
(Ubuntu Studio)

The final version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is expected to be released on April 26, 2012.

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