Yes, that was the theory: it will always provide as much or more tension than the stock hydraulic unit, and won't leak oil either.
-Joe At 3:59 PM -0800 2/9/10, Brian Shorey wrote: >It was our discussion in Tulsa, I think, that spurred the question. > >Fwiw, in theory, I don't think that blocking off the oil feed would >be any worse than the stock hydraulic detensioner during a cold >start. If anything, you should have more belt tension during a cold >start, not less, right? > >Fwiw, I thought your idea was a pretty good one, and I'll probably >give it a whirl myself at some point. > >bs > > > >From: Joe Elliott <[email protected]> >To: Brian Shorey <[email protected]> >Cc: AD <[email protected]>; [email protected] >Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010 6:51:10 PM >Subject: Re: [alfa] GTV-6 engine problem > >Re: [alfa] GTV-6 engine problem >I was afraid that would come up. I'm using an OEM tensioner with >the oil feed blocked off, which I've previously advocated as >theoretically infallible. (Okay, I never actually said that, but I >was pretty confident it was the best way to go.) I guess I should >also mention that this belt was installed in 2004, and my >recommendation to others has always been to replace the belt every >30k miles OR 5 years, so as far as I know the advice I've provided >is, in fact, infallible. > >-Joe > > >At 3:37 PM -0800 2/9/10, Brian Shorey wrote: > >>Ouch. Sorry to hear that, but hopefully the valves are ok. >> >>If I may ask, what (de)tensioner are you using? >> >>bs >> >> >> >>From: Joe Elliott <[email protected]> >>To: Brian Shorey <[email protected]> >>Cc: AD <[email protected]>; [email protected] >>Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010 6:34:25 PM >>Subject: Re: [alfa] GTV-6 engine problem >> >>I came home from work on a flatbed, and the timing belt has >>definitely jumped a couple teeth. But it couldn't be a simple >>matter of the crank pulley having slipped, wherein I could just >>lock down the cams and put enough force on it to skip the other >>direction. The right cam was retarded one tooth, but the left cam >>is retarded at least two, so I guess I'm going to have to totally >>re-fit the timing belt before I can determine whether or not >>there's been internal engine damage. Which means driving the >>Porsche 928 to work tomorrow with a couple inches more snow >>predicted; that should be interesting. >> >>Thanks again, >>Joe Elliott >>-- >>to be removed from alfa, see >><http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi>http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi >>or email "unsubscribe alfa" to >><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
