Can someone tell me why every 16V car I buy throws the timing belt right after I buy it? Anyone? Damnit, damnit, damnit. So anyway, I'm on 95 South in the middle of a blazing snow storm, on my way to Richmond to see the GF for Valentine's day(damn this holiday), and about halfway there, I hear BANG, and the oil and battery lights come on. The car is off and I am coasting to a stop on the shoulder. OK, I was just doing 80 in 5th, so that comes out to 4K on the rev counter. So I try to start the car....and it spins over way too fast to be good. So I go out and push on the belt....and it's loose. Fuck. From this point, it becomes a 2 and a half hour battle with AAA to get me a tow truck while I sit on the side of the highway with NO HEAT. I will not bore you with the details, but let me tell you, AAA has not heard the last from me about this. Anyway, I need opinions....what's the probablilty that I trashed the pistons, too? I know the head is gone, and that's not really all that important to me, I have 3 sources for 1.8L heads. But if I am going to need a bottom end, too, I am going to have to go shopping. I'll be pulling the head off tomorrow, but I'd like to have some sort of idea of what to expect here.
-Dave '91 GTX 16V _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
