I broke a timing belt at (gulp) over 5000 RPM in 4th gear and wound up snapping the heads off a couple of valves (as well as bending all the rest). They scored the cylinder walls pretty badly, and the bottom end wound up being replaced. :( I didn't actually SEE the cylinder walls first hand, as I was 500 miles from home and the one VW dealership in the upper peninsula of michigan had the car. I assume they weren't lying, though.
At 07:40 PM 2/12/00 EST, [email protected] wrote: >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 > > ************** Patrick Austin [email protected] (617)493-6636 ************** _____________ 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
