This happened to me in august, we tought I needed to change the crankshaft. This is a big problem with the 1.9 deisels but my mechanic told me he never seen a 16v with that. I guess I had to be the first. All it cost me was 3 valves, I was lucky cause I had the car at idle in the shop when it happened. We couldn't figure out why the car never kept good timing. Now the car runs great, I got the head port and polish with 3 angle valve job. Hopefully this won't happen to many on this list. Maybe this is something we should check when changing the timing belt.
--- Rejean Langis 91 Jetta GTX 16V 84 Lapin GTI [email protected] On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 10:31:15 Ben Randolph wrote: >> From: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: slipping crank sprocket? >> >> Um...that's what happened to me. Pulley came loose of the crank, valves hit >> the pistons, it's all over. Now you can count me $1500 in the hole. > >daaah.... > >i realized there was the potential for the slipping of the pulley, but >that sucks ass that somebody else had the same exact thing happen to >them, and it ruined their car... > >now, if i drive my car and break it, i get the big backwards IDIOT stamp >on my forehead. (insead of the little one) > >time to steal the g/f's celebrity.... > >aaaaaanyway...does anybody know for sure if i can just steal the pully >off my other block? or is there the possibility that the crank would >need to be involved as well? one guy told me that on at least the >8v's, there is a woodruff type key cast into the crank sprocket. i dont >know why that would be any different for the 16v's, but can anyone >definitively confirm or deny this? i'd like to know as much as i can >before i start anything (or make a 200 mile trip to NJ and back! > >the good news is, shchool is cancelled today, so i have a 3 day weekend. > the bad news is that its cancelled because of ice... > >i'd imagine the celebrity ain't gonna give a quattro a run for its money >in these conditions... > >> If you can swap a bottom end into a car in "an afternoon", you are more than >> welcome to come to my place and put this head back on my car. Bring a torque >> wrench... > >okay...to be fair, it went into the evening a little bit...and probably >*actually* started in the late morning. mabey 8 hours with some scrwing >around and lunch and stuff. > >and my buddy in NJ has the big torque wrench. > >thanks, > >ben randolph >92 16v gti >_____________ >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 > MailCity. Secure Email Anywhere, Anytime! http://www.mailcity.com _____________ 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
