Thanks to all that responded directly and to the list. I'm going to try installing a belt Saturday and checking compression. Hopefully I didn't bend any. If not, I'll get it pulled and reworked.
Robert Foster '88 VW 16v GTI - DSP Wichita Region SCCA - http://www.wichitascca.org/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Timing belt broke :-( What are the chances that I don't have any bent valves? The belt went after I had slowed almost to a crawl (in 2nd) for a red light and then was starting to accelerate through after it had changed green. Low speed, low rpms.
