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Re: [tech] HELP - timing belt not moving



My guess is that he lost oil pressure, causing the cams to seize,
stopping the belt, while the crank pulley continued to turn, stripping
the teeth off the belt.  

John

'87 16v Scirocco
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Ryan Schuermann wrote:
> 
> 16v 87 Scirocco
> 
> this is for a friend, driving along today his car just died, no sound
> nothing, when starting the car you can hear a whiiizzzzzz,
> and the alt and ac/water/powersteering pully belts move but the
> timing belt doesn't budge. he was running the cover off, maybe
> somethign fell in and jammed? the belt is tight....any clues? can the
> crank pullys come loose?
> 
> Ryan
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