Re: [tech] HELP - timing belt not moving

["Ryan Schuermann" <rts@nol.net>]

YEAH bingo, give this man a prize!, he said he was running low on 
oil, I bummed him 1 quart of mobil 1 synthetic, but he dragged and 
then ran hard with the 'pack' (3 S, 1C, 1Gti) later that night for a 
good hour, and the next day is when that happened so he prob did just 
that!

Ryan
> 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
> and lots of other stuff
> website - http://www.prod.net/jvanvuren/vw.htm
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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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