Re: [TECH] Is my engine shot?(was Bad Coil?)

[Night Shadow <soltwede@privateI.com>]

ACK!

Mike I am sorry that my worst case senario has come true.  I bet the
timing belt has sheared the teeth off of itself.  If you are REALLY REALLY
lucky you might have done NO damage to the head.  Time to put a timing
belt on the thing (check that crank pully) and see if it runs and get a
compression check....

I am sorry man!!!! (God, why am I putting a 16v in my car?  I totally
don't want to deal with problems like this....hmmm...maybe time to rethink
that turboed G60 idea i had a long time back...)

Eric


On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Michael Abatzis wrote:

> So i replaced my distributor today, without luck. i noticed that after cranking the engine, my cam/distributor timing marks are still aligned. hmmm. crank again. still aligned. then i turned the crank by hand; the accessory belts all turned, but the (still intact) timing belt didn't. i had a friend turn the starter while i watched, and again all the belts but the timing belt turned. it didn't appear that the crank pulley (where the timing belt sits) turned either. the only thing that i could think of that could cause this would be if the timing belt pulley disengaged from the crankshaft somehow (but then would the vibration damper turn?). i think this would also cause me to think my hall sender was bad, cuz the distributor isn't turning, so no signal from the sender.  i'm thinking that in any event my engine is screwed, because my v-belts (all ultimately crank driven, right?) all turn, while my cams definately do not. this would be the same effect as a broken timing belt, =bent valves. could somebody please please please set my mind at ease and tell me everything will be alright? if not, i guess i'll be doing my 16v 2.0l swap sooner than expected. anyone have one in the atlanta area?
> and to rub it in i spent $175 on an apparently unneeded distributor.
> -michael
> 88 16 (13? 10?)v scirocco
> 
> 

Eric

80 Scirocco (GF's Daily Driver)
81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in progress)
91 Cabriolet (2.0 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
97 Golf Trek (Parts car)
00 Golf GL TDI (My Daily Driver)

"For Aquarians, the physics of loopholes is a perfectly valid science."
-Kelli Fox


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