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Re: Broken Timing belt: What should I do now?



I lost teeth on my GLI at idle and no damaged occured.

Andy



-----Original Message-----
From: 16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org>
To: Ian Overholt <ioverholt@hotmail.com>; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: 15 December, 2000 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: Broken Timing belt: What should I do now?


>Before this gets too pessimistic --
>
>Didn't we discuss this not too long ago about timing belt snaps on the 16V
>-- it seemed to me that it was "only" about a 60-70% chance of damage...
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>There were quite a few people on the list who had belts snap with no probs,
>right?
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>Jason
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>At 01:42 PM 12/15/00 , Ian Overholt wrote:
>>You could try putting another belt on and see if it runs.  But I would
>>recommend pulling the head and inspecting/rebuilding it.  Since you turned
>>the engine over without the cams turning, I'd say you have a 99% chance
>>that the valves are bent.  What are the chances that the cams had all the
>>valves closed while your pistons were moving?  Not good, I'd say.
>>
>>The silver lining to this cloud is you now have an opportunity to get
>>headwork done.  I know, it's not in the budget, but...  You can remove any
>>carbon buildup from the pistons, replace noisy lifters, get a nice port &
>>polish job, etc.  Your bottom end should be solid.  Unless you find lots
>>of wear on the cylinder walls, you don't need to rebuild the bottom
>>end.  I know you need to get your car running again quickly, but you might
>>want to consider renting a cheap car or borrowing a friend's/family
>>member's car to buy you a couple of weeks so you can really do this
>>right.  Or you can buy another car, and transfer all the good parts from
>>your current car, then part out the rest.  Or you can just drop a whole
>>different motor in.  You have a lot of options. GL!
>>
>>Ian Overholt
>>'88 16v
>>'78 Champagne Edition
>>
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