timing belt

[jlagnese at massed.net (John S. Lagnese)]

Not bad, but catastrophic! At the least, 8 damaged valves!

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces+jlagnese=massed.net@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+jlagnese=massed.net@scirocco.org] On Behalf
Of Blake Irvin
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 4:34 PM
To: Scirocco List
Subject: timing belt

i've heard that the timing belt breaking on a 16v can be pretty bad -  
what can i do to minimize the possibility?  can i do a chain?  what  
replacement belt is best?

btw, i think i've established for sure that my fuel pump is bad.   
took the wires off of the pump (after much cursing) and connected  
them to my voltmeter - then bridged the relay and got 11.89v - which  
seems perfect considering all the cranking i've done with no actual  
starts to fire up the alternator.

so i guess it's time to shell out the 170 for the GAP bosch pump.

blake/

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