Timing Belt on Scirocco 16V

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

I guess they don't want it flipping on itself.

On 7/25/07, Brendan Doyle <lord_verminaard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Like another lister said, this is a stupid way to tension the belt.  The
> Bentley fails to mention that if the 90* turn is with girly German hands or
> big manly American (or Canadian) hands.  :P  I guess it's all relative.  The
> last time I did an 8-valve, I put it on there to what I *thought* was a good
> snug 90* turn, but it whined a little so I backed it off just a tad and it
> was fine.  After that, it was close to 170* turn but they never mention how
> hard to turn the belt.  :)
>
> Brendan
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "Janzen, Lawrence" <lwjanzen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:34:45 PM
> Subject: Timing Belt on Scirocco 16V
>
> I have just replaced the timing belt, drive belt tensioner roller and
> the 3 V-belts on my '87 Scirocco 16V.  After starting it, there was a
> hollow-whirring sound coming from the timing belt area.  Thinking it was
> the lower timing belt cover rubbing on the vibration damper, I took it
> all a part again. Nope, it wasn't the lower cover.  It turns to be the
> tension on the drive belt tensioner roller.  In the RB manual it states
> "On 8-valve engines, you should be able to twist the belt no more that
> 90 degrees. On PL(16-valve) engines, you should be able to twist the
> belt no more than 45 degrees."  If I run the timing belt set at 45
> degrees, the tensioner roller makes this hollow-whirring sound.  If I
> run the timing belt set to 90 degrees, this sound goes away and
> everything sounds normal.  Timing belt and all V-belts are all
> Continental and the roller is SKF.
>
> Has anyone had this problem before?  Is this normal?  Can I run a risk
> of having the timing belt set to 90 degrees?
>
> Larry
> '87 Scirocco 16V
>
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)