It was our discussion in Tulsa, I think, that spurred the question. Fwiw, in theory, I don't think that blocking off the oil feed would be any worse than the stock hydraulic detensioner during a cold start. If anything, you should have more belt tension during a cold start, not less, right?
Fwiw, I thought your idea was a pretty good one, and I'll probably give it a whirl myself at some point. bs ________________________________ From: Joe Elliott <[email protected]> To: Brian Shorey <[email protected]> Cc: AD <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010 6:51:10 PM Subject: Re: [alfa] GTV-6 engine problem Re: [alfa] GTV-6 engine problem I was afraid that would come up. I'm using an OEM tensioner with the oil feed blocked off, which I've previously advocated as theoretically infallible. (Okay, I never actually said that, but I was pretty confident it was the best way to go.) I guess I should also mention that this belt was installed in 2004, and my recommendation to others has always been to replace the belt every 30k miles OR 5 years, so as far as I know the advice I've provided is, in fact, infallible. -Joe At 3:37 PM -0800 2/9/10, Brian Shorey wrote: Ouch. Sorry to hear that, but >hopefully the valves are ok. > >>If I may ask, what (de)tensioner are you using? > >>bs > > ________________________________ From: Joe Elliott <[email protected]> >To: Brian Shorey <[email protected]> >Cc: AD <[email protected]>; [email protected] >Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010 6:34:25 PM >Subject: Re: [alfa] GTV-6 engine problem > >>I came home from work on a flatbed, and the timing belt has definitely >jumped a couple teeth. But it couldn't be a simple matter of the >crank pulley having slipped, wherein I could just lock down the cams >and put enough force on it to skip the other direction. The >right cam was retarded one tooth, but the left cam is retarded at >least two, so I guess I'm going to have to totally re-fit the timing >belt before I can determine whether or not there's been internal >engine damage. Which means driving the Porsche 928 to work >tomorrow with a couple inches more snow predicted; that should be >interesting. > >>Thanks again, >>Joe Elliott >>-- >>to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi >>or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
