A friend of mine had a Plymouth Laser (The same as the early Eclipse). Her timing belt broke with only 19 or 20k on the clock. It happened in stop and go traffic when she started moving.
Same friends had a '97 Jetta GLX. Got into a head on accident that was strong enough to crack the dashboard. He survived with a big bruise on his chest from the airbag. The insurance didn't total out the car and gave it back after 6 months in the shop. They dumped it afterwards. Too many squeaks and rattles afterward. Dave. '90 GLi ----- Original Message ----- : >Even with it being an interference motor, the engineers screwed up and : >the belts like to jump : >and shear all the teeth off, and, BOOM there went the engine. I know for a : >fact that there is one in '92, but there may be other years. : : I can attest to this as well. My friend has a 92 Talon TSI and one night at : import drag night, after a particularly hard shift, the timing belt jumped a : few teeth, there was a bad sound from the exhaust at about 6K rpm, and it : ran no more. We had to tow it home. When we took the head off, two of the : valves were almost snapped off, and the rest were bent -very- badly. : Fortunately (if there is a fortunately in this situation...) the combustion : chamber walls were not scratched, so he ended up buying only new pistons and : a new head. : : Jim Weinheimer : [email protected] : 85 GTI _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
