So I hear that if the timing belt fails, you are screwed...so what are the best things to do to prevent this from happening?
Thanks, Brandt --- [email protected] wrote: > Can someone tell me why every 16V car I buy throws > the timing belt right > after I buy it? Anyone? Damnit, damnit, damnit. > So anyway, I'm on 95 South > in the middle of a blazing snow storm, on my way to > Richmond to see the GF > for Valentine's day(damn this holiday), and about > halfway there, I hear BANG, > and the oil and battery lights come on. The car is > off and I am coasting to > a stop on the shoulder. OK, I was just doing 80 in > 5th, so that comes out to > 4K on the rev counter. So I try to start the > car....and it spins over way > too fast to be good. So I go out and push on the > belt....and it's loose. > Fuck. From this point, it becomes a 2 and a half > hour battle with AAA to get > me a tow truck while I sit on the side of the > highway with NO HEAT. I will > not bore you with the details, but let me tell you, > AAA has not heard the > last from me about this. Anyway, I need > opinions....what's the probablilty > that I trashed the pistons, too? I know the head is > gone, and that's not > really all that important to me, I have 3 sources > for 1.8L heads. But if I > am going to need a bottom end, too, I am going to > have to go shopping. I'll > be pulling the head off tomorrow, but I'd like to > have some sort of idea of > what to expect here. > > -Dave > '91 GTX 16V > _____________ > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com _____________ 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
