LAC! VW gti 20th aniv.

[Bob]

..or AAN... ayup...

bob

Mark J. Besso wrote:

> Aye, that'd be the one!
>
> I don't think it mattered if it was turbocharged or not. ("7A" or 
> "3B")  I think they both smashed valves if the belt broke.
>
> ~Mark
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hall"
> Subject: Re: LAC! VW gti 20th aniv.
>
>
> Which one had 2 cams, the 20v?
>
> On 6/30/05, Mark J. Besso wrote:
>
>> You'd be thinking of the 5-cylinder with two cams on top.  They make a
>> really expensive mess it the timing belt breaks.
>>
>> ~Mark
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris Hall"
>> Subject: Re: LAC! VW gti 20th aniv.
>>
>>
>> I could have sworn the 5 cylinder was an interference... Which Audi am
>> I thinking of then?
>>
>> On 6/30/05, Huw Powell wrote:
>> >
>> > > They could also powder coat everything under the car so it never
>> > > rusts, but no one's gonna do that because then the car would be
>> > > priced even more.
>> >
>> > They could even galvanise the body panels to prevent/slow rusting...
>> > whoa...
>> >
>> > >>>> ~120k Alternator needs new.
>> >
>> > >>> Sounds about right.
>> >
>> > I've never seen a "bad" alternator on any of my Audis... replaced a
>> > handful of regulators or just brushes, though.  So my '82 cgt has a 23
>> > year old, 310,000 miles "alternator" in it, and the '89 90Q a 16 y.o.
>> > 190,000 one.  Young brushes, though.
>> >
>> > >>> Hope she's had the timing belt changed every 60,000 miles!
>> >
>> > >> Don't even get me started on that.   I don't find these
>> > >> maintenance/failure intervals acceptable at all.  Don't let me stop
>> > >> *you* though.
>> >
>> > > Yeah sure... why change something as important as the timing belt?
>> > > Especially on say, my 85 CGT where if it snaps, the pistons will
>> > > pound the valves in to oblivion and I'll have to spend a couple 
>> grand
>> > >  instead of the $50 it would have cost to install a new belt.
>> > > Granted, I don't think the Golf you were talking about has an
>> > > "interference engine" but again...
>> >
>> > Um, unless you swapped the engine, your Coupe isn't an interference
>> > motor either.
>> >
>> > I've just been realizing that my '82 coupe's "new" timing belt has 
>> been
>> > in there for six years... it's only gone 40,000 miles, but I guess 
>> it's
>> > time to replace it again!
>> >
>> > --
>> > Huw Powell
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Chris Hall
>
>
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