[s-cars] RE: Catastrophic Engine Stoppage

[Mtgadbois at aol.com]

You mean how loose is loose?  Just prying the cam belt cover away I  can see 
that cam belt can go around the gear without even touching it.   Over the 
weekend I'll disassemble the front to get the cover off and hopefully  nothing 
will be binding but who knows?  When this happened I noticed no  noises or 
anything binding. 
 
Mark
 
 
In a message dated 7/2/2004 9:56:12 PM Central Daylight Time,  
s6serge at verizon.net writes:

Exactly  how loose is totally loose? Like does the timing belt  move/skip
teeth?

Valves and pistons sitting in a  tree...?

Serge Filanovsky

95.5 S6 Avant
95 S6 Avant  SOLD




> More info:
> 
> Tonight when I was  poking around my engine I noticed that my timing belt is
> totally  loose.  Tensioner gave out?  Firetruck!  Belt was changed for  the 
PO 3
> years ago by a "fine" Denver repair shop.
> 
>  For those that have been there and done that how much is this fun going  to
> cost me?  I know how to twist a wrench but I do not have a lot  of free 
time.
> Luckily I have three cars.
> 
>  Mark