[V8] Timing belt.

Buchholz, Steven Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com
Wed Jul 12 20:50:48 EDT 2006


... does this mean that the 4.2 heads don't have the pins installed near the pulley?  The 3.6 manual tranny heads do.  It is there to keep the belt close to the pulley at the point of take up ... and I credit them for saving the engine in #344 when the pivot in the tensioning mechanism broke ... That belt was *loose* ... but it didn't slip a tooth.  

It seems like such a simple safety mechanism ... I guess I expected it would have remained on the 4.2 ... 

Spokane ... hmmm, that's a whole bunch closer to Springfield OH than San José, CA is!  :-)

Steve B
San José, CA (USA)
> 
> Hi all,
> It has been a couple of months since I had a problem develop.  In April,
> I thought I had "slipped" the timing belt on the passengers side of the
> '93.  Finally got to work on it, and it looks like the belt actually
> slipped about 6 teerth. Apparently there was some interference, because
> the last cylinder on the passangers side shows very low compression.  OK
> S*&&.  So, I don't think I have the time to work on it.  It only took me
> 3 months to get this far.  Does any one have a good Audi shop in the
> Spokane WA area?  If I have to, I could trailer it somewhere else,
> hopefully not too far.
> Dang, I like the car.


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