[V8] timing belt tensioner...

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Phillips" <Scottp at ippe.com>
To: "Seamus O'Carey" <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>; <V8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] timing belt tensioner...


> http://www.worldimpex.com/parts/aftermarket-damper_897577.html $115.72
> - New (aftermarket); New OEM is $150.00
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
> Of Seamus O'Carey
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:03 PM
> To: V8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] timing belt tensioner...
>
> Well only if they had the same part #, but it looks like they don't, so
> it's
> back to trying to find the correct one.  The only place I've found that
> has
> it listed is GAC, but when I e-mailed them it sounded like they couldn't
> get
> it anymore.
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> So let me get this straight... you'r going to skrimp on such an
> intragral
>> part of the t-belt system?
>>
>>  & who knows if the specs of the VW one is the same as the V8 one?
> Kinda
>> like the usage of the Audi Fox steering damper.
>>
>>  Ron
>>
>>
>> --- On Fri, 4/3/09, Seamus O'Carey <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Seamus O'Carey <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [V8] timing belt tensioner...
>> > To: V8 at audifans.com
>> > Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 8:44 PM
>> > Any input on this?  Does anyone at least know the part # for
>> > the V8 timing
>> > belt tensioner?
>> >
>> > Also, I found an even cheaper source for the Corrado
>> > tensioner.:
>> >
>>
> http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=3d0wan45dwfghluhhgw5ue
> yy&makeid=800026 at VW&modelid=1280674 at CORRADO%20&year=1990&cid=tensioner at t
> ensioner&gid=8922 at Accessory%20Belt%20Tensioner%20Shock
>> >
>> > I actually found someone selling a G60 tensioner with less
>> > than 2k miles on
>> > it for $40 shipped.  It seems like it might be worth it if
>> > I can verify that
>> > they're the same part.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Seamus O'Carey
>> > <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>wrote:
>> >
>> > > For a while I've been looking at the tensioner for
>> > the timing belt on the
>> > > V8 and thought it looked pretty similar to the
>> > serpentine belt on my
>> > > Corrado.  Then I just came across this auction on
>> > Ebay:
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p3907.m
> 32&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching&item=250389068498&viewitem=
>> > >
>> > > It seems I might not have been too far off.  Anyone
>> > know the part # for the
>> > > V8 tensioner?  I can check it against the G60
>> > tensioner that I have here.  I
>> > > wouldn't buy the one from the auction, since I
>> > don't know what the mileage
>> > > is on it, but it did get me to thinking about
>> > something else: There is a
>> > > company called Bahn Brenner who makes an aluminum part
>> > for the G60
>> > > tensioner:
>> > >
>> >
> http://www.bahnbrenner.com/vw_audi/products/471/BBM_Billet_Tensioner_Cap
>> > >
>> > > It basically makes the tensioner adjustable for the
>> > exact tension load,
>> > > while at the same time eliminating the upper rubber
>> > bushing.  It's the
>> > > latter characteristic that really seems like a
>> > possible advantage to me.
>> > > The rubber bushings are certainly a source of possible
>> > failure for this
>> > > part.  Since I'm parting the Corrado I already
>> > have the tensioner cap from
>> > > Bahn Brenner, what do you guys think about using it
>> > when I do the timing
>> > > belt on the V8?
>> > >
>> > > Also, if the tensioners are the same, it looks like
>> > this might be a fairly
>> > > inexpensive source for them:
>> > >
>> > http://www.germanautoparts.com/Volkswagen/Corrado/Engine/3/1
>> > >
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