[V8] timing belt tensioner...

Fri Apr 3 18:30:50 PDT 2009

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "32VQUATTRO" <ALLANVEGA at COMCAST.NET>
To: "Scott Phillips" <Scottp at ippe.com>; "Seamus O'Carey" 
<cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>; <V8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] timing belt tensioner...


>I like this place better. 104.67 with free shipping. I use them all the
> time,and he drop ships from NJ
> ----- 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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