[V8] bent valves and a broken timing belt :(

[Dave Saad]

Not me...

I think it is safe to assume the bottom end is OK, but you would have  
to verify that before doing the heads.  On the bright side, you can  
replace the rings while you are in there and also replace every seal  
on the motor.  When I did mine, the cost was under the $1300 for a  
used motor, and mine is good as new.
The heads are actually easy to rebuild since they share parts with the  
16V motors.
It is truly amazing how much better they run when the combustion  
chambers have gas instead of oil in them.

Just thinking out loud to myself here, when the motor is out, it sure  
is easy to change the rack boot....
and that leaky hose...
hey - there is the front seal of the transmission...


maybe you should just crush it.

Dave

On Nov 11, 2009, at 6:22 PM, Scott Phillips wrote:

> I'd find another engine for it, re-seal it before it goes in and  
> call it
> a day; re-doing the upper end of this is a expensive venture.
>
> Scott P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On  
> Behalf
> Of Curtis Helton
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:59 PM
> To: V8List Fans
> Subject: [V8] bent valves and a broken timing belt :(
>
> Not sure what happened. I'm thinking the tensioner gave away since the
> TB
> was done 20k miles ago...A buddy just left, he checked it out with one
> of
> those fancy scopes.Pulled the first plug, it looked fine, got to the
> second
> plug and the piston was all the way down,valve was bent.
>
> The car is my sons, it has 132,000 original miles. The body's
> perfect,sport
> black leather seats. Heated front & back. Really nice interior. New
> rebuilt
> bose system, newer UFO's on the fronts. New brakes & rotors on the  
> back.
> New
> tires, tint, Viper alarm,remote start.New PS pump, rebuilt rack,bomb
> blah
> blah blah. The guy I bought it from bought it new.
>
> What I'm getting at is should I rebuild the top half, or look for a  
> used
> motor?   What in your guys opinion would you do.
> I don't want to stick ALOT of money in it. My buddy will do all the  
> work
> on
> it cheap. He's a VW/AUDI tech that knows his shit.
>
> I would like to get it fixed for him. He loves it and it's pretty safe
> for a
> 19 year old boy.
>
> Thanks,
> Curtis
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