[Vwdiesel] timing tension

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/31/2007 4:15:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net writes:

> In fact, the amount your belt stretches over it's life will affect the 
> timing more than this. And, I certainly don't reste mine during the life of 
> the belt. Don't recall VW or Audi recommending this either.

  Been a long time but I THINK there is a maintence interval 
for setting timing in between belt replacements.  At least on 
the 1.5, 1.6 diesels.  Worst one I saw had 138K miles on the 
never-been-touched car.  Belt was slappy!  New injectors, 
some glow plugs, a new T-belt and a couple hard starts later 
and it was as happy as any other diesel I'd worked on at the 
dealer!  That was about when I decided I REALLY wanted one!
     Loren


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