[Vwdiesel] OK....Who drives around without a timing belt cover

[Stephen Kraus]

Well I have to take a trip and am lacking in a replacement

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Will Taygan <william at taygan.com> wrote:

> Uh, it's a bad idea, but I've been driving without a cover at all on the
> diesel Westy for a couple years..  (and without the diaper pan too!)
> Rumor has someone drove over a plastic shopping bag and it was swept up
> into the timing belt causing bad things..
>
> On the other had, the old metal timing belt over (open on ip side)
> allowd a bolt to fall in and get trapped in the old-style 2-piece lower
> cover.  Just trimmed a little off the belt - still ran great for a
> couple months (I know, I know, but I had to do the front seals too and
> it was COLD out!)
>
> Will in Alaska.
>
> On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 17:00 -0700, Stephen Kraus wrote:
> > I broke the plastic cover for the bottom, and I am rather hesitant to
> drive
> > without it unless someone else does.
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