[Vwdiesel] Injectors?

[Andrew .Libby]

If the belt wants to walk off, then at a certain point, the flanges will
actually start chewing up the belt and your engine will self-destruct.
When you have the belt replaced, have the belt tracking adjusted so it
rides properly in the center of the injection pump pulley.  You can adjust
the belt tracking by adjusting the injection pump bracket.
Counter-intuitive, but down at the sprocket and up at the rear causes the
belt to ride closer to the engine.  The 1.6 pump bracket is a two-piece
design.  You can remove the pump and loosen the bolts that hold the two
bracket pieces together and loosen the bolts that hold the bracket piece to
the block.  The holes are intentionally large to allow adjustment.

Get the oil leaks at the belt fixed.  It's not that hard.  Usually it will
be dry in the belt area if you replace the valve cover gasket (rubber
gasket and shoulderless studs is a nice upgrade), cam seal, intermediate
shaft seal and o-ring, crank seal.  All of that should also be done with
the belt change.  You will need a new crank sprocket bolt as they are
torque-to-yield and single use and IMO risking failure and engine
destruction for a $2 bolt is insane.

Andrew

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:54 AM, Just Joe <stuff at wormshit.com> wrote:

> Wow, well there is one thing I've got to say...  I don't think I could own
> this car without the support of all of you here on this news group.  Thanks
> so much to everyone who replied.
>
> As for my timing belt, the previous owner claimed to have put maybe 10K
> miles on it and I've put at least that much myself.  He ran it with the
> timing belt cover off, and I did for a while too... But I put it back on
> after reading postings here.  Thing is, I think the cover has been trapping
> oil inside it because as I said this thing leaks oil badly.  Maybe that's
> why the previous owner ran cover free?  And I should also mention the belt
> looks like it wants to walk off of the front of the engine.  I think the
> only thing preventing that is the flanges on the intermediate shaft
> pulley... Which also has a gouge on it that I think is slowly eating the
> belt.  But I digress...
>
> At any rate, yes, before I do anything else I think I will have the belt
> replaced along with the oil seals.  Will have to rearrange my schedule for
> the week.  Absolutely cannot afford a belt failure... Would have to scrap
> the car.  I hope the guy I used to know in this area is still in
> business...
> Experienced on VW diesels, and last time I asked wanted $300 to do a timing
> belt.  Don't have the tools nor the confidence to do it myself.  Now is not
> the time to learn how to set the timing on an old diesel.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of LBaird119 at aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 1:06 AM
> To: Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Injectors?
>
>
> In a message dated 12/3/2011 6:39:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> jhsg at sasktel.net writes:
>
> Really  sucks to have it go out on you at highway
> speeds.  It's never  pretty.
>
>
>
> Lost one just dropping to 35mph.  Bent 1 or 2 valves.   Same car, it jumped
> a tooth, at 60mph,
> going over the mountain pass with 3 or 4 of us in the car.  Turned  around,
> coasted most of the
> way home then Dad towed us home.  Only jumped a tooth, lost power,  sounded
> "wrong" white
> smoke...
>  Wasn't too long until I finally tracked my troubles down to a worn  input
> shaft bushing on the
> injector pump.  Knew the belt wasn't tracking but kept looking for
> something bent and
> expected that to be a  roller bearing instead of a bushing so the  wobble
> isn't felt if you
> wiggle it the wrong way!
>    Loren
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