[Vwdiesel] Banana Rabbit--Bad news...

[mark shepherd]

Are you saying that you turn the engine using the cam bolt? ... Well that's 
a big no-no in my view... I may be misunderstanding, but if you are then 
easy to bend a valve, if belt not overtightened... Always do it with the 
crank bolt and preferably clockwise 'in the main'

Is there no movement at all?  Sounds lke piston seizure, which would account 
for intact belt...

Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter blake" <pila47 at yahoo.com>
To: "Dave Cook" <davevw at yahoo.com>
Cc: "diesel" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Banana Rabbit--Bad news...



David,
 I'd start by pulling the valve cover, then the pan, then the head.
Somewhere in one of those locations you will find ur problem.
Let us know what u find.
Peter

--- On Sun, 1/30/11, Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Banana Rabbit--Bad news...
> To: "Audi-VW-Diesels Group" <Audi-VW-Diesels at yahoogroups.com>, "VW Diesel 
> Group" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011, 3:49 PM
> The car struggled to start back up
> today without having the block heater in. I tested and
> it doesn't seem that the installed relay is providing power
> to the plugs, so I need to do some testing with it to see if
> the relay is bad or what. In the mean time, I don't
> want to buy plugs until I know which relay I will end up
> using.
>
> But I got it started. It was having a hard time
> idling, so I purchased a new air filter as the one in there
> looked pretty bad, and I got a couple different bottles of
> diesel treatment stuff and some fresh fuel. Added the
> new air filter, treatment, diesel fuel and jumped on the
> rear bumper to mix. The car started fine and was
> idling fine.
>
> To let the mixture work its way through the fuel system
> thoroughly, I let the car idle while I vacuumed it
> out. Some mice had taken up residence and I didn't
> want mouse poo flying around as I drove. The car sat
> there and idled happily for probably 30-45 minutes or
> so. Was warmed up but never seemed to get hot,
> etc. I was pleased.
>
> So I decided to take it around the neighborhood to see what
> would happen. I was about 2-3 blocks away and about
> 25-30 mph and the engine made a bang and stopped!
>
> I pushed it home a did a little inspecting.
>
> Timing belt is intact. There doesn't appear to be
> anything poking through the block (and it wasn't, in my
> imagination, a loud enough bang for that) and no fluids had
> leaked.
>
> There is still oil in the pan, and coolant in the tank.
>
> I didn't immediately feel the engine, but I did lift the
> hood when it stopped and didn't notice signs of severe
> heat. It took 10-15 minutes to push it back to the
> garage, and at that point it was cool enough to touch with
> no discomfort. (Was just warm.)
>
> I cannot turn the engine in either direction at the
> camshaft.
>
> Awesome. Just awesome.
>
> So where do I go from here?
> Dave Cook
>
>
>
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