[Vwdiesel] Parts compatibility?

[Stephen Kraus]

On the other hand, I've driven over 60,000 miles without a timing belt
cover because the cover was destroyed by a failed harmonic balancer.

No problem yet, but it does leave me paranoid, and you have to avoid big
puddled because the water can cause the intermediate shaft and oil pump to
slip.


On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Andrew .Libby <libbybapa at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the last 15 years of interacting on the web with other VW dieselers I
> have seen many examples(probably 20+) of people who have had their engines
> destroyed by not having the timing belt covers in place and having road
> debris get into the belt.  My favorite was when someone had their engine
> taken out by a plastic shopping bag.  :-)  To a lesser extent I have also
> seen quite a few examples of folks having the belt get shredded due to
> timing belt tracking issues and the belt walking off the pulley and yet
> being unaware because they couldn't see through the cover.  My solution has
> been to cut out a section of the belt cover and glue in a piece of clear
> acrylic in it's place so that I both have the protection of the cover to
> keep road debris out of the belt area and simultaneously have the ability
> to easily see if there is an issue with the belt or belt tracking.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 9:52 AM, ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I really don't mind not having the timing belt cover, mine was missing
> with
> > the injection pump and lines removed. I kinda think it looks better
> without
> > and easier to inspect things too. With some help from my neighbors
> machine
> > shop I can fab up intake and exhaust from the manifolds out.
> >
> > Velma 82 na diesel westy
> > On Mar 7, 2013 3:23 PM, "Travis ." <tgott at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > The 1.9 timing belt is not the same. The timing belt covers-the 1.6 I
> was
> > > able to make work with an added brace. Motor mounts bolted up. I
> swapted
> > > coolant flanges over as well. Tranny bolts up as well. But I put mine
> in
> > my
> > > rabbit car so there might be a few other things. Exhaust needs to be
> > > modfied to work-that was the most major item for me as I had to have
> > > someone weld and adapter pipe to the down pipe that came with the
> motor.
> > > Travis
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