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In message <8825646F.0059D2F8.00@notes.toyota.com> Wendell_Gurley@notes.toyota.com writes:
> After much discussion in
> the Quattro Club, it seems sort of a concensus that the belts on the 5
> cylinders don't need to be changed, but that it is critical on the V8,
> which is an interference engine.
Some of the 5 cylinder engines are as well. Be careful with generalisations.
(I note from gently playing with the cam pulley last night while changing the
hydraulic lifters that the MB _is_ an interference engine. I'd always
wondered. I don't think the WR is - John Coughtrie's turned freely when I
played with it.)
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Phil Payne
phil@sievers.com
Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club