Re: Recent motor melt down

[DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com>]

On Tue, 3 Feb 1998 22:17:54 +1000, John Firkins wrote:

>>I'm frankly surprised at a V8 belt going bang at 57k.  I wonder if the
>>original
>>change was ever done.  Does anyone know if the original factory-fitted
>>belt has
>>any special marks?
>
>Just to add to the confusion, Audi in Australia decided to revise the
>change to 90k km, about 56k miles.
>
>Cheers
>
>John Firkins

It's my impression that it is the V8 owner who must be particularly
concerned about timing belt failure.  I think the V8 failure reports
must be running something like 4 to 1 over all I5s combined. Could
it be that it takes significantly more torque to spin those V8 cams?

DeWitt Harrison    de@aztek-eng.com
Boulder, CO
88 5kcstq