Re: 4000 quattro - leaking crank shaft seal

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

"Chuck Schott" <ecschott@earthlink.net> wrotet:

(snip)

>And one last question:  Can oil deteriorate the material of the timing belt?
>I'd rather not do be doing this job again for a while!

It can. I've bought a Suzuki Swift once which had a leaking crankshaft
seal. When I took the t/belt cover off, the belt had deteriorated to the
point of being little more than liquorice. Luckily, it still held on-
especially as I'm not sure if it would've survived letting go at 95 mph
which I'd been doing the day before...

Tom

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 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
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 1987 Audi 90q 2.3E, Tizianrot metallic, 167,000km

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