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Re: "96 4KQ timing belt paranoia

To: hsutherl@nbnet.nb.ca (Dean and Heather Sutherland)
Subject: Re: "96 4KQ timing belt paranoia
From: rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu (R Justin Andrews)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:28:02 -0600 (CST)
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
In-Reply-To: <001301be27b2$8a576d80$7ab4b3cf@hsutherl.nbnet.nb.ca> from "Dean and Heather Sutherland" at Dec 14, 98 06:38:20 pm
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

On my '86 4kq I broke my cam belt in third gear WOT about 5k rpm..
pulled over, called girlfriend, got tools and belt and had it changed
and running in under a hour...
I would take off the cover or at least pry it back with screwdriver to
inspect the belt... if it has cracks (mine did) replace it!!

HTH!
Rich Andrews
rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu
> 
> I' ve been reading the list long enough to notice that many folks replace
> their timing belts on older models.  My '86 has about 96K miles (or 155,000
> km).  Is this particular model at risk?  When do they generally let go and
> what horrors result?  (or does the car just not run).  I'll do the
> preventative maintenance if it makes sense.   Thanks.
> 
>

References:
- "96 4KQ timing belt paranoia
  - From: "Dean and Heather Sutherland" <hsutherl@nbnet.nb.ca>

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