Re: 5 cyl timing belt questions

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Mo. <scottmo@teleport.com>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Friday, February 19, 1999 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: 5 cyl timing belt questions


>
>From: Wallace White <wallace@remdesign.com>
>Subject: 5 cyl timing belt questions
>Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:05:21 -0800
>- Locking compound vs. corrosion inhibitor on crankshaft bolt. At least
>>one message has said to put a locking compound on the bolt, while the
>>Bentley calls for corrosion inhibitor AMV 188 000 (actually, it uses
>>different numbers of different pages...). Is a general anti-seize the
>>right thing to use here, on the upper threads and face?
>
>On all of the crankshaft bolts I have removed while doing timing belts,
>there is what appears to be locking compound all over the bolt threads,
>bolt shaft and face. I usually have to wire brush this stuff off the bolt
>because it has bonded itself to the bolt threads and shaft.
>
>It certainly does not appear to be any simple lubricant or anti corrosion
>or anti-seize goo. I have never seen this AMV 188 100 02 or AMV 188 101 02
>"anti corrosion" compound before but the original stuff used on the bolt
>sure looks similar to medium strength blue Loctite "242". I have used this
>blue Loctite on all the crankshaft bolts/timing belt jobs without concern.
>
[snip]

    I found the green locking compound Scott mentions on the pulley-to-crank
surface and bolt head when I did the T-belt on my '91 200q. The compound was
not on the bolt threads. I replaced it with blue Loctite. Actually, I
suppose Loctite can be considered an "antiseize" compound - IME it does seal
threads and prevent corrosion.
    BTW, this is one bolt you DEFINITELY don't want to come loose - this had
a bearing on my decision to use Loctite.

Fred Munro
'91 2002  269k km