Re: Ur quattro engine damage

[Neil Trama <tramane@actonline.com.au>]

Jim Haseltine wrote:
> 
> Oh dear. I could use other words but I won't.
> 
> With the car in reverse, rocking it backwards and forwards moves the
> flywheel, pistons #1 & #5 move but the front pulley and cam don't.
> Rotate the powersteering pump pulley, the front pulley and cam move but the
> pistons and flywheel don't.
> 
> Guess that I'm going to have to pull the engine and strip it. Considering
> the revs that I was pulling when things went wrong I don't think that there
> is any way that I could have got away without serious damage here.
> 
> I'm working on the theory that when Alwyn Kershaw (York) fitted a new cam
> belt for the previous owner in Feb 96 (approx 25k miles ago) they didn't
> tighten the front pulley properly - but we'll see when I get things to
> pieces.
> 
> Just how does this engine come out, upwards or downwards?
> 
> Jim Haseltine

Jim,
    Remove engine/transmission from underneath after removing front
subframe. Not difficult, just time consuming.
    I don't know if removing the engine will be necessary. You probably
have bent valves because of "interference". Piston damage is often
minimal.
					Neil