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Re: Timing belt trouble



JMeckem@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Hi, I just tore my 91TQ apart to install a new timing belt that I bought from
> a dealer several months ago.  It seems like it is to small, I measured it
> with the old belt and it is indeed shorter by a half inch or so.  My question
> is do the 20v's and 10v's have different length belts?

Not only that but also the 10v belts were changed in mid-'90.
10v - the teeth are about 2mm wide.
20v - about twice as wide.

>  How did this dealer
> sell me a belt that was too short, I told him it was a 20v car?

He must have done this to offset the 20v belt sent to me once for my '89
200TQ.
:-)

-- 
Igor Kessel
Two turbo quattros.