RE: UR-Q Timing belt BROKE (was: '85 UR-Q Won't Start)

["Pat Dooley" <pdooley@gte.net>]

David, I had the same problem in my 86 5kt.
The water pump failed which caused the timing belt to slip.
The MC motor in my car is an interference motor.  I would assume your UR
turbo motor falls in the same category.
This means the valves contact the pistons and bend when the timing belt
breaks.  Your piston tops are probably nicked, hopefully not cracked.  I
just took some emory paper to mine to remove the rough edges.  Turbo motors
don't like hot spots, so the pistons do need to be smoothed.

I actually bought my car in this condition, greatly lowered the purchase
price:)

I cheaped out on my repair.  Just pulled the head and changed out the valves
with some VW quantum valves I had laying around.  The VW valves are not
sodium filled, but I have had no adverse affects.  Car has seen several
200-300 miles trips @80-100mph, everything is still holding up.  I would
have to advise buying sodium valves for all but the biggest cheapskates(like
me).

The entire repair job cost me $35 for a new head gasket and $5 for a valve
cover gasket.
Oh yeah - and $2500 worth of my time:)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-quattro@audifans.com [mailto:owner-quattro@audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of David Thoresen
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 8:51 PM
> To: Buchholz, Steven
> Cc: quattro@audifans.com
> Subject: RE: UR-Q Timing belt BROKE (was: '85 UR-Q Won't Start)
>
>
> Well I found out that the rotor did not rotate when I tried to start the
> engine,  then I noticed the cam did not rotate either.  Then I looked for
> the timing belt in the window by the timing belt cover... IT WAS GONE...
>
> I'm going to cry...
>
> Any Suggestions?  What might have been damaged since this is the case?
> Worst of all how much do you think this will cost... The dealer over here
> said $2500+
>
> Thanks for everyones help...
>
> Aloha!
> David
> '85 4K-Q
> '85 UR-Q
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Buchholz, Steven [mailto:Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 12:37 PM
> To: 'David Thoresen'
> Subject: RE: '85 UR-Q Won't Start
>
>
> Yes, that would lead to a loss of spark ... that is in fact why I
> suggested
> that you look for spark.  If you find that you are getting spark, then the
> next thing to do is to listen to be sure that you can hear the fuel pump
> running.  Those are the big 3 ... air leaks, loss of spark, no fuel.
>
> If you aren't getting spark, take off the distributor cap and rotate the
> engine until you see the rotor pointing at the tick mark on the base
> (normally covered by the distributor cap).  You should now be able to look
> through the window in the bellhousing and see the TDC mark on the
> flywheel.
> If you know where to look for the cam index mark on the left side of the
> engine right above the valve cover mount you can use it instead of the
> distributor.
>
>