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Alaric.H
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 Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:46 pm Post subject: Flat teeth on TDI timing belt |
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?Waldo?
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| Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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| How do all the sprockets look? Anything at the bottom of the timing cover? |
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Alaric.H
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| Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Andrew A. Libby wrote: |
| How do all the sprockets look? Anything at the bottom of the timing cover? |
I have not got that far yet I just took the top off so far. The belt has been on there since 1996. |
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Jon_slider
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my AEL timing belt broke at 35k miles, we think its because this thing
froze up while static camping at a ski area for 3 days. The belt was original 1996. So was the one that just broke at SyncroSolstice, on Detlev's AEL, with iirc about 18k miles on it
How many miles do you have on that timing belt?
and Congratulations! You just dodged a head replacement bullet.
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tdwesty
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Time for a belt ,glad you are checking!
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Zeitgeist 13
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How does one make it this long without ever replacing a t-belt, and by inference, the waterpump and t-stat?
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Alaric.H
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| Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Jon_slider wrote: |
my AEL timing belt broke at 35k miles, we think its because this thing
froze up while static camping at a ski area for 3 days. The belt was original 1996. So was the one that just broke at SyncroSolstice, on Detlev's AEL, with iirc about 18k miles on it
How many miles do you have on that timing belt?
and Congratulations! You just dodged a head replacement bullet. |
I dodged it because of you it was your ideal to check it out. I did get 40 or 50K miles out of it I do not pay attention to the odometer any more so who knows. |
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