Author Topic: Uh-oh! Snapped timing belt. (Read 6428 times)

DCC · « **Reply #15 on:** February 25, 2008, 10:59:16 am »

Quote from: "jtanguay"

you might want to flush your coolant though, unless its supposed to be brown?

No, it's pink, but looks a bit odd in the picture (cell phone camera).

Is there any way I can get tons of clean water through the engine in order to clean it?

fastvicar · « **Reply #16 on:** February 25, 2008, 12:51:33 pm »

Quote from: "jtanguay"

you might want to flush your coolant though, unless its supposed to be brown?

Perhaps it's the new G13 stuff?

Sorry to hear of the carnage, but I appreciate you sharing the pics with us.

smutts · « **Reply #17 on:** February 29, 2008, 01:07:26 pm »

Does anyone know if there are any issues with swapping camshaft caps between engines? :?

andy2 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 29, 2008, 02:30:07 pm »

Camshaft caps are not really interchangeable whatsoever.I have however used some from other heads that sort of fit and work.I just had to make sure that the cam turned free after installing foreign caps.Most caps are not interchangeable and will cause serious damage if used on different heads.

jtanguay · « **Reply #19 on:** March 01, 2008, 12:37:54 pm »

Quote from: "andy2"

Camshaft caps are not really interchangeable whatsoever.I have however used some from other heads that sort of fit and work.I just had to make sure that the cam turned free after installing foreign caps.Most caps are not interchangeable and will cause serious damage if used on different heads.

you could line bore it to make it work though right? $$$

DCC · « **Reply #20 on:** March 11, 2008, 02:56:22 am »

Ok, I've been quite busy lately, and couldn't get my car working. I plan to get all things done this saturday, but I need some advice, if anyone knows...

It looks like the coolant circuit is full of crap, and I would like to clean it somehow. I supose that taking off a hose and pouring fresh water through the coolant cap should do it. Am I right?

(I want so much to get my GTD back from the dead)

burn_your_money · « **Reply #21 on:** March 11, 2008, 08:56:59 am »

When I do flushes on my car I fill it up with water and take it for a drive and get it right up to temp. Then I wait for it to cool off and drain it and repeat until it comes out clear.

I know there are flushes and whatnot but they scare me

Possum79 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 13, 2008, 11:56:40 am »

I used a flush stuff from prestone on a blazer once. After I did that everything fell apart. I poped freeze plugs and gaskets died. I had to rip the front of the engnine apart to get it to stop peeing out coolant.

Won't be using that stuff again any time soon.

DCC · « **Reply #23 on:** March 16, 2008, 08:10:57 am »

IT'S ALIVE!

It was a hard day, but finished all the tasks: changed the glowplugs (easy when the head is on your lap), cleaned all the carbon buildups from the pistons and valves, checked all the tappets, and put the head on the engine. The only pic I took yesterday:

Took some time, as my buddy was working a bit on his mk2 TDI and wasn't able to help me.

When it was all done my pal said: "you'll need another battery to start her up, unbolt one of the inyectors and let it crank till you take the air out". Nah. I sat inside the car and started cranking it... all of suddenly, it made some trakatraka*pooof and saw some black smoke comming out the exhaust.. little pause, then some more cranking and it started perfectly.

It sounded perfect! We were both amazed. I parked it outside the garage and let it iddling for some time, to check everything was ok.

As the valves aren't its own, I came back home (60 miles) avoiding the highway, using local roads, and it was great fun. No overheating, no odd noises, no vibrations.

I have my GTD back, and I'm happy again.