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Date:         Sat, 9 Mar 2002 00:35:33 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: TDIs and interferance engines (no vanagon content).
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>There is one flaw in this thinking. as long as the engine is a non- >interference engine the only thing that would happen if the belt breaks >is that you could be stranded anywhere and at any time of the day >without an engine that will run. If it is an interference engine as the >TDI is; then you have a engine that needs valves, pistons and maybe a >head. The valves collide with the pistons and many expensive noises >occur.

The crank and rods will suffer too, as may the big-ends and even main bearings. Camshaft is likely to snap. Any engine which has done this is possibly better-off scrapped. BTDT. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut Hmm, Windows For Dummies... You got that right!!! Friends don't let friends do Windows Macs rock...Windoze wobbles


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