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>
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