When I bought this Vanagon new, it had two belts on it, and I always replaced them as a pair. Then the alternator belt broke in Aachen, Germany in '94. I made it to a VW dealer and they put on the single belt. When I questioned this, the service manager said it was the way they did it now as the "modern" belts were more reliable than the old ones. He showed me two diesel Vanagons they had in the shop at the time and they both had the single belt. I've put about 40k on it with one belt with no problems. Joe in Albuquerque ********* REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 05/16/2002 at 6:24 AM Michael Snow wrote: >The diesel Vanagon pulleys are not in the same plane. Two belts are >required. At least some diesel cars (like my Golf) have a single belt, >but they also drive the water pump at much lower RPM. I would seriously >question whether you could reliably turn the Vanagon water pump with the >minimal belt to pulley contact provided by the single belt setup used on >diesel cars. > >Mike Snow 05/16/2002 |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.