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Date:         Fri, 8 May 2009 11:12:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [NVC] Passat Timing Belt Replacement
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
In-Reply-To:  <4A046EB7.8070705@cox.net>
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The timing belt in my vanagon (1.8 liter inline four VW ) looks more like a garter belt...It is quite whispy...tiny even...When I first got in there, doing some stuff to the alternator belt, I thought the timing belt was a power steering or a fan of some sort.. Very unlike the huge long fat serpentine one on my 4-cam V8 water cooled Porsche..the one .that broke and cost me 31 bent valves @ $141 per valve... Don Hanson

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:41 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> Come on now, I have 5 Vanagons with timing belts and 4 of those came > with them from the factory. > > Mark > > > David Kao wrote: > >> My 2001 Passat V6 reached 100K miles a few months ago. I had worried >> that the timing belt needed replacement and needed to be done soon >> as the warranty had run out. >> .......... >> I am glad that Vanagons (Vanagon content) do not use a timing belt. >> >> David >> >>


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