Gerry writes: > > There's no timing belt in MY vanagon. The horizontally opposed 4 VWs all > have pushrods. The deisel as I see in my manual is a straight 4 with a > long twisted timing belt. The newer vws - front engine types - may > have timing belts -- I don't know, but generalizations are dangerous. Gerry, I've owned or inspected every front engine VW from Dasher to Eurovan. They do indeed, each and every, have a timing belt, just like a diesel Vanagon (which uses the same straight-4 as Rabbit/Golf/Golf/// blah blah blah) Aircooled VWs I have encountered all have pushrods. Porsche Carrara engines (4 cam, 4 cylinder- *real* Carraras) have shaft drive out to the cam boxes, and the 901/911/930/993 flat six has chain drive to their single-cam per head. As I said, if Dave has a gasoline Vanagon, then he has no belt. Bill
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