MK4 GTI Timing Belt

[bullsta]

Also Gav wheres that app?

[h100vw]

VWVortex.com - Gates Racing belt failure....Fun times

Maybe don't read the whole thread.

Gavin

[Lito]

VWVortex.com - Gates Racing belt failure....Fun times

Maybe don't read the whole thread.

Gavin

Haha yeah that thread scared the crap outta me, such carnage

[blackers10]

IF you don't have a race engine don't waste money on a race belt.

[blackers10]

I did my own timing belt and pump. I had soooo much trouble just getting the belt to slide onto the pulleys let alone before I pulled the tensioner pin to go tight...

[h100vw]

I only got it because it's blue.

[GeeMatt]

Happened to be talking timing belt on the MK4 GTi with mechanic this morning and he was talking about changing the tensioner at the same time. The oilway/galley to the tensioner and seal around it is a weakness often overlooked and the tensioner can be a bigger issue than the belt causing failure. Showed me a 1.8 block he keeps for demonstration and the oil galley is quite small.
Just sayin

[h100vw]

There's no engine oil to feed the tensioner for the belt. He is possibly taking about the cam chain tensioner in the head?

Gavin

[GeeMatt]

There's no engine oil to feed the tensioner for the belt. He is possibly taking about the cam chain tensioner in the head? Gavin

Yep. Whoops !

[The One]

You can get aftermarket kits that get away with the hydraulic tensioner and instead replace it with a 'allen key tensioner' like mk5
gtis. Hydraulic tensioner nowadays is too much hit and miss..