self destructed

[Eaglen00b]

The spanner they left inside it?

Sounds more like a stripped spitzl bolt thread in the flux capacitor........ Possibly the quadrionic plasma condenser got taken out too.

[vk2mad]

Followup is that timing appears to be correct but compression test showed no compression on any cylinder. This has got him confused so at the moment they are about to remove the head to have a look inside motor

[woofy]

Does the car happen to be in Darwin or Alice Springs? They seem very slow to do anything, they should have known by the next day really.

[vk2mad]

Took him 2 hours to check timing belt. Car sat for 5 days before he touched it again

[vk2mad]

Motor destroyed. Dropped a valve and bits all through motor. Block damaged beyond repair. Anyone know of a replacement motor? 2.5l diesel.

[VW Convert]

Motor destroyed. Dropped a valve and bits all through motor. Block damaged beyond repair. Anyone know of a replacement motor? 2.5l diesel.

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Any of these fit the bill?

Cheers

George

[Eaglen00b]

Motor destroyed. Dropped a valve and bits all through motor. Block damaged beyond repair. Anyone know of a replacement motor? 2.5l diesel.

Ouch. Sorry to hear that, man. That really sucks.

[theresanothersteve]

So I'd be asking what caused the dropped valve...

[Transporter]

So I'd be asking what caused the dropped valve...

...a weak/broken valve spring, dislodged valve stem collet comes quickly to my mind. So, the mechanic who did timing belt, doesn't have to be at the fault.

[jets]

Dropped a valve and bits all through motor.

In my opinion this is extremely rare. I have been a member of the T4 Forum for 10 years that has over 151,000 members, mostly with the 2.5TDI engine & I can't remember anyone ever posting with a dropped valve.