Is the 16V an interference engine??

[vwdaun at yahoo.com (Daun Yeagley)]

--- LEF <rocco16@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> My 16V cam belt stripped its teeth yesterday.
> Am I looking at replacing just the belt, or most of the
> valves, too??

As was stated, it is an interference engine.  (When was the
last time you changed the belt???)

I've seen 16v engines lose the belt and do NO damage, other
times they've bent 'most every intake valve and crack a
piston.

Inspection is going to be the only way you'll know for
sure.


Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
'80 Scirocco                 '81 Scirocco S 16v to be?
'86 Scirocco 8v              '88 Scirocco 16v 
'88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!) '96 Passat GLX Wagon
'56 Cessna 172
The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - Ehrlich's Law.

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