Semi-OT: (2.0) 16v bent valve diagnosis

[vwdaun at yahoo.com (Daun Yeagley)]

--- Allyn <amalventano1@xxxxxxx> wrote:


What I
> wanted to know from the list is - has anyone actually had
> a timing belt let go and tried just changing the belt
> first?  If valves
> were actually bent, what symptoms were there on the new
> belt attempt?

The easiest way to test for bent valves is to do a
compression check since an engine with no / little
compression won't run.  If it somehow passes the test, then
your valves are ok - only then would I start looking
elsewhere for no-start problems.


Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
'81 Scirocco S (Deiter)       '86 Scirocco 8v
'88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!)  '88 Scirocco 16v
'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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