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quattro87 wrote::woowoo: :woowoo: Way to go Ben. It looks like things are looking up for you and the car. With enough luck to not have bent valves, I'd say you're doing well. Either something found its way down between the timing belt cover or possible you may have an 016 pulley on with 7a 20v everything else? The offset is a bit different and will let the belt walk out. Otherwise it looks great. Congrats.

Thanks John!!! As for the pulley, its just the stock one that came with that engine. I never did much mix'n matching between the JT and such. Still, I count today as a big success, I drove it and avoided really breaking it!


On a side note: I couldn't stop thinking about it so I ran down to the shop and shined a flashlight down the lower timing cover and it looks like something took chunks out of the cog. :/ SO I am going to be needing a cog and a belt at the bare minimum. I will pull it apart tomorrow and post pictures of the carnage.

Found the culprit. Pics forth coming... :bashtard:

Alright, here's the damage. Needless to day, a loose bolt inside a timing cover is NEVER a good thing. I guess this is what I get for working on it at 3am in the morning. HAHA

The offending bolt...



The dark hole whence it came...



and the belt...

You have to be feeling really lucky. $100 for a hardened cog and some $$ for a belt is so much better than new valves, tear down etc!

Believe me Darin, I feel like a million bucks! I was SUPER SUPER lucky!

Go buy a lottery ticket now!

Repaair wrote:Go buy a lottery ticket now!

Wow, that's nuts! I'm gonna be putting my timing belt cover on VERY EARLY in my build! lol

Too many horror stories, or close to horror stories. Like Guruman's $$$$$ motor gone.

Yuck. I think Marc's new CF timing cover is going to have to go on mine. I would be beyond pissed if something like that ruined my engine!

Good save, glad it made it!

Nice! Congrats on the near miss!

You know, I actually don't run the upper or lower. If you don't run the upper, it is a huge risk that something will get pinballed into the lower guard and then it can't escape till the belt is gone. If you don't run the lower, I suppose a piece could lodge into the cog and try to get sucked through the gear.

I have too much intercooler to put the covers on, plus I like seeing the tension of the belt on a weekly basis, along with the cam gear accessibility.

Thanks all, needless to say, I was having one heck of a lucky day! I have ZERO complaints. Marc is going to ship replacement parts on Tuesday, so I will be back on the road for the weekend.

Definitely glad you got it running. And you caught that in time.
Glad I have my covers still on. Yeesh.

Thanks Phil! Your help with troubleshooting was greatly appreciated man!

ShavedQuattro wrote:You know, I actually don't run the upper or lower. If you don't run the upper, it is a huge risk that something will get pinballed into the lower guard and then it can't escape till the belt is gone. If you don't run the lower, I suppose a piece could lodge into the cog and try to get sucked through the gear.

I have too much intercooler to put the covers on, plus I like seeing the tension of the belt on a weekly basis, along with the cam gear accessibility.

I also run sans covers and prefer it.

ShavedQuattro wrote:I have too much intercooler to put the covers on

You know how to solve that? lol

Make sure you locktite those bolts every frickin time!!

and hey I'm selling my 016 southbend stg 2 clutch! 4kq20vt discount can be made!

wow, really glad you lucked out on that one Ben.. that would have sucked.

Congrats on getting it running !

Thanks Ed!! I did really luck out, that's for dang sure!

glibobbo21 wrote:and hey I'm selling my 016 southbend stg 2 clutch! 4kq20vt discount can be made!

Hmmm, I do have some other stuff in the work at the moment, but at let me see where I am at here in a few weeks.

oookkk... Maybe I really should go by a lotto ticket. HAHA The pop machine at work has now given me a free soda the past two days.

What is "pop"?

loxxrider wrote:What is "pop"?

:slap:

Its funny. When I moved up to Idaho, I had never heard someone calling soda "pop". I actually had to ask what the hell they were talking about. I always called it soda...

AngryTaco wrote:Its funny. When I moved up to Idaho, I had never heard someone calling soda "pop". I actually had to ask what the hell they were talking about. I always called it soda...

Too funny