Broken Timing Belt I was driving friday night and my timing belt broke on my 2001 TT. Its a quattro turbo and this is extra frustrating because the manual says to change the belt at 120,000 miles and I am only at 77,000. It is also ironic because I was going to do the recommended 80,000 mile maintenance on saturday. I looked through the forum and now i notice that that information in the manual maintenance guide is wrong and that the belt can go as soon as 45,000 miles, man I wish I knew that a couple days ago!
I had my car towed home friday night and saturday I was able to remove the timing belt and the teeth where just popping right off the belt. I pulled the head and there are many broken valves! I am going to take the head in for a valve job, and I will be changing the following items while the engine is apart:
The timing belt, timing belt rollers, serpentine belt roller and belt, water pump, turbo manifold bolts, head bolts, all valve gaskets and seals.
Is there anything that I should also change or inspect while I have the engine apart? Anything else that I might have missed? This whole process is quite and ordeal and a process and I would appreciate any helpful advice!
I still am in shock that the recommended maintenance scheudule could be so wrong on when to change the timing belt! |