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May 15th 2004, 20:38
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Sorry to hear that man.
 It seems like something always comes up to prevent you from doing what you really want to do. It is another case of life getting in the way of living...
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May 16th 2004, 04:34
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Man that sucks. I know the feeling. Next time you need VW parts, F the stealership. get them from Impex www.vwparts.com same parts but they normaly get you the right parts, they sell timing belt kits with all the stuff you need in one kit, same VW parts you get from the stealership. Maybe you can get out of it with a valve job and new belt kit. The TDI just plain locked when the valve broke but there is far less room thin the TDI chamber for things that are out of place.
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May 16th 2004, 08:00
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Wow, that blows.
Anything I can do to help, let me know.
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May 16th 2004, 08:45
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I don't *think* any damage was done to the piston crowns, or rods 'cause the valve stems are the size of toothpicks in her engine. I'll know Tuesday when I get the right bolt driver for the head bolts. If no guides were damaged I'll prolly re-valve the head myself.
Sue's going to take the *wrong* tensioner back to the idiots that sold it to us and explain how much their mistake is costing her. I even compaired the part numbers. The one on the invoice is what I need, and the one on the box is TOTALLY different. She's gonna ask for a refund, and then get the parts from Impex (thanks Dave). I'm glad it's not me who's returning the part. I don't like being inconvienenced by someone's incompetence, and I wouldn't want to get arrested for "stating my case" to those that have inconvenienced me.
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May 16th 2004, 17:52
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You might have to get the head bolts from VW if Impex dosn't have them. VW uses lots of stretch bolts (the green ones). I got my bolt drivers (triple-square) from NAPA when I did the TDI.
Be sure to replace the stretch bolts. I have seen some nasty pix of boken stretch bolt aftermath on the TDI forum (mostly from the reused engine mount bolts breaking while driving).
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May 17th 2004, 19:02
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VERDICT:
All eight exhaust valves bent, $448, three intake valves in No. 1 cylinder bent, $78, hell knows what the guides look like piston crowns are OK.I determined that replacing the valves myself is outside of the limits of the tools at my disposal, and I would rather do it once, do it right, and NEVER have to do it again (to this car, anyways), so the head went to the machine shop this afternoon.
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May 26th 2004, 23:44
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sorry man that sucks, but hey, u learned a good lesson even though what u went through was total crap. hopefully everything turns out ok.
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