timming belt broke

[bstclum]

Ok as I'm driving down the road today my timming belt snapped on me does that automatically mean that I have bent valves. I have a 1G awd tsi I also would like to know if there is a stronger belt out there? If there is where and how much does it cost?

 

[92awddsm]

If you were driving when it broke, chances are you bent the exhaust valves.

They make kevlar belts for the 4g63 but Im not sure wht the life of them are. I havent heard of one breaking yet but I only know of a couple of people running them. They can be found from most dsm vendors.

 

[bstclum]

I didn't hear anything when it broke it just went silent on my other dsm when i bent the valves it made this clinck sound. So I don't know

 

[Amazin' Wasian]

Well put a new belt on and find out, but chances are that you probably bent your valves.

-nick

 

[Old Mitsu Tech]

I wonder how old the belt is and how many miles are on it? Very seldom does a belt just break for no reason. Do you have a crank or cam seal oil leak? If so, that will need to be repaired also as it weakens the belt due to contamination.

There's a whole list of things you need to replace if the valves are bent.

Tear it down, install a new belt per vfaq and do a compression test. Before you crank it over, hand turn the crankshaft 6 revolutions to see if things fall back right.

If you have compression, then you dodged a bullet. If not, well, this would be a good time for those new stainless valves you probably were drooling over.

Good luck and keep us posted on whether you bent valves or not.