re-fricking-dickulous

i had a dream last night about a broken timing belt on my car

this morning the wife goes to drive the 924S, hears it turn over once then a catastrophic event, then it wont turn over


this car that is well taken care of, just had a 3 year old belt re-tensioned in july at a reputable porsche shop in town after a DIY cam housing gasket job

had a friend confirm the bad news

are you freaking serious?!!
more choice words and general shock

 

I've dreamed something like that happening a few times. Also I've dreamed of people severely vandalizing it at least 10 times.

 

good thing it that on the 2.0 it's a non-interferance engine. Slap a new belt on and be done.

 

924s was the new 924 with the new engine.

 

yuppers

its weird to have that dream and then the freak belt snap

i almost never dream about the car

 

924s is a 2.5L interference engine. Were in deep **** now.

I have dreams about stuff that happens later all of the time.

 

what's with all the 944 timing belt failures? so far in the past month or so I've seen like 6 people here with timing belt failures.

what was the milliage ?

I keep on hearing people here say to change the belt every 3 year regardless of milliage. But why does a belt on a honda civic last twice as much or longer?

new cars now recommend replacing the timing belt at around 100,000kms intervals. like the audi 1.8t I think is 100,000 kms recomendation


right now i'm getting paranoid, my belt, rollers and water pump are all 2.5 years old and about 20,000 kms on them.

do I really have to replace my belts in a couple months even with 20,000 kms?

 

just goes to show I dont know my 924's at all. LOL. My bad, Rock is a stud. There I said it. LOL.

 

I live you very much Doug.

 

new audi's go for so long because they're not belts, they're chains, just like my dad oldsmobile intrigue. honda's go forever because there's no strain on it. 132hp and 100tq really doesn't cause a belt to have as much stress on it, more the motor gets it. also some honda's have timing chains as well. also remember most of our cars are near the classic registry age of 25 yrs old.

 

whats the ballpark in hours on a rebuild like this?

 

6-10 depending on expierience and how in depth u have to go.

 

Yeah but the technology is dated even further back than that. The engine was derived from the 928 engine, which came out in like what, the 70s?

 

Judging by most of the drivers, the 928 came out when the dinosaurs roamed the earth. The single, creepy dinosaurs.

But yeah belt tech wasn't so good back then I guess.

 

AHAHAHA.