I guess I missed something.......

I drive an 88 GL  with an interference engine..............!

It's been interferred with and doesn't run worth a d*mn!

Will someone please tell me just what an "interference engine" actually is??

Thanks,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver  with an interference engine - it's been interferred with
and doesn't run worth a damn!

Tim Demarest wrote:

> Thanks Chris, but now you've done it... given me an excuse to put the job
> off longer. Maybe I should at least move that belt from the shelf to the
> trunk of the Jetta, so I have it with me when I get stuck by the side of
> the road... :-)
>
> btw - it's the 2.0, I was waaaay too cheep to spring for the extra $4K to
> drive away from the showroom with with a VR6,
>
> tim.. '97 jettas wont bend valves if you break the TB.  the only engine
>
>> offered in '97 on the mk3's was the 2.0 8v or the Vr6,  neither of
>> which is an
>> interference engine... i think the TDI is an interference engine,
>> though...
>>
>> chris
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