My timing belt and tensioner recently failed and now i think i need a new head because of bent valves<IMG src=smileys/smiley19.gif border="0">. If anyone can help me out on a good price on a new or used head or can help me out with how to do it please let me know! I'm dyin without my wheels! I need to know the best way to reset the timing not simply how to replace the belt and tensioner. But thats only the small problem next to the head.</P>

 

dude - sorry to hear that. What was your mileage when it went? What year is you car?

 

its inbetween 60 and 70k, probably closer to 70 and it is a 97.

 

you need new head, new valves... damn. If you have never done anything like this its better left to a mechanic. I don't think I would try to rebuild my own engine.

 

my car has 100k and i have no clue if they've been changed lol. good thing im gettin it done next week.

 

Yeah it's a bad situation all together i found a site online that offered me a head for 1000 with new valves so I will probably end up doing that, but that still seems very expensive, but half of what the dealership wants. But then i still have the problem of reseting the timing, I can handle doing everything else myself but I do not know how to do that.

 

Trial and error?<IMG src=smileys/smiley8.gif border="0">

 

haw haw!!
You may need to have a pro do that for you. You need that to be perfect. The Bently manual does show the procedure for setting the timing, however.

 

Where can I buy a Bently manual?

 

Ross tech sells them but i Dont know if they will sell to someone who hasnt bought a vag-com from them.