2000 golf 1.8 timming belt broke while driving, are valves damage d

Asked by mr53 Apr 28, 2017 at 10:48 PM about the 2000 Volkswagen Golf GLS 1.8T

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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Noah answered 6 years ago

No. Its called a non-collision engine. Thats when the valves wont crash when a timing belt breaks. Now if it was the previous generation engine or worse yet an air cooled, you would be screwed.

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