Just call me 'lucky'..... I bought a '93 Polo 1.05 for my wife on Friday, full service history, low milage, very good nick. The first time she drives it, the timing belt snaps I spent most of last night fitting a new one, praying that there was no internal damage, but on cranking it became obvious I only had compression on one cylinder - so I'm looking at at least three bent valves at best, or big holes in pistons at worst.
This morning I started the work to get the head off, but have had to stop as I don't have the neccessary splined socket for the head bolts, nor a tool to lock the camshaft to get the pulley off.
Does anyone know what socket I'll need for the head bolts ?, and is there a tool I can buy to lock the camshaft pulley ? The Haynes manual shows a DIY one, but I don't have any steel bars laying around, and if they're cheap enough, I may as well get the proper tool - though obviously not from my local VW dealer !
Any tips / advice / prayers that the pistons are fine, gratefully accepted !
Cheers.
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