Re: [alfa] NOT TRUE__Reliability-are we going backwards or forwards-Some Alfa conten

[Mark Denovich <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

webb.p@domain.elided wrote:
> In one paragraph you say they fail even when installed correctly, in the next you say they fail because they aren't installed correctly.
>
> I'm not understanding your point.
The first paragraph was quoted from an earlier post by David Jarman, but 
that fact was not clearly (at all) indicated.  Nick was defending the 
thermo-mechanical tensioner and the Centerline instructions for 
installing it.

That said, I'll never put a thermo-mechanical tensioner in one of my V6 
Alfas.  Period.  I'll give Nick the benefit of the doubt (he's a cool 
guy) and accept his failure statistics...  Even at the low end that 
means:  1 in 100 odds (1-2% failure rate) every 30k miles (the timing 
belt replacement interval) that I'll have to rebuild my motor (even when 
I follow the "correct" procedure.) That's hardly something to brag 
about.   Even if they don't fail, you can still screw the pooch if the 
engine rotates backwards (in a spin, or because of hill & weak parking 
brake, or when you shut off the engine and it pops backwards (that's 
when mine jumped time))...   It's a piss poor design.


--Mark
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