Big Sky Euro

hey guys i just found out that the engine in my Jetta is done for . it broke down earlier this week so i had it towed to a shop to get the MAF and some ohter things replaced, well i just got a call from the mechanic and the motor lost all but about 10lbs. of compression. So im gonna be needin a new engine or a new car... if you guys know of anything let me know! thanks

WTF happened there? Timing belt?

ABA is non interference............ More info please

Trev If it's the counter-flow ABA it will be interference. I don't know enough about the MKIII to know if his MY has the xflow, but I imagine sudden loss of compression could only be caused by a few things. More info would be good.

I vote all the piston rings decided to pack up and get the hell out of town.

"F this place, let go boys!"

well we know it was not the timing belt... and he said he looked at the pistons and there was just gas sitting on top of them... i dunno much abou the internal mechanics of the engine but i was pretty much just told the thing had no compression... if you guys have any questions i should ask let me know! it would help me ALOT. thanks!

I dunno man, I would say you need to know exactly why it has no compression. Otherwise your mech is full of it - the 8v is bombproof. When I sold my Jetta it had 138K and it was running strong.

If it has 10psi thats an issue, but you need to know why. Guys like MT-Getto and Renn and others can chime in and help you out if you get details. I'm in Billings so if you need a second pair of eyes get in touch with me - I'll help out where I can.

alright thanks! i'll call the guy tomorrow and get some more info from him

I just find it funny that one minute it was running, and then the next, no compression on any of the clyinders? sounds like a bad compression gauge to me!

A noob question for the gurus..On a non interference engine, if the timing belt breaks under high load, wont it still do major damage?