Ea82-t Crank Bolt Gone South!

[manxsta]

HI YALL, Today, my ea82-t decided the front pulley & bolt on the crank was not required any longer, i was at a busy intersection ,waiting.... waiting.. yes..i saw my gap in the traffic,without hesitation,i launched my subi across the highway. halfway across i thought it was meltdown time,the handbrake light came on and then dimmed as did the alternater light ,and 1 or 2 others in random order....(just like right before the plumes of electrical smoke) my first thought was WTF! Then a notion of... but everything is still going as it should... i was still accelerating while all this was still being computed by my brain....the lights repeated this thru 3 gears,then i realised it would be best if i pulled over...i instantly got out after popping the hood,and expecting to see the positive on the battery arcing its way thru the radiater support..or the nearest earth possible..i then saw the problem...the front pulley was leaning against the water pump pulley..and nothing was turning....the front timing belt was itching to jump off..and thoughts of engine damage .....i quickly remembered these are clearance engines..and damage would not occur....so i had 5 miles or so to get home..i babied it home,after a little time to cool down and evertything was cool ...after all the madness i went back and searched for the bolt...( in another car ) and what did i find..1 crank pulley bolt 2 car,s back from where i pulled up....it must of fell off as i pulled over...any ways..i remember the locating pin was not fitted to this engine and so..let this be a lesson to me..im going to fit a pin so this wont happen again..and oh yeh lock tight the bolt too!!

[calebz]

the same thing just happened to a friend of mine in his EA82T wagon. The Turbo crank pullies do't seem to have the locating pin, and all of them I have had seemed slightly off center. I believe this may have led to the demise of the thrust surfaces on my last motor.

 

So this past time around when I did my motor, I used a pulley from a carb motor, along with the locating pin. fits great and weighs half as much as the turbo pulley

 

Less rotating mass is a good thing.

[Numbchux]

that happened to my blue wagon last fall. just as I was pulling into my alley, all the lights came on, it looked like it does when the ignition is on, but the engine was off.....so when I pulled onto my slab, I popped the hood, and the crank pulley was hanging by the alternator belt. the bolt was still there, thank goodness.....but very much no longer attached. yikes!