I would just run it and watch it each month. These timing belts are tough and if it isn’t wet with oil, no damage done.

If there is no oil on the teeth side of the belt or on the pulleys, then +1 to what abscate says. Maybe just leave the cover off so you can easily monitor. Are you sure the oil is coming from there and not transferring from somewhere else? The issue is when the oil gets on the toothed side of the be...

Clemens wrote: ↑11 Jul 2018, 14:37 Oh, i thought the issue is that the oil will cause the belt to break...

Yes,the oil would eat it but not instantly...it would need to be completely covered with oil for some time(long time) in order to fail.

It's much better on. Just add extra rust protection and put it back. Without it the protection gets blasted off easily.

Pulling the driveshafts should keep it rollable, but you will have to drain some of the trans oil on the 4 speed auto so as to not leak oil I believe. If the 96 you are talking about is the T5 then the driveshafts for a turbo are usually heavier duty than an NA, especially the LHS one. RHS might be ...

Driveshafts should be interchangeable...from turbo to n/a but not vise versa because n/a ones are thinner in diameter.
They would work,i guess,but wouldn't manage with extra HP.

Ok that plate! It looks awfully dry so firstly spray it with a good penetrating oil and let it soak. Use the end of a socket extension and a hammer or a metal punch and hammer and give it a few taps on the head of the bolt to see if you can shock it free. Otherwise the use of a wobble extension and ...

Glad you got it taken care of! If you really wanted to, you could remove the remains of that bolt and replace it, but I don't think it will hurt anything to hold that shield on with one screw.

If the replacement ECM does not have the Immo feature enabled then you are good. The Immo is a communication that acknowledges the code of the Immo control unit inside car is the approved one and the Immo then communicates that the key is an approved key (Read by the antenna send and receive activit...

I don't know details but skilled tuner/flasher will know how to fool it...but...either way...Immo unit MUST be in place and connected!
"Green light" is encrypted...so i don't know details.