Good plan mate. Atleast you can look forwad to ordering the coilovers now without the worry of the engine exploding!
Good plan mate. Atleast you can look forwad to ordering the coilovers now without the worry of the engine exploding!
Good plan mate. Atleast you can look forwad to ordering the coilovers now without the worry of the engine exploding!
I've got the coilovers, kinda came with the car from the previous owner, who hadn't got round to fitting them. I've delayed it until warranty expired and plan to get them fitted when I've got an ARB. But as you say, I'll be safe in the knowledge that the cam belt shouldn't go bang!!
I changed mine on saturday, all VAG parts apart from aftermarket water pump with metal impeller, all in £100 bargin
Nah i've done loads of them and i've got the VAG timing tools and being a mechanic for 17 years helps, lol took a couple of hours but that included cleaning all the things i took off before i put them back.
Main dealer wouldn't do that
Mines 3 years old with 56k and the belt showed signs of cracking, so be warned
Well, as your a mechanic, I dont feel so bad about my DIY skills
O/T but how do you remove the aux belt? I want to change the tensioner idler wheel, but cant work out how to take the tension off. As far as I can see the arm just rotates backwards, and it can then be locked off, is this the case?
Well, as your a mechanic, I dont feel so bad about my DIY skills
O/T but how do you remove the aux belt? I want to change the tensioner idler wheel, but cant work out how to take the tension off. As far as I can see the arm just rotates backwards, and it can then be locked off, is this the case?
Yeah u just move the 16mm bolt in the middle of the tensioner wheel, it quite tight, there is a locating hole you can line up and put a 4mm drill bit in to hold it in the un- tensioned position.
you cant buy just the wheel it comes complete about 30 quid fron VW
I changed mine on saturday, all VAG parts apart from aftermarket water pump with metal impeller, all in £100 bargin
Any chance of a guide m8? Even if it's brief.
Yea part of the tensioner pivots back to take the tension off the belt, then you stick a special VAG tool (or simply a drill bit) through the hole and it holds it in place so you can remove the belt.
I changed mine on saturday, all VAG parts apart from aftermarket water pump with metal impeller, all in £100 bargin
i knew I should have studied mechanics
Had Cambelt changed today by Independent Garage. Picked car up, 200 yards later something went bang and all power lost-engine sounded awful - even for an oil burnerSo I headed back, turns out the Intercooler pipe had blown off under the pressure of the boost. So they clipped it back on, 100 yards later BANG! The mechanic thinks the gromets that hold the clip on the pipe have worn and no longer hold it. 8 cable ties later its on and working, but obviously this is a temp fix! Car has just gone past 60k so the warranty has expired
So is it worth me replacing with OEM parts or is there something else thats worth while fitting? To be honest I don't even know what it is I need
So I headed back, turns out the Intercooler pipe had blown off under the pressure of the boost. So they clipped it back on, 100 yards later BANG! The mechanic thinks the gromets that hold the clip on the pipe have worn and no longer hold it. 8 cable ties later its on and working, but obviously this is a temp fix! Car has just gone past 60k so the warranty has expiredSo is it worth me replacing with OEM parts or is there something else thats worth while fitting? To be honest I don't even know what it is I need
Its a common problem with these cars. The only proper fix is to get a new pipe, which I dont think are too expensive. Id try to get the garage to fix it though, as the car was fine when it went in. Sounds like they broke it / havent put it back corectley.
When started reading your post I thought the belt had slipped - Glad its only the boost pipe!
When started reading your post I thought the belt had slipped - Glad its only the boost pipe!
Its a common problem with these cars. The only proper fix is to get a new pipe, which I dont think are too expensive. Id try to get the garage to fix it though, as the car was fine when it went in. Sounds like they broke it / havent put it back corectley.
When started reading your post I thought the belt had slipped - Glad its only the boost pipe
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