Doing the timing chain next week, what else should I do while I'm there? (1.4tsi CAXC)

[Rakhsh]

Hi all, was wondering if anyone could think of anything else I should do while I'm in the area. I'm looking at this timing chain kit and since I'm going to be paying for insurance on another car for a month and I'm going to be in the area, what else should I change? This car is from 2009 and everything that I haven't replaced seems to be in bad shape.

I read somewhere to change the engine mounts as well but unsure if that is worth the £80 or however much for each of them. Thanks for any ideas I will do more research into them anyway in the coming days.

 

[Rakhsh]

I decided to do the oil pump, water pump, serpentine belt and a coolant refresh. Parts arrive tomorrow, all the tools are here, wish me luck lads.

Worst case scenario I blow up the engine and Rakhsh will be sitting here until I have a garage and money for an engine swap.

 

[mty12345]

I decided to do the oil pump, water pump, serpentine belt and a coolant refresh. Parts arrive tomorrow, all the tools are here, wish me luck lads.

Worst case scenario I blow up the engine and Rakhsh will be sitting here until I have a garage and money for an engine swap.

Good luck, hopefully not too hot while you're working on her

 

[Rakhsh]

Strong aura for anyone who notices what's wrong here.

Hoping the dealership will know the part number because I can't find any part numbers for this engine.

I have also discovered this car is not supercharged at all, I thought it was twin charged but it isn't, it's just turbod. This explains why I could never find the supercharger. A little disappointed but this means I can build the engine and tune it without worrying about all that, that's a long way down the road though I definitely don't have the facilities to pull the engine.

Anyway I am pretty sure the oil leak will be fixed when I put the new gasket on, I think the leak was mainly near the alternator (I could be wrong, could have just been spillage from filling the engine at night) but who knows. I'll be dropping the oil pan too so that's also one more thing that will be new and not a worry.

Rant over until next time, I have a couple parts to order.

 

[Rakhsh]

New update for anyone interested.

This one bolt took me 3 days to get out. It was the last one keeping the oil pan attached. I dropped the oil pan because it was full of timing chain guide shards:

I gave it a good clean and noticed there's a crack in it. This explains the minor oil leak the car has had for forever. the other oil leak, not sure - I still think it was the timing chain cover gasket near the alternator because that are was drenched in oil.

Right now I've got the new timing chain and parts on, the new oil pump is ready to go and I'm just going to be waiting on the new oil pan and this oil pump cover that broke when I took it off:

The end is in sight and I can't wait to drive it again, it's been such a long month and it was made so much worse by not being able to drive the mighty Rakhsh.

I'll still have to figure out where all the bolts go and hopefully not miss any hoses, but I have a video to reference so it shouldn't be too bad. I was going to renew the coolant in it too but realistically 95% of the coolant has drained out by now from all the hoses I disconnected and the water pump, I'll empty the radiator too. I'll probably get away with just filling it with new coolant, plus the old coolant didn't look too bad.

That's it for now, I'll be back soon if the dealer gives me a good price on an oil pan. If not it'll probably be a week.

 

[Rakhsh]

Just an update for anyone interested, this is still not finished. The valve cover had to come off. the camshaft slid inwards and knocked the rocker arms off so had to open it and reseal and retorque the stretch bolts TWICE. Had it all together and went to put the new oil pump on and found out that the gear they sent me was wrong, timing chain had to come off.

I am now almost finished, there's just the oil pan left but it's hellish because putting those screws back in is harder than getting them out, especially with a time limit before the RTV is ruined. I'm at my wits end, I just need this to be over. I miss my car and I'm so tired of working on this, a timing chain should never take 2 months.

 

[Frostensen]

You're almost there, and it wasn't only the timing chain you were doing so...

 

[Rakhsh]

You're almost there, and it wasn't only the timing chain you were doing so...

It's so close. Overall I've got it a new water pump, oil pump, timing chain, serpentine belt, bunch of gaskets and resealed the valve cover in case that was where the leak was.
It would have been finished in 2 weeks or less had the timing chain guide not shattered but at least now it has a bunch of new parts and I can go back to redlining it every day.

I've learned a lot and it was good to see that inside the engine was in good condition. Unlike the suspension and brakes everything I saw looked good so I have some peace of mind there.