![]() Timing-Chain-Tensioner-SET-For-AUDI-A3-A4-A6-TT-VW-Jetta-Golf-Passat-Beetle-1-8Tĭo you consider it a hard job? I’ve done plenty of work on my car but hate touching mechanical parts of the engine if not bolt on.It's not really hard, I'd say people overthink the tensioner job a little too much. I guess anyones' opinions on these aside from the usual "you get what you pay for" b.s. I've used these (w/o any legitimate markings) on other engines and so far all those installs are still running great with no issues. But lo' and behold it's stamped with the rings. I got a tensioner, assuming it's origin is one of Apples' factories in China. The girl who owns this car is budget restricted.so.we get parts off Ebay. This resulted in only 4 bent exhaust valves, which again is a relative blessing.Īnd so I've got it almost together again with new valves and headgasket and gravel and lube sauce. ![]() So very lucky it wasn't rolling down the road when it died. Then they say one morning on start it fired up and died instantly. It ran fine, but the noise was reported to have gotten slightly louder, still quiet always while driving. So I says to them, "keep your ears open and let me know if it does anything different". I was guessing door #2, which was in my mind a sticky lifter? The noise went away just off idle. ![]() It did NOT sounds like any tensioner noise I had heard before and it didn't do it on cold start at all. After a couple three weeks it started doing an idle rattling noise. Buttoned up and it ran damn well for a pile of shit. Join GEM for simple and straightforward, all-inclusive personal breakdown cover.So, did a head gasket on this A4 for a friend a couple /three months back. Our aim is to keep our members on the move… whether that’s through our breakdown recovery service or our motoring and road safety expertise. GEM Motoring Assist is a members’ motoring and road safety organisation in the UK. Keep up to date with the latest news from GEM Motoring Assist at: Your details will not be kept on file thereafter. Request your free sample copy of Good Motoring magazine by emailing providing your full postal address.īy requesting a free copy of Good Motoring, you consent to us using your postal address for this purpose. If you enjoy motoring magazines, you're sure to find Good Motoring an excellent read every quarter. Furthermore, never neglect regular servicing, including oil changes.ĭid you know? GEM membership includes our exclusive quarterly motoring magazine, Good Motoring, which is delivered directly to our members' doors four times a year. Prioritise a manufacturer specification, rather than viscosity and API/ACEA figures. Different timing belt lubricants may contain chemicals that attack the belt. In addition, be sure that you (or your garage) use engine oil that complies with the manufacturer's specifications. ![]() Therefore, check the replacement interval on your Belt In Oil and be wary that, if you cover fewer than 10,000 miles per year, with most journeys being shorter than six miles, then it should be replaced sooner. Even if a severely-weakened belt is still serving its purpose, these fibrous remnants can enter the oil pump, causing a ruinous loss of oil pressure. Therefore, running a low oil level, or ignoring draining intervals, means less oil on the timing belt and, therefore, degrades the lubricant and shortens the timing belt's life.Īs evident in our picture, such belts tend not to snap but their teeth become detached. The wet timing belt system is sited within the engine and, as the name suggests, is lubricated by the engine oil. Most of these are 'dry', referred to as such, because they are positioned outside the engine crankcase, most often, behind a plastic cover. Their primary purpose is to ensure that rotating parts within the engine do not make violent and destructive contact. However, vehicle producer priorities for new vehicles differ from those of motorists that need to fund out-of-warranty repairs and maintenance.īack in the real world, many car drivers are familiar with wet timing belt issues, mainly because their replacement adds a significant chunk to servicing bills. They do not perform in a superior manner, aside from helping the carmaker shave off a few grammes of carbon dioxide from their official new car emissions figures. Sometimes, even experienced technicians peer beneath car bonnets and wonder 'why did they do that?' Belt In Oil timing belts are typical examples. Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 00:00 Don't let 'wet' timing belts bring you to tears
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