Posted by Graeme Simm on February 14, 2011, 4:09 pm
Year of Manufacture *: 2004 ( Optional ) Engine Code or CC: 2000 AXW
have a snapped timing chain on the rear of the head it would appear that this is not an unuasual state of affairs, i have no problem just questions should i expect to have valve damage and should i save myself the hassle and pull the head streight off rather than try it with the new chain what is generally the cause, i dont want to rectify the problem to have it happen again, looks like the tensioner may have been the culprite are there other things that i need to repair or replace to do the job correctly generally only touch diesels, coz petrol just stinks thank you for your time graeme
hi mate i think they would have kissed but you can always try cos i have had some stores. On the 2.0 fsi i had all the valves that had kissed had cam followers broken on them. When you take the rocker cover off have a good look cos if any are broken that would be a good indicator of what happened. The tensioner on them are not good so change it, on the one i had at the end of the cam the vvti sensor pulley pin broke off. Behind the chain is a aluminium cover & inside it the pulley bolts to the back of the cam if you take it off & look inside it there should be a locator pin if you can’t find it them its broken off £200 for a new one comes with the sensor.
thank you all of the followers are in one piece so i am going to stick a chain on this and cross my fingers it also needs gears and a tensioner just didnt want the rermoval of the head if possible graeme
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