Andy Orchard

Can anyone help? I am looking for 2 camshaft holders for a 1993 2.3 litre A80 engine (5-cylinder variant). They snapped when my mechanic removed the camshaft recently and VAG no longer stock. Apparently there are 4 in total holding the cam in place. Here are some pics. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks very much.

Sorry Dan - not sure how I missed this. Thanks very much for offering to look this up. My engine is the 1993 2300cc 5-cylinder version. Grateful for any guidance here. Also, do you know whether it is possible to purchase camshaft holders? I've attached a picture of what I presume is the camshaft as well as the aluminium holders - 4 in total, two of which have snapped. My mechanic can't find them anywhere. Maybe this first image tells you whether the bolts for the cylinder head can be accessed without first removing the cam? Thanks, Andrew

Thanks Steve - and excuse my belated reply. My mechanic says this may be the case on the later Audis, but for my 1993 you cannot access the bolts for the cylinder head without first removing the camshaft. Does that make sense?

Belated thanks for your answer, Dan - really helpful. Let me check with the garage about whether they've skimmed the head. But if I get you right, they should have been able to keep the cam in place, irrespective of whether they decided to skim the head?

Hi. Can anyone offer advice on the following? My local garage has replaced the head gasket for my 1993 Audi A80 cabriolet. This of course involved removing the cylinder head. However, they also removed the camshaft and managed to snap 2 of the 4 camshaft holders in the process, which we're having massive difficulty in sourcing replacements for. I'm left wondering - is it necessary to remove a camshaft whilst replacing a head gasket? Another engineer I spoke to suggested it wasn't. Does anyone know who's right here?

Hi. Can anyone offer advice on the following? My local garage has replaced the head gasket for my 1993 Audi A80 cabriolet. This of course involved removing the cylinder head. However, they also removed the camshaft and managed to snap 2 of the 4 camshaft holders in the process, which we're having massive difficulty in sourcing replacements for. I'm left wondering - is it necessary to remove a camshaft whilst replacing a head gasket? Another engineer I spoke to suggested it wasn't. Does anyone know who's right here?