Bromchild

Tricky thing is the mechanic is a friend of mine, I was his "laborer", we do a lot of work for one another, im a detailer, hes a mechanic. He'll be sorting it one way or another. Just wondering if this needs to be totally redone from scratch (my thinking anyway) or can it be done the way he's suggesting. Basically what happened was, it was all going well, seemed to be timed spot on, cam locking bar came on and off prefecty. Then the waterpump started leaking, the gasket was folded a bit in transit and hadn't sat quite right upon installing it. He then had belt just off the sprockets to refit the waterpump (no leaking), the belt was still on the crank etc but didn't put the crank pin in as he said it hadn't moved. Cam locking bar then didn't seem to go on as easily as the 1st time, he then turned engine over by hand 2 full rotations, nothing seemed to be hitting or anything, cam locking bar then seemed to go on a bit easier. He's saying he wants to do it without cam locking bar and just use VAG com Can someone give me an in depth reply about this if possible. Many thanks Eric

Most definitely, he's saying it's very easy to sort, he's said: "I simply time up bottom end slacken pullys and crack them with belt tension on and fit bar and tighten bolt. Sorted" Also saying he doesn't need to put the front end into service position, doesn’t sound right to me. Anyone have any thoughts on the above? Is it not a case of the whole thing needs redoing again? Many thanks

Hi everyone, Could someone please confirm my timing is out and how bad it is? The car is a 2002 S6 4.2 V8, timing belt has just been done. Just looking for as much information as possible from a Audi Tech or guru. Your response will be much appreciated. Pictures attached, 1st was from cold start, then next ones after it had warmed up a bit. It fluctuated between 7 and 10 at 1st from cold on block 92 then on block 93 sat at 12/8 and 12/9 on block 93. Car shaking on idle. Many thanks Eric

Hi Gareth, Thanks for the reply! He's a good friend of mine but is an absolute pain in the "behind" when he thinks he's right. He'll be doing in in my workshop (I've got a ramp and most tools for most jobs). He hates swapping out factory seals etc, I'd rather they were done while we're in there. I can just do them myself as I'll be there anyway. I'll maybe get a seal puller/installer kit as I've not got one of those. Went for INA timing kit, INA waterpump (might try get an Audi pump though), Mahle thermostat (I believe they make the original?), Contitech aux belt, Febi aux belt tensioner, the idler (think that's what it's called, its about 85mm anyway and smooth) pulley is slightly noisy so got an INA pulley for that. Also Elring cam seals

Hi folks, 1st time posting, be gentle 😂 I have a 2002 S6 Avant 4.2, now on 100k I'm having a mechanic friend do my timing belt. I have belt kit, waterpump, thermostat, aux belt, tensioner, cam locking bar/kit etc, etc and also the cam seals. I do most things myself but I'm definitely not keen on doing the timing belt myself. Now, he's trying to tell me the cam seals are a massive job requiring the cam covers etc to be removed to do properly and basically refusing to change them if they're not leaking. I thought it to be good preventative maintenance? Is it just a case of popping the cam sprockets off (I have the correct pullers) and changing the seals? To to the job correctly the sprockets need to be popped off slightly anyway do they not? Many thanks 🙂