quattro Digest, Vol 147, Issue 1

[Cody Forbes]

He may be referring to the intra-camshaft timing chain tensioners, AKA the variable valve timing adjuster units. The plastic guides wear over time and VW doesn't sell the guides separately. The VVT unit is about $600 last I looked, but having done probably 50+ 2.7t camshaft jobs I've encountered two VVT units that weren't in useable condition. Porsche does sell the guides for about $15, but I tried them one time and they are about 2mm too big to fit tightly in place. If it were my car I'd make the Porsche ones work.

-Cody Forbes (mobile)

> On Jan 8, 2016, at 6:10 PM, Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:
> 
> The 2.7T has a timing belt, not timing chain.  The timing belt kit including the tensioner and other stuff is the same one as on many other V6 Audis and VWs.
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> -Ti
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>> On Jan 8, 2016, at 2:49 PM, linnrichardson <linnrichardson at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> Timing chain tensioners can be a problem and expensive
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