[s-cars] Timing Belt - Done!

Sean Douglas quattro20v at telus.net
Sat Jun 7 23:49:29 EDT 2003


Hi all:

Just finished doing the t-belt on my S6, thanks again to all who
responded to my questions. The job went fairly smoothly and ended up
taking roughly 8 hours. I had the tool rental kit from Blau but upon
inspection, they didn't include the crankseal puller / insert tools. I
called Keith at Blau Friday morning and they had forgot to include it.
He fedexed it overnight and put it on a Saturday delivery so I'd have it
to do the job this weekend.

I found the instructions from Scott Mockery and Jimmy Pribble's sites to
be excellent and I had all the text and photos printed out and on-hand
in the garage. I refered to the Bentley now and then, but Scott's and
Jimmy's instructions are so good, that its really not needed.

The only thing thay caused me grief was the lower t-belt cover. Its held
on by 2 small bolts and one is very hard to get to. The vibration damper
is in the way and when re-installing I had a tough time getting the one
bolt back on. Also, it's a good idea to check to make sure the cover is
not interfering with the vibration damper. The damper was rubbing
against the metal cover and I had to use a flat blade screwdriver to
bend it backwards. It's a good idea to check this before putting
everthing back together (as I did) or you will have a dreaded metal to
metal scraping sound.

The crankbolt came off, but it took the audi tool, a 3/4 in breaker bar
and a 4 ft cheater pipe to get it loose. I stood on a chair and braced
my foot against the cylinder head for leverage. Torquing it back down
took some strength too and my back is sore now!

The crankseal popped out with no trouble with the proper tool. There was
signs of a little leakage, so it was worth changing. Installing it went
good too, but I had to be careful to get it square even with the insert
tool.

Here's what I did: t-belt, s-belt, t-belt roller, s-belt tensioner,
water pump and t-stat. The s-belt tensioner is really optional and
probably could be omitted as its fairly easy to get to if failed.

The only thing I didn't do was the cam seal. I didn't see any leakage
and decided to leave it.

All told, I paid $400 CAD ($300 USD) plus $55 USD for the tool rental.
It would have been significantly less without the s-belt tensioner.

I'd recommend this job to anyone who does their own work and is willing
to spend a good 8 hour day in the garage.

Regards,

Sean

Sean Douglas
1997 Audi S6
1990 Audi 90Q20V
Surrey, BC
Canada




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