[s-cars] A4 timing belt change - need help with BTDT

[Stott Hare]

Speaking of belts, word of a Gates Racing belt hit the TT forums recently.
http://www.gatesracing.com/timing.cfm A quick search of their application
guide leads me to this part number K040335RB.  Would stand a double check,
but might be worth a look-see.

-S 

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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Wylie Bean
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 12:13 PM
To: David Kase
Cc: S-CAR list
Subject: Re: [s-cars] A4 timing belt change - need help with BTDT

Most kits include the (updated) tensioner. Avoid the Chinese-made one
though! Horror stories of premature failure. 
Unless you've got it apart already removing one side of the lock carrier and
swinging it out isn't necessary like the AW tech article shows. The new cars
have a "service position" where you remove two bolts on each side and slide
the whole thing forward allowing room to work. 

Wylie Bean
TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
90 cq
91 90q20v
92 UrS4
08 Q7 3.6
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Kase <dbkase at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 11:59:35
To: <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
Cc: S-CAR list<s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] A4 timing belt change - need help with BTDT

ah, so I should replace the tensioner itself as well then?

Good info - thanks.

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Wylie Bean
<theringmeister at triad.rr.com>wrote:

> I got ECS Tuning's kit Dave when I did it on our 99.5 1.8T.   I think
> there's a link somewhere to Igor Kessel's head rebuild that I used as 
> a guide (I had a tensioner failure that caused a big mess) but the one 
> thing he stressed is to use the OE water pump belt, not the one 
> supplied (at the
> time) in the kit, because of the angle of the "V" in the belt not 
> being right and causing slippage and subsequent hot-running.  I still 
> have the belt supplied in the kit in my garage.
>
> I don't know much more in terms of details but that much I do remember.
>
> Wylie Bean
> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> 90 cq
> 91 90q20v
> 92 UrS4
> 08 Q7 3.6
> Sent on the SprintR Now Network from my BlackBerryR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Kase <dbkase at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 11:27:00
> To: S-Cars<s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] A4 timing belt change - need help with BTDT
>
> I have done plenty of 5 cylinders but this will be my first 1.8t.
>
> What brand water pump?  (sorry, can never seem to remember)
>
> What should I change besides the standard rollers and water pump?
>
> Kase, out...
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