[s-cars] A4 timing belt change - need help with BTDT
Cody Forbes
cody at 5000tq.com
Thu May 13 09:57:12 PDT 2010
Note that only the early 1.8t's use a discrete water pump belt. Kase
didn't specify a year, but most use the timing belt just like a 5cyl.
Somebody in-the-know clarify for me... Is the remote mounted water
pump only on 4-valve 1.8t's and the timing belt driven pump on the 5v
version?
-Cody (mobile)
On 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 Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
>
> -----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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