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

[Cody Forbes]

It's more than two bolts, but it is cake. It's been a few years so  
this may be imperfect, but:

1) under pan off

2) Bumper cover off. 3 T15 Torx in each wheel well hold the cover to  
the fender liner. Two 8mm headed Allen bolts hold the bumper assembly.  
Access them by popping out the foglight grills simmilar to an urS. If  
the car has fog lights you'll need to disconnect the wire to each.  
Slide the bumper forward a bit. Sometimes (usually) they are very,  
very stuck. If so you need to pull outwards on the rear edge of the  
bumper cover very hard. You'll think it's going to break, then pull  
harder. It'll eventually co-operate. Once loose you can slide it most  
of the way off. Last step is to unclip and separate the headlight  
washer hose. Clamp the line or have a bucket handy. Ooh, I just  
remembered something. B6 a4's had a row of three bolts per side  
holding the upper edge of the bumper cover to the fender and they suck  
to reach.

3) lock carrier in service mode. You'll need 2 "special tools" which  
are a 8x1.25 thread bolt as long as you can find, 4" minimum, 6"  
prefered. You'll notice the bumper shocks held on by 3 T45 (maybe T50)  
Torx bolts each, don't remove them yet. Near the bumper shock on one  
side you'll find an extra T45 torx just like the bumper shock bolts.  
Remove it and insert the "special tool". Near the other bumper shock  
in a simmilar position you'll notice the spot to put the other  
"special tool". Now remove the bumper shock bolts. There's also a T25  
or T30 on each side of the car (it's black) and four more holding the  
lock carrier near the fenders (also black). Unplug the headlight  
wiring on each side, but there is no need to pull the headlights. Now  
grab the bumper shocks and pull the lock carrier forward. It'll slide  
a good bit out. If you want more room find whatever is hanging you up  
and undo it. When reinstalling everything make sure the bumper shock  
bolts land right into the marks from before and everything will be  
aligned properly.

This whole deal should take half an hour the first time, and ten  
minutes every time after that.

I'm moving so my pc is packed away... Somebody should wikify that.  
Kase should take pictures ;-). I'll be doing the t-belt on an allroad  
in a week or so, I'll take pics of that too but the process is  
essentially the same.



-Cody (mobile)

On May 13, 2010, at 12:12 PM, "Wylie Bean"  
<theringmeister at triad.rr.com> wrote:

> 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
> Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
>
> -----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 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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