All Things Mk5 > Mk5 General Area
Timing chain replacement question
skkane:
I hope so too. My buddy thought the VVT needs changing also as he doesn't trust it and always puts a new one but I have to chance it, that thing is expensive as hell. 548 EUR for OEM and 200 EUR for aftermarket cheapest I could find. I heard its around 300gbp for OEM in the UK. Hopefully it's good, can't afford to have it changed right now.
Yeah, it's looking a bit adams family in there. The previous owner was bragging about how the head has been redone and only has 10k kms on it... cool story bruh. :signLOL: Hopefully it won't crap out on me, I plan on doing it every 8000km's, if it lives that long :evilgrin:
I'll keep the trick in mind for when we redo it, It's only 45nm + half a turn I believe the mechanic said. 4MM nm for undoing sounds about right :grin:
rich83:
Stage 1= 15 ftlbs Stage 2= 1/8 turn
That’s what I did mine up to…. Maybe it’s loose :signLOL:
pudding:
--- Quote from: skkane on January 21, 2023, 07:32:59 am ---I hope so too. My buddy thought the VVT needs changing also as he doesn't trust it and always puts a new one but I have to chance it, that thing is expensive as hell. 548 EUR for OEM and 200 EUR for aftermarket cheapest I could find. I heard its around 300gbp for OEM in the UK. Hopefully it's good, can't afford to have it changed right now.
Yeah, it's looking a bit adams family in there. The previous owner was bragging about how the head has been redone and only has 10k kms on it... cool story bruh. :signLOL: Hopefully it won't crap out on me, I plan on doing it every 8000km's, if it lives that long :evilgrin:
I'll keep the trick in mind for when we redo it, It's only 45nm + half a turn I believe the mechanic said. 4MM nm for undoing sounds about right :grin:
--- End quote ---
Yeah VW sell a 'repair kit' which consists of the VVT adjuster, chain cover and oil control solenoid. It was about £700 a couple of years ago but I got it from a Skoda dealer for £550 :smiley: That isn't too bad when you price up the parts individually. The VVT adjuster is £450 on it's own! None of that has to be replaced though if it all comes off OK and was working fine beforehand.
Hope it all goes well :happy2:
LC5F:
I had to replace my variator, I was fixing timing belt failure & the pin was sheared, the mad price for a genuine one pushed me towards ebay special maxpeedingrods ebay clone - it has been fine for a good few k miles.
skkane:
Yeah that adjuster thing is really expensive. Hopefully it will work fine with the new solenoid and timing set correctly.
Managed to find some $ to get the belt done also, ordered a new kit with waterpump and rollers, getting that done in the morning.
Anyone knows how much hp you lose per degree of timing wrong? I read it’s like 2-4hp / degree… on a ls1 forum. So I would be off by ~50hp with -18 degrees.
Can’t wait to dyno it again after all is fixed properly :laugh:
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version