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| 2001 Audi A4 1.8T Timing Belt Job In 5Min! Time Lapse! |
29 Dec |
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Here is a time lapse of me doing a timing belt on a 2001 A4 1.8T. Total time was 4 hours and 25 min start to finish including changing the oil. Hope you enjoy UPDATE: I Now have a full DIY video! PLEASE CLICK HERE to find out how to get it!!!! www.jmlpictures.com/diy.php Song Is by my brother DJ Vera called Liquification
25 Responses to “2001 Audi A4 1.8T Timing Belt Job In 5Min! Time Lapse!”
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December 29th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
No it’s DOHC. The timing belt runs the water pump and the cams. There is a chain on the back side of the engine that runs the other cam.
December 29th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
is this motor sohc? just wondering or am i totally wrong in that the timing belt has nothing to do with the cams?
December 29th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Why not make the engine with chains to have to take the whole car apart to do that required work is insane. Guess that why you don’t see to many old audi’s when they break the belt take the turbo and exhaust valves with it then it get junked right.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
jesus, what a pain in the ass…though not as much of a pain as changing a timing chain on an sr20…i’d choose changing a belt over a chain any day
December 29th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
cool yah the same wth the diesels we have over half a million km on them combined. I have not done any timing belts on any newer transverse mounted 1.8t’s like on the passat or the a4, but i have done timing belts on the longitudinally mounted 1.8t as well as the diesels. Sadly my lack of experience dealing with those engines leaves me to quote my great uncle. My uncle actually says that if they are not taken care of the start to be a head ache, but thats any car right?Thanks for the FYI
December 30th, 2009 at 12:24 am
FYI: The audi and VW 1.8T timing belt procedures are basically the same…because they are the same engines. It just depends on if it is transverse mounted or inline. If your uncle says audi are bad as soon as the get some age then so are VW’s. I have done a plethora timing belts on both Audi’s and VW and can tell you there is no real difference if you know what you are doing and where to source parts. I have over 400k miles combined in 2 personal vehicles (02 jetta TDi and 02 TT).
December 30th, 2009 at 12:43 am
they eat timing belts? our focus chewed off like 20 teeth D:
December 30th, 2009 at 1:22 am
In the process of doing this on my A4. Its easy if you know what your doing also feels good to save hundreds in labor costs. To anyone who is even thinking of getting a B5 Passat or A4 1.8T – timing belt service is of utmost priority.
December 30th, 2009 at 1:48 am
i heard the 2000 -2004′s are a bit better. they have more HP
December 30th, 2009 at 2:07 am
yea changing the belt is a pain on any car but more than likely ull only ever change it once unless you change cams. but he also did a radiator flush water pump belt tensioner it would take a day if you have never worked on the car going by the book get a buddy involved and some 1 who knows what they r doing and its cake. the car is still worth buying to me but I LIKE working on my car and dont complain about a maybe once in the duration of ownership job.
December 30th, 2009 at 2:12 am
My great uncle has a saying for audi’s he says that they are amazing cars to own new, but as soon as the get on age and they have not been looked after they are best to avoid. Audi/ w made them so they are hard to service so you would pay more to have it serviced. I own a couple jettas and to me they are amzing i got a diesel and a gas turbo and the mk2 jettas are awesome, parts are cheap and mechanically they are simple and easy to work on. Just a thought
December 30th, 2009 at 2:20 am
for A4s, i heard 120 000kms. thatd be like 75000miles. dont quote me on this but this’d be a SAFE time to start looking into it
December 30th, 2009 at 2:49 am
awesome video. But all that to replace a timing belt. What a headache.
December 30th, 2009 at 3:30 am
ok, so what is the service life for the timing chain, and how often should you actually change it? I’m looking into 99 1.8t’s with around 80-105k on them.
December 30th, 2009 at 3:59 am
iv just done a passat diesel, bugger aint it
December 30th, 2009 at 4:32 am
I am so glad I saw this, I was thinking of getting this car. Now I will think twice, although all cars will have there quirks
December 30th, 2009 at 4:37 am
passat engine is also longitudinal as is the fwd a4…
December 30th, 2009 at 5:06 am
like 6000 bolts and 4500 nuts good luck
December 30th, 2009 at 6:00 am
My Haynes manual says there’s a way to take off the entire front end from the radiator foreward, then just have to pull the hoses and wires attaching them, making it all come off in one asembly. I’ll let you know how it goes when I replace mine in a week or 2… also mounting an aftermarket intercooler and swapping the water pump all at the same time.
December 30th, 2009 at 6:27 am
audi just turned me off with that one wtf how many nuts & bolts did this dude just turn
December 30th, 2009 at 6:45 am
All done! Oops, I forgot to put the new crank seal in, lol…
December 30th, 2009 at 7:05 am
how much did it cost you to get a new timing belt?
December 30th, 2009 at 7:15 am
No, the 1.8T you do not need any special tools unlike the V6 where you need the cam bar and crank lock. As someone said before, if you arent doing the crank seal, then you can have these done in an hour, as you only need to put the lock carrier in service position and not remove the whole thing.
December 30th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Do you need any special tools for the T-belt change? (Like you need the special hex for the Rear Diff Flush on AWD A4s)
December 30th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Yeah, many folks don’t read the bentey manual to know that there is a service mode for the front end.