Bullitt5339
Senior Member
Yeah... You have to put the car in "service mode" where the radiator and everything swings forward for work on the front of the engine, PITA...
Did you change the timing belt? If you didn't you NEED too... (radiator flush, water pump, timing belt is all at one time job) I paid to get it done from a performance shop at the same time they did the chip.
Was the water pump wheel metal or plastic? If it was plastic, and you do have to go back and do the timing belt, I suggest you change it again and get a metal wheel water pump. The plastic ones have been known to break into pieces and travel through the engine doing damage.
Does the 1.8T engine have a Cam Follower? If so, this is something that needs to be checked every other oil change, if it goes, you need head work. (I'm not sure if this is on the B6 engines, i have a B7).
The whole Photobucket thing is crazy, it is affecting every forum, and almost every write-up.
We haven't done the timing belt yet. It was replaced at 120,000 miles so I pulled the cover and everything looks good for now. We will do it before he gets it tuned though, we are trying to get all the Audiisms out of it right now.
When we do the timing belt, it's going to get a new water pump with a metal impeller. The one in there right now is metal as well.
I assume you're talking about the cam chain tensioner on the back of the engine with the plastic guides? That's actually next on our list. The half moon gasket is leaking underneath it, and I'm pretty sure it has never been changed, so there's probably nothing left.