oldandbald
28-04-2014, 08:27 PM
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me with my query concerning a timing belt job I'm attempting on my A3 2.0ltr TDI BKD engine. Twin overhead cam engine.
Before removing the old belt I timed the crank and two camhafts using the locking pins in the two camshafts and the toothed pawl that locks the crank pully. I left these in place when I removed the old belt. All seemed ok, and new water pump fitted and all new tensioners/idlers in place. I fitted the new belt but cannot now remove the locking pins in both camshafts..............
And that is even after slackening the three bolts on each cam wheel, and removing the new belt to see if that had gripped them. The engine has not been rotated.
Now these pins with the plastic balls on the end pushed in by hand initially quite easily, but now are held in by a death grip. Can any one tell me what I've done wrong, and how I should go from here?
Many thanks!
Before removing the old belt I timed the crank and two camhafts using the locking pins in the two camshafts and the toothed pawl that locks the crank pully. I left these in place when I removed the old belt. All seemed ok, and new water pump fitted and all new tensioners/idlers in place. I fitted the new belt but cannot now remove the locking pins in both camshafts..............
And that is even after slackening the three bolts on each cam wheel, and removing the new belt to see if that had gripped them. The engine has not been rotated.
Now these pins with the plastic balls on the end pushed in by hand initially quite easily, but now are held in by a death grip. Can any one tell me what I've done wrong, and how I should go from here?
Many thanks!