2002 Volkswagen Passat Repair Question
Anyone familiar with a cam chain tensioner for a vw 2.8L passat?
Asked by BoomerTAnswer
Thanks Thomas, I appreciate that more than you know!!!
WOW Thomas!! That was most certainly above and beyond anything I was expecting!!! Thanks so much for that!!! What I believe mine is was what you called the non metallic plunger. So it is definitely missing an internal part. I'm sure I would have paid for that mistake greatly, thank you very very much!!! Any suggestions with regards to having to take everything apart completely again? Everything I've seen online with one exception says it all has to come apart to get the tensioner out. One blog post says you only have to compress the tensioner and loosen and/or take out the first three cam bearings (caps) and you can get it out. I guess I'm kinda leery about that approach unless you know of it or perhaps an even better way. I don't want to mess anything up by taking a shortcut, but it would be nice if there is one as I don't have all the necessary tools like I did when I started it and thought I finished it. That's why I'm doing it myself and rented tools in the first place due to money. Any suggestions would once again be awesome!! Thanks man!!!
To get enough slack in the chain to be able to remove the adjuster, I
collapse the adjuster, remove the intake camshaft bearing caps, lift
the camshaft out of its seats and then remove the adjuster from
the chain.
http://fkh161.ca/VW/head.jpg
The double bearing cap (#1) needs to be removed, as well as the camshaft
position sensor cover (#27) & tone wheel.
Thomas
i am curious, where did you find just the bushings for the tentioner? i always just replaced the whole unit.... @ $700-$800 for a tensioner, the bushings will help save $$$ thanks
I don't know, I don't know how to do that. I thought I seen a few posts earlier that I don't see now.
Nobody that I know of here has the ability to remove posts.
