How to replace timing belt tensioner and phasers

Tiny
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Ya, neither are for my car because I see the chain on both pictures go over rather than under the plastic piece.
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Friday, September 13th, 2019 AT 6:19 PM
Tiny
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Mine looks something like this.
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Friday, September 13th, 2019 AT 6:20 PM
Tiny
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This is the 1.8T, correct? Also, is it a sedan, coupe, and are you located in the US?
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Friday, September 13th, 2019 AT 6:27 PM
Tiny
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Mine is 1.8 turbo 271.8 motor, pictures I think are for the 271.9 as it says in the picture, sedan, yes in the U.S.
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Friday, September 13th, 2019 AT 6:29 PM
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I attached a pic below. Interestingly, I select the correct engine as seen below, but when I try to pull up guides and slide rail info, it takes me to the 271.9

Just to confirm, do I now have the correct pic attached? Also, I have to do a bit more research to find the directions. For some reason, it is jumping between engine designs for me.

Also, take a look at pic 2 for slide rail removal for either engine.
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Friday, September 13th, 2019 AT 6:45 PM
Tiny
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Yes the picture is right, I seen the 271.8 and 271.9 many times in most guides, they are always grouped together because many parts and directions are similar, but the torque is different in some, and the way some of the pulleys are arranged are also different.
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Friday, September 13th, 2019 AT 7:01 PM
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Welcome back:

Everything I have jumps to the other engine. I am going to ask one of the other techs here to see if he can provide suggestions. You may see a response from someone else.

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Friday, September 13th, 2019 AT 8:55 PM
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Do you know if I remove the star bolts on top of the camshafts will that result in the camshaft coming out? I want to remove the top cover so I can put a wrench on the camshaft to rotate them a bit to align, this is the only way to do so.
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Wednesday, September 18th, 2019 AT 7:32 AM
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Welcome back and sorry for the delay.

Yes, those bolts how the upper portion of the camshaft housing. I attached a pic below. All bolts locations will need removed.

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Thursday, September 19th, 2019 AT 6:37 PM
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What am asking is, if I remove them will the camshaft be loose, I just want to remove the cover so I can put a wrench and rotate the camshaft back to the mark.
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Friday, September 20th, 2019 AT 3:08 AM
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Yes, they will be loose. You should be able to turn them without removing the cover.
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Friday, September 20th, 2019 AT 9:37 PM
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I can't, there is no room anywhere to turn them, also how do I know whether the mark is on TDC, is the camshaft similar to the crankshaft where ot can be at a 180 degrees?
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Saturday, September 21st, 2019 AT 5:10 AM
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Welcome back:

No, they can not be off 180°
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Saturday, September 21st, 2019 AT 9:56 PM
Tiny
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Finally got them all to line up, with regards to the star bolt in the picture which holds each sprocket to the head, there is a plastic piece in front if the bolt that is fragile I broke one and bought another whole bolt to replace it and while installing the other it also partially broke, do you know if those are important? See pictures with both the good one and the broken one, all I know is that the camshaft magnet sensor goes in front of the bolt after installing the timing chain cover, also once all in place and I want to turn the motor by hand to see how it is do I need to install the tensioner first?
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Friday, September 27th, 2019 AT 6:29 AM
Tiny
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Yes these parts need to be replaced. The system will not work unless you do and you must have the tensioner on before rotating the engine over.
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Sunday, September 29th, 2019 AT 12:50 PM
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Got it all together, the car overheats to about 246f and the fan is on high. I believe I need to bleed it? Can you get instructions on bleeding this car? The upper radiator hose isn't hard so I don't understand why she is overheating.
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Monday, September 30th, 2019 AT 1:31 PM
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Can you see coolant flowing? There is no bleed instructions I can find. New thermostat? This guide can help:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-overheating-or-running-hot

Please run down this guide and report back.
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Monday, September 30th, 2019 AT 5:42 PM
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It isn't flowing in the coolant reservoir, but I drove the car more than once before doing this job and was fine. You think all of a sudden this happened? Possible? Can you please find out for me what the coolant temperature range is on this car? Also, dang, the check engine light came on with p0017. Geez
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Monday, September 30th, 2019 AT 5:59 PM
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Kept cap off until warm with heater on, then capped it, turned car off came back an hour later expansion tank was empty filled again. Did the same thing 4 times, now the temperature is stabilizing. Thanks for all your help.
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 AT 7:54 AM
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Good to hear. Did the p0017 go away as well?
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 AT 11:07 AM

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