ABH timing gelt change problems

grega

newbie · 38 posts

Feb 11, 2018#1

Original: German · machine translated

Hi!

i wonder if anyone could help me

well i am in process of changing timing belt on my v8 abh.
Problem is, that i have forgoten to lock distributors before i took off old belt, i just put engine in OT position and took belt off (including one camshaft pulley..).
Now when i took distributos caps off i found out that booth heads are way off OT position (but accorrding to flywheel engine is in OT.
I am not 100% sure that i have not moved belt pulleys when belt was already off....
What should i do ? Should i just turn heads in OT position ?

Thanks

Tim

Pooh-Bah · 2,009 posts

Feb 13, 2018#2

If the required camshaft locking tool is unavailable you can adjust the proper camshaft position with the two dots in alignment, placed on the rear side of the two chain sprockets on each cylinder head. Mind the attachment (Anhang)

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grega Original poster

newbie · 38 posts

Feb 13, 2018#3

Thanks Tim, will do that !

Do you have perhaps audi manuals for camshaft change for ABH in english too ?

Tim

Pooh-Bah · 2,009 posts

Feb 13, 2018#4

I only have the manual (PT and ABH) as pdf file on my mac. It seems too large (120MB) for an attachment.
But searching the www with "Audi V8 workshop manual" could possibly help to find the manual in English, i.e.: https://manuals.co/workshop/audi/v8/audi-v8-volume-1-repair-manual/3965/3
But the English version seems to have more bugs than the German manual.

Martin

Carpal \'Tunnel · 5,327 posts

Mar 27, 2018#5

Isn’t a marking at the distributor too? Finger should show to one mark on the outer side.