Part Question

[Pez]

Anyone know where i can get a timing chain kit for a v6? Or know the price of one from VW (they're shut at the moment). Decided that the engine management light being illuminated and the sound of timing chain rattle isn't a good thing. On the up side i've been quoted £200+Vat for labour.

[barrym381]

Tps mate an it's usually the tensioner that goes 1st on these,sure you can check with vagcom if the chain is stretched 

[Pez]

Tps mate an it's usually the tensioner that goes 1st on these,sure you can check with vagcom if the chain is stretched 

I got the code Crankshaft position sensor bank 2 P1347, that generally means the timing out? Do you know if the tensioner can be replaced fairly easily and if the tensioner would cause the timing to be out?

[Wayne]

On the up side i've been quoted £200+Vat for labour.

Seems cheap do they know how involved it is to replace it.

[damien010685]

£200 + Vat i got quoted not far off a grand but it the end it wasnt the timing chain... Id be questioning that price as i know a guy with an r32 up here who did it and he diddnt see much change from a grand either... its a fair job as far as i know

[gazareth]

is it not a gearbox out job as the chain is on clutch side?

[mike1990]

is it not a gearbox out job as the chain is on clutch side?

The timing chain is normally on the opposite side of the clutch, the front of the engine

[barrym381]

is it not a gearbox out job as the chain is on clutch side?

The timing chain is normally on the opposite side of the clutch, the front of the engine

not on a mk4 v6 

[Pez]

it's a mate of mine, he quoted me for 4 hours labour. He worked for an independent garage, then moved to working for halfords and now hes back at an independent. I told him it was a gearbox out job too..

[mike1990]

is it not a gearbox out job as the chain is on clutch side?

The timing chain is normally on the opposite side of the clutch, the front of the engine

not on a mk4 v6 

Ahh, fair enough