timing chain noise/24 valve v6 engine

[morpheous1970 0]

Guys,

Been stuck on the side of the road this morning till AA arrived, lucky lloyds bank give me the top coverage.

Taken it to garage AA man says problem with timing chain, I turned the engine off as soon as the noise started and luckily was only crawling.

Has anybody else had this problem before ? I had a new tensioner put on abour 4 years ago.

the engine has now done 130000, my question is:

A. what may need replacing? any cost ideas ?

and

B. how much hassle would putting a 24 valve v6 engine in?

Thanks All

[simonvr6 0]

A) id say its about time for timing chains etc.

[ingham 5]

got my chians done for 250 +parts

[ripstop 0]

I got mine done as part of a head refit due to a leaking gasket at 116,000 miles. It made a huge difference to pickup and smoothness. You also need to replace the tensioner friction part as well. Before this, idle was rough and I could feel the switchover on my Schrick VGI at 4000rpm. Now its much happier. After talking to a few folks its something you should really do before you get past 100,000 miles.

[Nerih 0]

yep, infact vwvortex forum's have a guide on how to do it, so if u check there and guage how long it will take, u can work it out (buy the parts urself from ecp) based on labour rates at ur garage.

[FishWick 21]

It's the earlier engines with the the resin coated metal pads that cause the problems. The later OBD2 simplex chained engines that last longer in this respect, but it can't be outruled completely.

24V engine...... it needs to be fly by wire so you'll need to fit a DBW throttle pedal. I found a current shape VW caddy one looks good for the job. All the mounts line up but the only other issue is the exhaust front pipes might hit the steering UJ as the 24V manifold is slightly offset I think....