"AstraVanMan1" wrote:
> > my audi 100 2.5 tdi just broke its timing belt . now it
> smokes even worce
> > than before and startes shaking and when u switch off it
> keeps going for a
> > while
>
> I presume this is after having had the bent valves etc.
> replaced and the
> belt replaced? Because if the belt had snapped it wouldn’t
> run.
>
> > the garage taht replaced the belt a few days ago thinks its
> the
> > diesel pump timing as they had no special tools for setting
> it up . can
> > anyone help ?
>
> Ask them why they even attempted to replace the belt without
> the special
> equipment for timing diesel pump? Checking and adjusting the
> timing on
> those 5-cylinder engines is very difficult to get exactly
> right, and using
> specialised equipment is absolutely essential to do the job
> properly. Or so
> I’ve heard.
>
> Peter

I can say that my belt snapt so i had to change it by my self. And if
you put it just a little bit wrong, the engine wont start.
So if the engine runs... the belttiming is right.
And the smoke... These engines smokes alot

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