Great demonstration by cutting away the part of the block showing how the balance shaft can be out of time! I’m looking to reseal the leaky head cover on my mk7 gti and I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole regarding timing and whatnot with these ea888 engines. Great videos, thank for the help!

These videos are priceless! Thank you.

This helped me a lot, thank you, the only difference is my shaft aligns every 7 turns, but i worked great

You should be a teacher. You articulate it well. You are better to understand than most I’ve seen on you tube!🤙🏽

thank you so much for proper video you saved my day ❤️

Thank you so much for the brilliant explanation!!!

Your awesome thanks for the help fixing my kids car 👍

I think everyone who has worked on one of these engines really appreciates the part of the video where you start hammering on the engine, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sL1pp62jxM2Xgnk.html. That's really cathartic...

Thank you so much- I had no idea about this and would have certainly screwed up this critical timing point.. pure luck I found this video

thank you for making these videos

Super thank you very much I'm ready to do my balancer shafts now too

Thanks for your videos ! ❤❤❤

this is very helpful thank you

It's a 7:1 ratio, you do not have to remove the gear to align it properly, just take the chain off and spin that gear set until it's on the timing mark. Great video and love that you cut the block to show the internals 🤘

Thanks I think this might be the reason my car is getting random timing errors at operating temp. But during Idle it's running fine.

Hey thanks for sharing this video.

There are timing marks you can line up on the intake side balance shaft pulleys

Hey naptown! I’m back hoping to get some more insight on that other balance shaft. I pulled it out and after reinstalling it I’m having trouble getting it to spin. My timing chain moves fine but my balance shaft chain is stuck

Have you ran into the issue where the upper guide lengths are different? I have three blocks, and two have the short guide, and one is longer. How do I order for the right guide length. Normally, I just reuse the guide, but I through away one of them for one of my short blocks. Great info on the timing of the balance shaft, by the way! Thanks!!

When u rebuild , repair engine that jumped timing , or during chain jobs do u replace the balance shafts? They common failures?

quick question. So should it be lined up with the dots and link, or just the two dots on the bolts?

Have you ever replaced the balance shaft tile bearing? I cannot find the bearing removal tool.

Are the timing chain kits for a 13 cmpa the same as a 2010 caeb kit? Can’t find any kits local for the cmpa but I when I look up one for the caeb there a few options . Swapping cmpa into 10 a4 that had a caeb in it before

Can I ask a question im regbuilding my cczb engine re using the old balance shafts but the spur gear on the inlet side is meant to replaced due to back lash limits as new ones are coated. Do you replace? I can set back lash by moving it slightly but whats a good setting ive got it a 0.2mm has slight play..just seems stupid to replace for back lash if you can set it.any help welcomed

Good video

do I need to get new guides every time the chain stretches a bit? it makes sense for broken timing components but has anyone actually measured the wear on those things?

On exhaust side does it really need the plastic cover ???? Mines broke and messed up shaft maybe me instal new or with out it?

Hi, will this cause low oil pressure sprodiac issue if not timed properly?

ARGH HELP @naptowntuner Great tips again dude. , My screen is missing in the cam bridge but its not in the hole where you pointed out in another vid. I can't see it anywhere any ideas on where to look? could it have made its way to the sump? otherwise I ll just need to reassemble and hope for the best argh help.

Can this make intermitent low oil pressure warning?

BEAUTIFUL INFORMATION, GOD BLESS...WV AND AUDI ????

By the look of your videos your are a bwa engine pro so I would like to ask you how to check the chain stretch on live obd data what to look for and take it to consideration please.

Hey there we are a shop and we are having trouble with this 2013 Audi Q7 premium plus 3.0 gas supercharge. We did a timing job cuz of chain slap. After we put everything back together we still had DTC p0018 camshaft position bank 2 sensor A correlation code. We double checked the timing by turning it over and making sure all the dots lined up correctly and they do. We put a new camshaft phaser bank 2 and code still persists. We checked the wiring on both camshaft sensors and vvt solenoids and all check out good. We ohm out camshaft position sensors and vvt solenoids also. We swapped the camshaft position sensors and the code did not follow the sensor. We swapped vvt solenoids and the code did not follow to the other side. If there is anything you can add to what we've done or something to look for would be amazing. Thank you if you can

Ugh I needed that double gear torque spec

Great video bro. However, as a VW GTI mk6 owner, I will express my thoughts and experiences with those engines. Stay away!!!! Just stay away!!! It’s a money pit guys.

Perfect!

Great video. I have a question. I replaced the balanced shaft and everything works perfect, but it is leaking oil where the balance shaft and the water pump gear screws. Any idea what i could have done wrong?

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Why do the shafts screens get clogged...carbon? Why do the seize?.....

Thank you for the videos. Do you ever replace the crankshaft seal when you do the timing jobs?

Is there a trick to installing the balance shaft on the exhaust side? I’m having a pretty hard time, as when I try it’s crazy snug. When it’s all the way in flush, the gear doesn’t spin, at least not easy. I snapped off the hinge for the bolt off the original, by trying to work it out. Lesson learned, or so I thought… ordered a replacement, and tried to use the bolt to ease it back in, and snapped that one off. So now waiting on the second replacement, and won’t attempt, until I get another game plan. I’ve heard of people saying if you put it in the freezer, it’ll allow for an easier fit. Any truth to that?

hey whats up man had a quick question for you , have a 2010 a4 s line and found a set of Kolbenschmidt pistons/rings , would you say theyre decent enough to throw in the car along with som eoem gaskets/chain etc ? also cant seem to get a straight answer for what sized wrist pins id have 21mm, 23mm? thanks in advance!

Great video!!!my balance shaft got stuck car doesn’t turn on changing it will fix it or you think damage was done to valves or something els chain didn’t break

Hey man i think the mechanic that installed new chains made this mistake. If you mess up the time on the balance circuit the motor wont throw codes but it will feel like an electric razor buzzin the pedals and the shifter. My engine vibes at 2100-3500 in a strange buzzing way super high frequency and vibrates change in the cupholders. The only way to restore the engines smoothness is to take that relay sprocket off and start completely over again?

Is it possible to time the lower timing chain without removing the 27mm tensioner? I’m having a heck of a time fitting a socket inside.

u have a balance shaft removal video ? is pump side reverse thread ?

When you line up the balance shaft chain with the T30's, will you be at TDC at the same time? I'm wondering whether to line up theses dots at the same time as lining up the main timing chain at TDC before removing it

How to correctly do a timing chain...the world may never know 🤔

Am I fucked if the crankshaft pulley fell on me?

My favorite part starts at 8:50 😂😂😂😂

As long as you never remove the bolt you don't need to worry about this, right?

I understand what you’re saying but it’s not correct. The VW repair manual doesn’t mention any of it either. The two balance shafts rotate together so their weights have to be rotating together where you put the weight doesn’t matter. As long as the dot on the inlet balance shaft sits in between the two dots on the sprocket and the copper links are on the dots on both balance shafts, those balance shafts will then be working in perfect harmony with each other. If what you said was correct then everytime you turned the engine off you would have to turn it off so that the weight on the balance shaft is downwards, which makes no sense. Bottom line is: if it’s all in time, it will rotate in perfect harmony with no vibration.

I find this funny. Just follow the normal procedure for chains on a ccta and put everything at tdc, when you re time the motor your using the colored links on the chain. You're making it wayyy more difficult than ot actually is.

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