Just bought a 1.6 Caddy and this guide is one of the best I ever saw - clear and to the point. Well done sir.

One of the best car maintenance / repair channels on KZfaq. Keep going with the videos.

Very helpful. It was the only reference I found that showed the engine raised and lowered to aid the removal of some bolts. I was not sure how for the engine would move. Thank you....

No bullshit just cambelt. Best DIY mechanic video I've seen yet keep it up mate

Yes! When it's a Friday evening and you see a new DTE video freshly uploaded 😎

this man straight to the point no left or right very clear instructions nice job man

To the point and no faff. Thanks mate!

Knowledge is power. Love the in-depth explanation.

Brilliant video as always m8 pick up alot of information the way you explain it all. You don't hide the bad bits you tell it as it is. Keep then coming

Thank you for the video. Very sound advice about being methodical, organised and not rushing 👍.

Great video my friend, no disco music just great advice and experience passed to the viewers. It really is one of the best on this subject. One addition I do when stripping stuff down is to drop each part, bracket whatever plus fixings into boxes or bags with a note to self if one or more bolts are different lengths, shanks even. Life sometimes interrupts is and you can get diverted for a day or so. But I repeat, best timing belt video I've seen bar none.

We need more videos like this no bs right to the point with expert advice thank you sir

By far the best tutorial timing belt and pump video

Thanks, great video. Just completed a water pump and timing belt on a Skoda Yeti 2.0 using the video. Marking the pump pulley was very important and on the Skoda it was easier to disconnect the hoses at the fuel filter end rather than the bulkhead end. Otherwise procedure was excellent.

Thank you for a very informative video, I have to do this job on my son's VW Eos this coming Saturday, not done one for a while now and will have to look through all my boxes to find my locking tool.

Very good video. Step by step and really clear. Thanks!

Just wanted to say thanks for the video, as others have said, no fluff just the info you came to see. Good stuff.

Nice step by step video. As an old time mechanic I always used to spend a good few minuets going over in my head each and every step. I also used to mark each bolt as I tightened it before moving on. I can honestly say I missed very few loose bolts in my time. Great advise and yes I only ever used a torque wrence for head bolts. The rest use tightened to the German 'Goodentight' spec 😃😃

Exellent how to replace cam belt video. Its the best step by step video., I am a DIY guy, I have replaced my 2.0 Tdi in 2020, I am about to do it again in a month's time and this is indeed a good recap of how to. I like how you are meticulously rechecking to ensure that you dont miss anything.👌

Nice video, covers everything without dragging it out.

Thank you mate. Absolutely amazing video. Keep them coming

Top Guy , Knows his stuff this lad. Very well put across son in layman's terms. Very well explained. 👍👍

Cracking video. Very well put together and explained thoroughly.

Really helpful and straightforward video.

Great video, great advice to run through the double check on what you have actually done. 👍

Absolutely awesome mate and I have this to do on my Eos, keep these in-depth videos coming we love em.

Thankyou very much for that. A most excellent tutorial, you do it well.

Brilliant tutorial, very detailed. thanks

That's a top tip about the fuel line elbow connections (Blue and black ) Don't go near them, I just did and broke one. (Very fragile) VW want 135 euro... great video, nice one

Another great video. Thanks 🤗👍

Excellent video, extremely informative

Good video mate i am gonna do one tomorrow did quite alot of these just came to refresh my memory! Just like you said leave the studs don't touch them💪🏼

just about to do this on a 2017 passat TDI thanks for the video, its done 210,000 kilometres so i guess its due for it. Belt done at 100,000k, second one now

First time I did my timing belt/water pump it took me the weekend, I did check the timing using the crank several times but when re-assembled it wouldn't turn over, it had slipped a tooth or two so I had to re-strip it again and on the second attempt it worked, ALWAYS check via the crank.

Thank you very much , I loved your clear english ! I not native speaker !

Great video thanks for your help

Nice vid. Just want to mention that the engine mounting bolts are stretch bolts and therfore one time use. New ones should be used on reassembly. Cheers.

Great Video, many thanks!

Top job mate thanks very much 😊

Brilliant. Thank you mate 🤝

VW sharan 2011 2.0 cffb. I found no need to disconnect fuel lines. For coolant I have disconnected the hose at the bottom near aux heater where its comfortable to catch it.Drained as much as I can,so when water pump out it was very minimum coolant coming out.Gates kit dont have tentioner lever,weard and a bit scary to put in.But job done. SKF was on the vehicle probably from the factory (108k miles),tentioner bearing making a nose when spinning,the rest of the components spot on. After doing the job I think genuen kit from tps will be my next one. Yes gates and other aftermarket kits are decent,but difference in the price is not as big,so genuen next time. Ones again thank you for the video.

Nice video! I had a timing belt tensioner stud shear on my old 1.9tdi golf and that killed my engine. But it had done over 230,000 miles. Maybe it had been over torqued when installed. Or the belt over tensioned. Because of that I think I would probably change the studs in future. But like you say it's added faff and you could end up in a pickle if it cross threads etc so maybe best left alone.

Great job mate Keep doing it :)

Excellent work sir, thank you peace ✌️.

Very good

great video thanks. I will definitely be paying someone to do this for me.

Great tutorial.

great video

Superb vid thank you 👍👍👍👍👍

I just watched this, as a part time mechanic I was impressed with the instruction, thank god it wasn't a yank doing this lol

Well done kid top man

Helpful video

Excellent video and good camera work, good that you explained the possible tip falls on this job. Just would like to suggest maybe you need to highlight the need to prime the fuel system thoroughly before starting.

Absolutely legend

Started mine, felt unwell, I had CoVid, finished the following week. It's one of the more nervous belt changes I've done. Takes a bit of jiggling with locking pins and pulleys to get it lined up. I spent about 7 slow hours.

Thanks

Excellent vid and no waffling. Very helpful. Could I ask how you remove the fuel pump without upsetting the timing as you have a locking pin in it?

Just had my VW Caddy van re-mapped after an EGR valve failure. He said that all VWs are ECU programmed to fail namely the EGR value, Glow plugs and then the injectors before it gets to 100k. Best £300 I have ever spent getting all the self destruct codes deleted.

No BS or wasting my time BIG Thank You

another great video 👍

when you retensioned the belt after ther arrow had moved out the window, did you loosen off the came belts? im at this staged now, the arrow has moved out the window. do i just retension without loosening anything off?

Thanks for the tips! Your a bad ads!

Brilliant. Wish you lived near me. You could do mine. Top job

Great demo. My touran just started sqeaking loudly whilst in motion. I first thought of bearings . It had a bit of judder about 10 mins before sitting at traffic lights. . How much would this cost at the garage . It doesn't feel like a misfire so I'm really hoping they dont say injectors

I have a scirocco 2.0 TDi and my camshaft position sensor is giving me errors. I brought a new Oem one but I looked today and can’t get the camshaft cover off and it’s tight. Is there any way of changing it without doing these steps? or is it a job alongside changing the timing belt?

Great video👌🏻Was this the first cam belt change for this specific car ! I see it’s on 152k miles? What milage would you suggest on these engines for a cam belt change ?

Hi, thanks for the wonderful video, pls can you guys help with a diagrams of Tdi Engines timings pls.

Very well explained, much appreciated. I've borrowed a set of crank locking segments and just like yours I notice the radius and pitch of the teeth don't locate perfectly across the whole of the crank pulley arc. I know it's wrong because it doesn't sit across the profile properly before pushing it reward into the timing case. Strangely enough the other segment in the kit fits the crank pulley profile but obviously the pointers in the wrong position to match the crank, so that's no good either. This troubles me that I don't have the crank locked off in exactly the correct position or that it could rotate a degree or two during belt fitting, am I being overly cautious and have you come across this ?

nice video, just want to say, I have actually seen the tensioner stud draw itself out when tightening the tensioner up. that will be the reason why they are in the kits. but like you said dont fix what aint broken!

152k miles,I take its second timing belt kit for this? Mine is 110k miles,never been done. Manual said good up to 210k km,but I'll do it now.Also 11 years car,so I recon it's time to change. Thank you for sharing.

just one point to mention. ( the crank locking tool. you slide it in.) once in all the teeth lock in and you can't lift it up from above it. you don't put it in from above. but a great video.

Nice vid. Where are you located? I need my cambelt replaced!

I just had timing belt and water pump on mrs’ 2016 Skoda Superb 1.6 TDI. The water pump had some electronic part on it. Some sort of sensor with a plug on it. What do you reckon that does besides making the kit more expensive?

Have you had it where there is two types of tensioner I’m doing mine and have the same kit you have but the tensioner on it at the moment is the other style gates version are they interchangeable if you know? Cheers

I would have put the pins back in while retensioning, and tensioned it with the cam pulley bolts loosened a turn.

Hi mate, nicely explained video 👍 what was the name of the sealant used on the pump? Thanks

once the belt is assembled, tensioner set in its position, and pulleys tightened you need to remove the pins and spin the engine 2x 360deg, and try if the timing pins can be placed with no problems. If they don't fit, you need to release the tensioner, undo both pulleys put pins in place, set the tensioner in position and so on until you can put pins in place after you've rotated the the crankshaft twice. Absolutely, under no circumstances the engine is started without coolant! The coolant pump seals are made of graphite and lubricated with coolant! They will die really quick if run dry . 10:30 actually I have managed to bend one of the studs while undoing the tensioner in the past. It was enough to feed the belt on to the cam pulley wrongly and ground half of the belt within 6months. Luckily I've had this car again within the short period and saved a lot of money on refurbishing this engine. Also everything has been torqued correctly in the factory. Once undone, the same "strained" threads can no longer be torqued with the same momentum, hence why they must be replaced.

You should have slackened the diesel pump bolts and replaced them and adjusted the tensioner with them loose as well as the top cam pulley other wise risking tensioner failure. They are adjustable for a reason

Great video thanks. Can you help me, rotated engine twice, cam and crank line up on the money. My injector pump was not locating the the u marker. Slackened off the 3 x bolts in the pulley and moved it into the locator hole as it was pinned before belt removal. However the pulley is out 1 tooth on the pump based on my paint marker. As this is a CR engine is that okay ? This pump is only to pressurise the fuel system rather than time according to what I have read.

Nice job as always😎 whats the going rate to supply/fit timing belt, water pump and tensioner on a BKD?

Another brilliant video added to my saves. So well explained without all the phaff and stupid, annoying techno music.

Great vid. What’s a fair price for this? I’ve a 66,000 mile 9+ year old Audi belt that’s due. I think.

just put my 09 tdi and i’m turning the belt but there’s a spot that gets a little harder harder but it doesn’t lock up, is my timing off?

Hi. Thanks for the video. Why did you loosen the cam bolts. Tom.

Great video mate. Just having a go at my timing belt now, after watching this a number of times. Have bought a timing belt locking kit of amazon and like yours, the crankshaft locking tool doesn't fit the teeth properly but can get the line and hole to line up. Could this affect the timing because the tool doesn't quite fit snug

Can you show the torquing of the engine mount bolts? Heard in another video they were crazy tight.

Hi mate how do you know when you need to replace it on a mk6 golf tdi what noises and symptoms do you expect ?

Is it necessary to replace the oil pump belt in the e189 1.6 tdi as in the e288?

Hay, a great video, easy to watch, easy to follow, where do we find the full timing belt kit?. can't trust ebay. cheers

Hi great video I need to do cam belt change,where should I get cam belt kit can you please recommend TPS or euro ,GSF etc.

Where did you get the timing locking tools from?

Hello, I was wondering if you can help me, i recently got the timing belt kit you used in this video installed on my mk7 golf (RHD DSG), but as soon as it came out, the car struggles up hill and revs upto 3.5-4k on inclined roads. my mpg went from 50 before install to 25 mpg after. I did take it to another VW specialist to see if it was a tooth off but he said it was fitted correctly, just that the numbers should be reading upwards when facing the timing belt from the drivers wing, do you think the direction of the belt being installed would affect the cars performance? to make things worse, there are no fault codes when scanning for errors. thank you for your time

Great Guide. When I go to tension the belt up it means I can’t pull out the Camshaft Pin it’s really stuck in. It was loose in the hole before I tried to tension it up. Can’t you help?

Can I follow this for my 2008 VW Caddy 2k 2.0 SDI Engine?

I followed instructions and for some reason after 2+ engine rotations. My marks would not line up correctly for cam and injection pump. I feel like I did something wrong. But I followed procedure. I triple checked everything. I feel like my cam or crank is now really out of correlation.

I was thinking about doing this work myself but I'm not very confident and would rather let a professional do it at an auto shop or at a local dealership.

Hi bud nice vid and explained well ,why do you have to undo the cam pulley bolts?. Asking as I'm about to do my 1.6skoda TDI. Thanks Dave.

Is this good for a B7 2011 passat ?

It needs a bigger EGR / DPF pipe. U should engineer it directly into the fuel tank. Save time.

Just about to do timing belt on my 1.6 tdi caddy and read I need to change engine mount bolts too is that right? All of them including mounting bracket that bolts to the engine