Here an advice from a german mechanic: if you buy a new waterpump ( should be changed everytime TOGETHER with a new timingbelt !!! ) take one with METAL-pumpwheel NOT with a plastic one !!!. It happens often, that the plastic one loosen itself from the shaft while running a while.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for the moment by moment walk through and talk through. Thank you for taking your time when nobody else would to be so detailed. I have no single mentor for autos, and you just taught me priceless knowledge. Thank you so much for the details. Subscribed, and you got a friend in me.

There is one on the crank pulley, you have to look down into the engine bay an it’s on the inside of the pull there is two notches , the automatics have a rectangle window with a Lollie pop looking mark that goes to the bottom of the window👍🏼

I do have one thing to add, at least on my car YOU CANNOT turn the tensioner left or right, ONLY counter clockwise, that really confused me since he tightened it clockwise, but my tensioner would not tighten that way, I tried different methods for hours until I just turned it counter clockwise and boom it worked, hopefully this helps somebody get rid of the headache I had when trying to do this, 3 hours just to turn it counterclockwise. Although everything else in the video was excellent.

The engine rotates clockwise.

Hi, Thanks for the video. One question though, shouldn't the engine be turned clockwise, not counterclockwise as you say in the video? Turning the crank clockwise (while looking at the crank) puts any slack in the timing belt onto the tensioner side. Or am I not understanding something? Thanks

I thought engine should only be turned clockwise when setting belt tension.. as main thrust on belt is from crankshaft pulley…so there mustn’t be any slack on the 12 o’clock to 9 o’clock tensioner..?? Otherwise a good video, many thanks… Why don’t everybody just take off the coolant tank to give more clearance.. It’s empty anyway.?

Great video thank you for the help! I just wanted to chime in and say if you have the automatic version of this car your second timing mark is not on the flywheel nor is there any way to check it your second mark is on the back ring of your harmonic balancer/crank pulley and the top half of the bottom timing cover you have to look at it from the top down and both marks should be at the top it's kind of hard to see but I hope this helps all you automatic guys out there dm me if you have any questions I can send pictures

Thank you successfully replaced my timing belt.

So I live in michigan and when I was taking the crank pulley off, the part where the pulley sits on the lower timing belt gear were rusted together and they both came off as one piece. I didn’t time it like you did in the video because I thought I was just taking the pulley off but now I can’t get the lower timing belt gear back on because of the tensioner. So I thought if I left it alone and didn’t rotate the bottom end at all, I could just time it correctly after I installed the new timing belt and water pump. I know it’s a unique situation, but I’m wondering if it’s ok to time it after the new belt is on if I don’t move anything. I am also having a very hard time getting the new belt and tensioner to go all the way around all the gears. I’m pretty sure the tensioner is as loose as it will go but it is still having a very hard time going onto the gears. I’m wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them and what I can do to fix it. Sorry about the long comment, just a lot of questions. Thanks anyone for any information!

Made this for myself. Thought it would be handy to have the timestamps clickable. Feel free to copy paste it into the description and add anything i may have forgotten. This video was super helpful thank you so much.

I am very impressed! you are very very good at these auto repair videos. I have not seen anyone do any better at describing exactly what you are doing and how clear and understandable your instructions are. your tempo is just about perfect as well! Very well done and made me a subscriber and a fan! Please keep the videos coming and thank you for your teaching. you are a born natural at this and i hope it provides for you very well!

No words can describe this amount of clarity , Man thank you a lot for your time and effort on this video.

Happy New Year 2022! Thanks for the great video, the whole exercise was a success thanks to your instructions. I did manage to discover a couple of things which helped me which I thought I'd mention in case it helps others too. To line up the tension indicator lugs on the tensioner I bought a dentists mirror from the dollar store so I could see under the tensioner and line them up perfectly before tightening. The other thing I discovered was to remove the bracket at

Thank you so much! This video was extremely helpful! My fiance and I just started a business so while he was doing a pain in the a** fuel pump job, I was able to work on the jetta without him having to walk me through it.

Man I really appreciate the video. It help me out alot I dont know how I would have did it without you! Step by step detail to detail you nailed it. Thank you very much! Keep up the great work.

Man. Thank you much for this video. Very informative. Definitely helped me with this little project. Thanks.

This is the most informative/professional video I e watch for my 2000 VW Jetta. Thank you.

I had the same issue, 2 6mm Allen bolts came out easy and 2 stripped from previous owner. I used a spiral/cone easy out and a crescent wrench.. worked like a charm. just a tip

The best video for helping with a project! Thank you so much!