[ashmo]

Got my replacment today brand new but it sounds like there is a loose ball inside this normal?

 

[kazinak]

Yes, it will be ok once fitted ,
I believe you will need to remove cams to replace the tensioner ,good luck if you doing your self

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[corradoman]

what are the symptoms of cam chain tensioner problems

 

[ashmo]

Ok cheers Na my dad going to help haha

@ corradoman Knocking on start up for 2 - 3 seconds and after a long drive starts to knock :/

Audi said it was the tensioner so instead of an £800 bill from them, £90 for the part and gasket + free labour

 

[corradoman]

Ok cheers Na my dad going to help haha

@ corradoman Knocking on start up for 2 - 3 seconds and after a long drive starts to knock :/

Audi said it was the tensioner so instead of an £800 bill from them, £90 for the part and gasket + free labour

Ahh ok ashmo, i take it your going to do the job yourself? Im sure there is a how to knocking about on here somewhere, Cant be that hard

 

[TT SMITHY]

Ok cheers Na my dad going to help haha

@ corradoman Knocking on start up for 2 - 3 seconds and after a long drive starts to knock :/

Audi said it was the tensioner so instead of an £800 bill from them, £90 for the part and gasket + free labour

Was this a proper diagnosis or was it "i think it could be the tensioner ? " i thought it
would be more of a rattle then a knock i hope your dad gets those cams back in correct
or you may need some new valves too :wink:

 

[corradoman]

I thought there would of been some chain noise thats why i asked, and surely slight loss of power with the vvt not working properly

 

[jamman]

Ok cheers Na my dad going to help haha

@ corradoman Knocking on start up for 2 - 3 seconds and after a long drive starts to knock :/

Audi said it was the tensioner so instead of an £800 bill from them, £90 for the part and gasket + free labour

Was this a proper diagnosis or was it "i think it could be the tensioner ? " i thought it
would be more of a rattle then a knock i hope your dad gets those cams back in correct
or you may need some new valves too :wink:

+1 haha :?

 

[TT SMITHY]

I thought there would of been some chain noise thats why i asked, and surely slight loss of power with the vvt not working properly

Hers the thing its best to get a proper diagnosis really you dont really want to
be second guessing chasing your tale replacing parts unnecessarily hopefully
oil pressure was checked , maybe pickup pipe , i replaced my tensioner
i know the VVT tensioners arnt cheap ! lucky mine was non vvt

 

[TT SMITHY]

only just noticed £90 for the tensioner thats either second hand or a chinese copy
there normally nearer double that price

 

[kazinak]

only just noticed £90 for the tensioner thats either second hand or a chinese copy
there normally nearer double that price

I was tried to tell him , be he don't want to know

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[Taylortony]

Tell me you're not fitting a copy tensioner.. groan..... start saving up for the bill to replace all of the valves etc when the damn thing fails on you, £1500 should do, not saving you much then. Penny pinching on a major part like this is just plain daft, you can do it on other parts where everything expensive is not depending on it, but the engine internals.. [smiley=bomb.gif]

 

[nilrem]

I thought there would of been some chain noise thats why i asked, and surely slight loss of power with the vvt not working properly

The VVT is only used on cold start and not in normal operation

 

[ashmo]

Audi did the diagnostics

 

[Matt B]

But they didn't supply the chinese tensioner. A legit BAM unit is closer to three hundred quid.

 

[jamman]

Save your breath :roll: