ECS tuning as well as other sites have complete kits including kevlar belt, and even include coolant!!! or you can talk to an audi dealer the parts run around 300. i recommend getting someone to do it, or finding someone that has a lift you can use. your car has to be put in service mode, which means the front end has to come off, radiator and all...just easier to get to everything with a lift. Audi B7 A4 Quattro 2.0T > Engine > Timing > ES#1876845 Timing Belt Kit - Ultimate Plus - 06F198002B7

 

Our 1998 Audi A4 2.8 liter Quattro has a "Service Mode" which doesn't require the complete removal of the nose of the car. Simply pull the bumper, remove a few bolts, screw in the "Service Mode" pins, and slide the nose of the car, radiator and all, forward onto the pins. Using this method eliminates the need for a lift and the need for removing the nose completely from the car.

Do later model Audi's have this feature as well or did Audi do away with a good idea?

 

everything i have come across says the front end has to come off, mine did, i know the b6 has to come off. it kinda sucks but you have access to everything up front and it only takes about 30 min to get there.

 

You have to have access to everything up front in the B5 models as well, but there is just enough play in the A/C lines and such to literally slide the entire nose assembly forward six to eight inches without physically removing it from the car (assuming the service pins are in place, otherwise the entire assembly will fall on the ground).

 

I believe there is a youtube video on how to do this job. Look it up and you'll get an appreciation on what it takes to do this job. Looks like fun.

 

i finally got a reply from an audi tech i know, you can unbolt it and slide it forward on the b7, so i guess i did mine the hard way...oh well lesson learned, at least i got some cleaning done with it apart

 

Cool, that's good to know; thanks for the follow-up.

 

Relay rollers/damper rollers are just 2 rollers (different sizes) that are located on the block and the timing belt runs along them..DO NOT keep the old ones, the bearings will go before your next timing belt change and could lead to bad news..

 

Thought that was what they were, but wanted to confirm. Thanks.