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Camshaft Adjuster Unit /Timing HELP

Old Dec 1, 2014 | 01:36 PM
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Thanks for your help and reading my post.

My 06 audi a3 2.0T, my obd-II was showing timing over advanced for quite some time but it was normal driving. Recently during idle at a red light, the camshaft adjuster unit popped off and all the screws came off.Causing immediate engine shutdown and unable to start. We put placed the unit back in the engine, and attempted to adjusting the camshaft back to how it was originally where we marked it last when we changed the tensioner. However the engine is misfiring and the timing seems to be off badly due to very high level vibration. Do you think its the camshaft adjuster unit is causing the misfire? or is it something else? Because when I manually turn my camshaft, theres a delay in one of the camshafts in a certain position but it goes back to normal after an inch of rotation. So no matter much much I turn the crank it will have its original position I initially marked before the disaster.


Any help would be appreciated.
 
Old Nov 4, 2015 | 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by michael.pang
Thanks for your help and reading my post.

My 06 audi a3 2.0T, my obd-II was showing timing over advanced for quite some time but it was normal driving. Recently during idle at a red light, the camshaft adjuster unit popped off and all the screws came off.Causing immediate engine shutdown and unable to start. We put placed the unit back in the engine, and attempted to adjusting the camshaft back to how it was originally where we marked it last when we changed the tensioner. However the engine is misfiring and the timing seems to be off badly due to very high level vibration. Do you think its the camshaft adjuster unit is causing the misfire? or is it something else? Because when I manually turn my camshaft, theres a delay in one of the camshafts in a certain position but it goes back to normal after an inch of rotation. So no matter much much I turn the crank it will have its original position I initially marked before the disaster.


Any help would be appreciated.
Were you able to figure out what caused the delay in your exhaust cam while rotating? Was it the cam adjuster unit? I have similar issue my question would be is that delay normal? When i noticed it on my car i assume i found where my timings messed up. Also can i pull that cam adjuster unit without removing the cams? Sounds like youve been dealing with same issues as me.
Thanks Shawn
 
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