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Any of you guys have trouble with using the counter hold on jackstands since its very long?
We had to feed it in from the top of the engine, only way we could do it
Any of you guys have trouble with using the counter hold on jackstands since its very long?
We had to feed it in from the top of the engine, only way we could do it
I asked before but didn't get a reply. I have a 2013, wondering if I need to update anything. My car was made 07/12
You need to be proactive and look at what revision tensioner you have through the service hole in the timing cover.
Actually just looked at the timing chain cover, may have to get a mechanic to check this out. I didn't see it very easily.
Or you do what I did
We had to feed it in from the top of the engine, only way we could do it
This is how I did it. I had my car high enough that I could do it from the bottom plus the ground held the tool in place. Fed the torque wrench from the top.
I just called a dealer (vw of union)to get a quote. Spoke to the director of service (Fred) he told me because i have a 2013 that i dont need to replace it. Has anyone have this fail on a 2013 model? Im at 46k miles. My car was built november of 2012.
All 2.0T engines built after November 2011 have the new style tensioner
All 2.0T engines built after November 2011 have the new style tensioner. You should be fine, to be on the safe side, change your oil at least every 5k miles on these cars.
If for some reason it does fail make sure Fred pays for it [emoji6]
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Best just to check. See the pic in my post #1083. 10/11 build date and new tensioner.Unfortunately you are incorrect. Cars built after 09/2012 are safe. So its possible that some 2013 models may have a faulty tensioners if their build date was before 09/2012.