Audi A6 Tdi cambelt failure

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Wed 30 Oct 2002 12:19
Audi A6 Tdi cambelt failure - hfo
Took my A6 2.5Tdi into the garage because it was very rattly at tickover but smooth once driving. When we lifted the bonnet to look the cambelt was smoking! May have just caught things in time but what could have caused this? Had new injectors in the spring at 140,000 miles, glowplugs in July because of poor starting - this didn't improve things until the pump timing was redone in August. Last cambelt change was at 109000 now at 150000. Any bright ideas?
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Wed 30 Oct 2002 12:52
Audi A6 Tdi cambelt failure - Chad.R
Check HJ's car-by-car breakdown, but IIRC, the Audi TDi's suffer cambelt failure when the water pump goes.


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Wed 30 Oct 2002 13:41
Audi A6 Tdi cambelt failure - hfo
Thanks, so if the pumps failed and possibly seized that would have caused the teeth to jump and eventually melt? Is there any possibilty that bad pump timing could have played any part ?
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