PiscesPokerBrat
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Good morning guys, we have an 06 BRM with 265k. This post will be long-ish, so get strapped in as we recount the timeline 
May of 2024, a very concerning sound started happening in the 5spd gear box. It sounded like it was about to grenade. So, we pulled the engine and transmission to do a full refresh. While the motor was out, it got a new rear main (has crank sensor on it), full timing kit, and replaced the vc gasket. While the engine was out, we taped off all the orifices and pressure washed it down over the summer. Surprisingly, it was converted to smf, but to replace the pressure plate and disc was more than putting the dmf back in. Also sourced a replacement 5spd from a donor car that was wrecked.
A few days ago now, we got it all back together and finally got it to crank last night. That’s all it did was crank (didn’t act like it wanted to start). After about 10 seconds on key, the oil light would start flashing, and it set the p0341 code. Now when we did the timing, it’s got the continental belt, hepu wp, and schaeffler tensioner and idler. We didn’t pull the cam pulley off. The 3 bolts were loosened to get the belt in, set the tensioner and it put the 3 bolts back in the center of the cam pulley where by eyeball it was before, and the the motor was rotated 2x at first, easy slide in with the special tools, didnt like where the tensioner pointer was, so set the tools again and readjusted the tensioner. Turned it over again 2x and the tools slide in easy.
We haven’t verified the timing yet other than pulling the top cover. We did unplug the cam sensor, and the ecu changed to cam signal missing. So, it seems the cam sensor is working. Do ya’ll think were on the right track with timing? We don’t have vcds unfortunately just yet so checking the torsion values isn’t going to happen anytime soon. If timing is correct, start checking for voltages, resistance and continuity yeah? Thank you all in advance for your thoughts. This is our first tdi, and needless to say, we want her to last for a good long while
May of 2024, a very concerning sound started happening in the 5spd gear box. It sounded like it was about to grenade. So, we pulled the engine and transmission to do a full refresh. While the motor was out, it got a new rear main (has crank sensor on it), full timing kit, and replaced the vc gasket. While the engine was out, we taped off all the orifices and pressure washed it down over the summer. Surprisingly, it was converted to smf, but to replace the pressure plate and disc was more than putting the dmf back in. Also sourced a replacement 5spd from a donor car that was wrecked.
A few days ago now, we got it all back together and finally got it to crank last night. That’s all it did was crank (didn’t act like it wanted to start). After about 10 seconds on key, the oil light would start flashing, and it set the p0341 code. Now when we did the timing, it’s got the continental belt, hepu wp, and schaeffler tensioner and idler. We didn’t pull the cam pulley off. The 3 bolts were loosened to get the belt in, set the tensioner and it put the 3 bolts back in the center of the cam pulley where by eyeball it was before, and the the motor was rotated 2x at first, easy slide in with the special tools, didnt like where the tensioner pointer was, so set the tools again and readjusted the tensioner. Turned it over again 2x and the tools slide in easy.
We haven’t verified the timing yet other than pulling the top cover. We did unplug the cam sensor, and the ecu changed to cam signal missing. So, it seems the cam sensor is working. Do ya’ll think were on the right track with timing? We don’t have vcds unfortunately just yet so checking the torsion values isn’t going to happen anytime soon. If timing is correct, start checking for voltages, resistance and continuity yeah? Thank you all in advance for your thoughts. This is our first tdi, and needless to say, we want her to last for a good long while
