Worn camshaft and lobes not a cheap job

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Yes, the cam lobes had worn so replaced the camshaft and followers.

No, the engine remains in the car. It has restricted access and is very tight, but it can be done.

@@martinshaw254 ok merci beaucoup

Y que era al final

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No excessive smoke, just the booming noise

​@@martinshaw254hi Martin. Did it have low power aswell? Regards

@@ceet12 it was more undrivable than a loss of power.

Thanks martin yes the one I have sat up had no power very slow. Booming popping back and black smoke as obviously the exhaust cam is affected. Its an auto and I've now got an issue with my leg so need to get it running ASAP. The cam timing tool you bought the link you posted doesn't seem to work. Can you provide details of that? Thanks for the reply!

​@@martinshaw254 whats the issue i got the same noise v6 3.0 tdi

Hi. All parts for the kit and special tools are in the description. Hope this helps and good luck.

@@martinshaw254 what would u charge to do ??

Unfortunately, it's not something I am able to do, sorry.

See description. Was camshaft and followers? Details in description

Hi. The problem was the camshaft. it had worn. Replaced it and all good.

@@martinshaw254 muchas gracias amigo es difícil de cambiar para hacerlo yo. O seria necesario ir al taller. Saludos

@@josueescalona8899 I changed the camshaft myself. I did not remove the engine from the car. It took about 5 hours. The hardest part was removing the diesel / pneumatic pump at the rear of the engine. I also purchased the special tool to line up the camshaft and crankshaft.

@@martinshaw254 Muchas gracias por tu tiempo. Seria de agradecer si tienes el tutorial de como se hace por favor. Saludos y gracias de nuevo

@@josueescalona8899 I watched many videos on KZbin from all around the world. I also watched videos changing the camshaft on a VW T5, which is the same engine, but mounted transversely.

This is the kit I used, www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142384737209 plus I bought the special tools, www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264656812432

Hello @martinshaw254 how is car running now? I want to buy one can you recommend me these cars? A 2.5 r5 tdi

Jai la meme bruit dans un R5 jai voulais savoir si j’ai pris Arbre cames de 1.9tdi il va marcher dans un touareg R5 ou c’est pas la même moteur ?

Was it both camshafts that had worn or just the one? You are right, I only had to replace one camshaft and one set of followers. As I have said, once you have the special tool for setting the timing, the job is pretty straight forward if you take your time.

@@martinshaw254 i should of replaced them both at the same time. Im not sure how the 2.5 TDI is set up but the V10 only has two camshafts one on each cylinder head. Like i said, i raplced the passenger side cam and all 10 lifters, then about 2k miles of driving later the driver side lifter wore out and had to replace that cam and another 10 lifters over there. Ive put about 90k miles on it since then, no enegine issues since then.

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That’s exactly what happened to my car - T5 2.5 AXD. After cleaning the intakte’s manifold i re-installed it and saw same engine’s behavior as in the movie. 30 min on a highway did the job. Now the engine works nicely.

Did you have the camshaft replaced? If so, can it be done with the engine still in the car or is it an engine out to remove the cylinder head?

@@martinshaw254 yes I replaced the camshaft remove only the valve cover And engine out For timing Look this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4Wqpp6VaJ2hjZY I've seen videos that do not take the engine but it is much more difficult

@@tricomas75 I replaced the camshaft and followers today, with the engine in the car. A bit tricky but got there in the end.

@@martinshaw254 Hi, did this fix the problem? Can you record the sound after the change? Is it much different? I have the same sound on the R5 in my T5, but it's been there for like 100k kms now and doesn't seem to be getting worse.

@@MarekMikulaAlbrechticeBrusel the booming sound has completely disappeared and now sounds like it does in the clip between 0.22 and 0.28 seconds. The cam lobes were very worn on the camshaft and all the followers were worn and dished. On one of the followers, the top had completely worn through. On a T5, I would think it is easier to get to the cam gear end and remove the tandem pump but might be tricky to fit the crank shaft lock and cam lock (both in the special tool kit needed for this job) to the left of the engine?