3.2 & 2.8 24v VR6 Comprehensive Timing Chains Guide

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[@White.Elemant]

Very good and comprehensive guide 👏👏👏

[@koopakoop]

no joke for an introduction? just kidding. Love your videos man. I'm gonna be working on a touareg 3.2 in about 2 months time. Your videos are super helpful. I mean that ❤

[@ivanvega2821]

Great video, one of the best I have ever seen. Would this be very similar to a 3.6 vr6?

[@dusanmaslarevic561]

Woow, hopefully you removed the oil pan and cleaned the oil pump, in case you didn't you will have a big problem, as the pump is 100% clogged with the plastic guides pieces. I'm talking from my personal experience, as I've done this job on my Touareg, 3.2 engine, the guides were completely disintegrated like yours and the pump was clogged up with small pieces. I installed the brand new oil pump for piece of mind. If the pump not cleaned, the engine will starve on oil, and you will get low oil pressure warning.

[@thirdgeargrind]

@@dusanmaslarevic561 I am very aware of this problem, lucky for me these guys were just cracked and no large pieces were not located. Unfortunately a different story on a 3.6 that I bought from someone who told me they had done the chains and guides. They messed up timing the HPFP, which caused a noise that sounded like a spun rod bearing. Blessing in disguise. Low and behold I drop the oil pan and there's plastic absolutely everywhere. It was so bad that I pulled a main bearing to find plastic had filled the main bearing groove.

[@louvendran7273]

Thanks for the videos mate. I have a problem with airbag module had it changed came on a few months later? Plus the steering angle sensor is there a certain procedure for resetting it? Thanks in advance.

[@ronnymedina1523]

Hi, I got a question. I have a 3.2 from a Touareg I bought the engine with the timing chain done right about 2k rpm I hear some valve noise. Somebody told me that it could be oil pressure or a miscellaneous tube. How true is this? If you could help me I would appreciate it

[@restaurantattheendofthegalaxy]

Yikes that engine is so dirty, did they ever change their oil?

[@myrikb]

Do you think there’s a good VR6 engine and transmission update for 1999 Eurovan? There’s not a lot of info on that’s on the interwebs… 😅

[@Axle-77]

Am I able to do this job while the motor is in the car?

[@thirdgeargrind]

@@Axle-77 Yes. You'll need to position the engine oil pan on a jack stand or use an engine bay support bar to do so. For a 6 speed car, removing the trans without removing the subframe can be a huge pain in the butt but it's doable. I tend to remove both axle cups to make things easier and lift the differential towards the sky. You'll wanna drain and refill the gear oil potentially to avoid making a mess while doing this. And you may wanna remove the front bumper/drivers fender liner for ground clearance if you're doing this on the ground.

[@Axle-77]

@ alrighty thank you man I just replaced the clutch without pulling sub frame so that shouldn’t be a problem. Thank you for your help! I just didn’t really wanna have to pull the motor if I didn’t need to

[@maws7766]

Doing a 3.2 engine at the moment, do you know if there is a bit of movement also on the exhaust variator when it's installed (I'm able to move mine, just a small amount), some say it's supposed to be 100% "stuck", other indicate that it is a small movement on that one as well, any tips appreciated :)

[@thirdgeargrind]

It's only supposed to be a small amount, never as much as the intake one. On mk5 it has a little more play than mk4 due to extra variability.

[@thirdgeargrind]

It should never be stuck.

[@maws7766]

@@thirdgeargrind Sounds good, thanks for a quick reply :)