Thread: D1 300TDI Timing Assistance

So a week with no answer. Near 70 views and not one reply? I might cry myself to sleep tonight.....

Maybe I'm used to the D2 area? But surely there are still fans of the mighty D1 on this site? C'mon 300 and 200 TDI owners, pull yourself together! Maybe you're all out doing timing belts?

So bugger it, I just went and bought my very own Bosch VE timing gauge. I went to fourby.uk first as they seem to have some awesome kit on their website. That is until you get to the postage bit. 75 UK pounds!!! For a small parcel from the UK? **** that!

So off to eBay I go. Now I won't tell you which kit I got incase it doesn't work. But if it do, I'll post the link. I paid $56. Let's see if it's any good.

Have my drill bit and a way of finding TDC. What could possibly go wrong?

I'm laughing only in that I had it in mind to answer ..

I got a dial gauge, but having trouble finding a reasonbly priced adapter to fit to the IP pump.

Found a couple of adapter kits on the bay too .. which say VW bosch kits but they say the adapter sets are for M10 and M12 fittings.
I'm sure(could be wrong) that the Tdi pump has M8 threads on the pump.

Then I'm thinking to self... am I over thinking it all.
Never done it myself, should have ages ago having now done two timing belts myself(I have the tools to to that easy enough).

have searched much info about timing the pump via lift, and found JC reckons that 1.6mm lift helps the Tdi a bit(and I'm always up for a bit of tinkering).

Main problem is time to do it all.
Alexandra is a nice drive (from my place) ... so would have been up for the trip to help .. etc.

But in the end .. I didn't reply(sorry)
If I had, it'd only have been a half-@$$ed reply in that I only have half the bits you need.

is yours auto or manual?

yeah, but where are you, first time I saw this thread... they're easy enough to miss.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

yeah, but where are you, first time I saw this thread... they're easy enough to miss.

Alexandra(Vic) he said.

Originally Posted by AK83

I'm laughing only in that I had it in mind to answer ..

I got a dial gauge, but having trouble finding a reasonbly priced adapter to fit to the IP pump.

Found a couple of adapter kits on the bay too .. which say VW bosch kits but they say the adapter sets are for M10 and M12 fittings.
I'm sure(could be wrong) that the Tdi pump has M8 threads on the pump.

Then I'm thinking to self... am I over thinking it all.
Never done it myself, should have ages ago having now done two timing belts myself(I have the tools to to that easy enough).

have searched much info about timing the pump via lift, and found JC reckons that 1.6mm lift helps the Tdi a bit(and I'm always up for a bit of tinkering).

Main problem is time to do it all.
Alexandra is a nice drive (from my place) ... so would have been up for the trip to help .. etc.

But in the end .. I didn't reply(sorry)
If I had, it'd only have been a half-@$$ed reply in that I only have half the bits you need.

is yours auto or manual?

Manual

Yep, I saw JC recommends a 1.6mm lift. That's what I'll aim for.

The dial I bought says it does VE pumps so will give it a crack.

I was only having a dig - thanks for checking in though fellas, appreciate it.

I've watched a heap of vids, have a workshop manual and some pretty good tools. She'll be right!

When I totally stuff it up I'll reach out

ID love to come help, but, lockdown.

LOL! yep!

Thanks guys. Appreciate it. I'll have a few days to play with it now anyway. Hopefully Australia Post will still get my gauge to me over the next few days.

That and the power steering pipe I'm waiting on from England.