Steelman93

First off, I am not a rookie on timing belts, this is my 4th one on an A4. However, I am in serious trouble on this one.

I got the belt on, rotated the engine and found that the marks for TDC are no longer accurate. I double checked it before I pulled the belt off, and the cam marks were spot on. I had taken the crank pulley off and like a dummy didn't mark the crank bolt.

I am 3 teeth off from top dead center (using a 1/4 extension in the #1 plug hole to tell me where I am.

Can anybody please tell me what to do. I have head a lot of posts that say make sure you don't screw the marks up, but none with how to fix it if you do.

Thanks!

Steelman93

I should add that this is a 1.8T. A follow up question, is that does it matter what direction I turn the crank? I put the pulley back on and saw that when the cam mark was at TDC (which I know is not at TDC based on the extension) the crank pulley mark was about 30 degrees clockwise.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

davieflaudi

its looks like doing the right procedure.