Timing belt replacement Skoda Octavia 1.6 diesel 2008-2015

This How TO video will take you step by step through the process of replacing the timing chain the correct way. The car is a 2012 SKoda Octavia with a 1.6 litre diesel engine, but it's similar to many WAG cars; Passat, Golf, Polo, Caddy, Touran, Tiguan and several others.
It's a job which is important to get correctly executed especially with the tension of the timing belt and the position of the timing, which many guides skip the essential parts of.
You should have a good mechanical understanding before performing this job since it one of the most critical systems on your engine. A faulty repair can lead to total engine failure.
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Timestamps:
0:00 -Introduction
0:25 - Disassembly
8:00 - Locking the timing belt at TDC
14:10 - New Timing Belt Kit
15:45 - Assembly
16:45 - Assembly critical adjustment for timing belt
23:30 - Final checks, test start, job done!

[@DerekNoonan-q7i]

Very good presentation

[@rickardwall1473]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Helped a bunch! 😊

[@RussellJames-ot7fp]

Superb video. I imagine a large amount of time went into shooting and editing it to get that much detail.

[@TheMightyThim]

Indeed, but it certainly is worth it if it can help others 👍

[@user-bw5nv9tp4e]

Best tutorial brilliant thank you.

[@gregtaylor6146]

Excellent vid, Thank you! Subbed.

[@petrrubner8727]

Beautiful work. I'm just missing the torque wrench there. But, you probably have the tightening torques in hand. Thanks and greetings from the Czech Republic.

[@learning-thehardway]

excellent video, thanks

[@user-do3wu5lz8k]

Very nice video and well done

[@JH-vj1jp]

SO GOOD!

[@TheMightyThim]

Thank you very much 😊

[@tiguanvw3884]

Good work but no torque settings on tensioner and idlers. This may mislead people into mistakes and damage engine

[@czechs]

First of all, thank you for this video!!! Exactly what I needed.
Question. Would you happen to know what the suggest time is to replace everything if I took my car to the shop? Is this an 8 hour job or 16? Thank you

[@TheMightyThim]

I, think they usually will charge around 4 hours. But it depends on the shop.

[@czechs]

@@TheMightyThim Got it... thank you for the info!

[@MillieMaddie]

How is the Isetta going? Have you done much work on it recently?

[@TheMightyThim]

I hope to post a update soon, but life is busy. But the Isetta project is definitely not forgotten 😊

[@astore3757]

If the water pump is still good and I want to change only the belt loosing the tensioner, do you think possible to do the job without disassembly the engine mount and without to loose the cam shaft pulley and the high pressure pulley? I'm the CAYB motor on a Skoda Roomster.

[@TheMightyThim]

@@astore3757 the engine mount will need to be removed as the belt is arranged in a loop around the engine mount. In my experience I would recommend removing the engine mount to get a good overview as it is quite fast compared to the criticality and total time on this job. Unless you are very experienced with these engines and have done the job before, I would recommend you to not test anything you are not 100% sure about.
Good luck 👍

[@astore3757]

@@TheMightyThim Many thanks. I've done in the past the job. How you've told in the video..the tricky part for the job was the engine mounting bracket disassembly and remove!

[@TheMightyThim]

@@astore3757 glad the video was helpful 😊

[@danyo1972]

Nice. Is this a CAYC engine?

[@TheMightyThim]

Yes sir 👍

[@danyo1972]

@@TheMightyThim Thank you. 😀

[@PescuitsiNaturaUk.]

😢

[@niallodonnell7827]

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