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Timing Chain Inspection Cover

John.G · 2022-07-03 06:20:37

Read on VWvortex that there is a inspection port on VW timing covers, I wasn't aware of this, if true, and looked after my daughters 2008 Passat 1.4TSI for ~ 12 years, I often thought that a inspection point would be nice, this car did around 250K miles without a problem with yearly oil changes. Quote: "There’s a rubber…

03-07-2022 6:20am

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Read on VWvortex that there is a inspection port on VW timing covers, I wasn't aware of this, if true, and looked after my daughters 2008 Passat 1.4TSI for ~ 12 years, I often thought that a inspection point would be nice, this car did around 250K miles without a problem with yearly oil changes.
Quote: "There’s a rubber plug in the front timing cover that correlates with the tensioner and an inspection mirror allows you to see it pretty easily."
Wonder is the reference to a timing belt tensioner even though I posted the TSI photos, below. (Courtesy of George Dalton)

Timing Cover Inspection Bung.jpg

TSIChainNew.jpg

TSIChainStretched.jpg

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