A list of some of the most common issues q5 owners have to deal with.
Audi q5 timing chain tensioner problems.
Average repair cost is $2,930 at 79,650 miles.
The car seems clean and drives well, has all the service records from the local audi dealer.
It has about 140,000km (87,000mi).
The tensioner keeps this from happening by keeping a consistent amount of force on the belt.
Beginning of the diagnostic procedure we put on the diagnostic computer and compare the actual reading of the cam adjusters to specification.
The timing chain tensioner keeps the timing chain tight to keep the top and bottom of the engine rotating together.
13 timing tensioner problem of the 2013 audi q5 failure date:
It's likely a timing chain tensioner failure.
Just prior to quitting, the motor was revving while at stop lights.
I started with the top/easiest one then wiggled it around till i could get a second bolt in making sure it’s aligned.
The rear half of the timing belt cover/guard on the front of the block (bank 2) has some weird arse profile (for no apparent reason) that angles over the top of the chain tensioner, meaning that tensioner will only come out with the timing belt off.
The loose chain is to blame for multiple occurances of catastrophic engine failure.
Audi was forced to offer settlement offers, including an extended war…
Reinstall the cam adjusters, start with the exhaust, pull the timing chain out slightly and place it around the cam adjuster.
When either of the two tensioners fails, it could cause the timing of your engine to be off which could lead to pistons colliding with the valves.
We scan the ecu for dtc's and if we find a cam position code and a correlation problem between the cam and crank between either of the two cylinder heads we know the.
Reinstall all of the chain tensioner mounting bolts.
Saying the defect resides in the timing chain tensioner system, the plaintiffs claim audi and vw have continued to conceal the defects.