Timing Belt Instructions for an Audi 1 8T

1. Raise the front end of your Audi with a jack and place jack stands under the vehicles front end.
2. Remove both wheel well screws and the six underpan screws by turning them counterclockwise with a screwdriver.
3. Detach both of the small grilles located near the fog lights by removing the bolts with an Allen wrench.
4. Grasp and remove the hose from the small grille on the drivers side of the Audi to detach the headlight washers. Place a bucket below the front bumper to collect the washer fluid; it is reusable.
5.
Detach your Audis front bumper.
Move the front bumper up and down to detach it from the vehicle. Disconnect the wiring for the horn and headlights with your hands. Detach the turn signal bulbs from the front end of the vehicle.
6. Remove the three T45 screws under the headlight on the drivers side using a T45 Torx screwdriver. Remove the four T45 screws under the headlight on the passenger side.
7. Remove the two T30 screws from the top of each headlight and the two T30 screws from the sides of each headlight with a T30 Torx screwdriver.
8. Grasp and remove the fans lock carrier, the wiring and the timing belt cover. Then, disconnect the fan by removing the four bolts on the fan with an Allen wrench.
9. Loosen both bolts from the Audis A/C compressor belt to detach the belt and then wiggle the spring-loaded tensioner with a crescent wrench to release the serpentine belt.
10. Detach the Audis damper pulley and its four bolts with a breaker bar and a metric wrench, turning counterclockwise. Detach the three lower timing belt cover bolts with an Allen wrench. Remove the cover.
11. Wiggle the Audis crank by the damper pulley clockwise to connect the marked sections of the cam sprocket together with the Audis valve cover.
12. Detach the three bolts securing the tensioner as well as the single guide pulley bolt. Pull the tensioner and the guide pulley free and replace the tensioner with a new one.
13. Detach the brass-colored guide pulley bolt to access and remove the timing belt. Position a new timing belt over the Audis sprockets. Move the guide pulley into place with an Allen wrench and slide off the pin from the replacement tensioner.
14. Reassemble all parts on your Audi by following the above instructions in reverse.