How to replace CAMBELT (timing belt) and water pump VW Passat B6 2.0tdi PD engine

Very detailed video, step by step instructions how to replace timing belt and water pump VW Passat B6 2.0tdi PD engine.

Here are some useful links (you’re welcome):

Link to full job description with images and all info, also available in printer friendly PDF format:
http://www.wheelsandmotors.com/show_solution.php?id=103

This video is applied, if your engine number starts with “B”. After 2009 and also re-styling of B6 – B7, Volkswagen used slightly different engines (common-rail), engine number starts with “C”, so here’s link to a video how to replace cambelt and water pump on common-rail 2.0tdi (car in the video will be VW Sharan, but you’ll get the idea, very similar anyway):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tke2oHYHgoM

For perfection, and in case if you get some rough idle, you may need to adjust fuel injection timing, for that I would recommend professional with VCDS, here’s good article explaining that:
http://www.myturbodiesel.com/wiki/camshaft-timing-torsion-value-adjustment-on-vw-and-audi-pd-tdi-engines/

And here’s a link to eBay page that gives you variety of choices at a good price for VW timing tools – crankshaft and camshaft lockers:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_id=114&ipn=icep&toolid=20004&campid=5338022028&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_odkw%3Dvw%2Btdi%2Btiming%2Btool%26_osacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp2045573.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.TRS0%26_nkw%3Dvw%2Btdi%2Btiming%2Btool%26_sacat%3D0

And here you can find variety of those magic hose clamp pliers:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_id=114&ipn=icep&toolid=20004&campid=5338022028&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_odkw%3Dhose%2Bclamp%2Bpliers%26_osacat%3D180124%26_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp2045573.m570.l2632.R2.TR7.TRC2.A0.H0.TRS0%26_nkw%3Dhose%2Bclamp%2Bpliers%26_sacat%3D180124

Anything else that you may need from GARAGE section of eBay is here:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_id=114&ipn=icep&toolid=20004&campid=5338022028&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Frpp%2Fgarage-tools-equipment

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Comments

Ian Deloford says:

October 10, 2017 at 9:02 am

Very good & thorough video. I followed it almost exactly and the engine is now running sweetly. I followed the advice of using a jack plus wood and rubber under the alloy sump. Being able to move the engine up and down to get access to awkward nuts & bolts was particularly useful.
I did remove the coolant reservoir completely because it was easy. I tried to remove the fuel filter but destroyed one of the fuel rubber hoses because it seemed to have formed a permanent contact with the alloy metal pipe. (I was quoted £71 for a genuine VW pair of replacement moulded pipes so I bought 1 metre of 'fuel injection pipe' for £7 and made my replacement. I unbolted the fuel filter and just moved it around still attached to 2 of the hoses.