Technical training II – practical training

Contents of the training

Replacing a timing belt on Audi, Citroën, Ford, Opel, Renault or VW engines (selectable)

• Toothed belt drive properties
  - Advantages of timing belts compared with chains 
  - Requirements for timing belts
• Timing belt materials/setup
• Handling timing belts
• Safety tips
  - Mounting instructions for timing belts
• Using the belt tension tester
  - Advantages, function and application examples for the tension tester
• Failure patterns of timing belts
  - Practical depiction and explanation of causes of belt failure
• Causes of and remedy for damage to timing belts
• Need for, and use of, water pump kits
• Water pump setup
• Damage patterns/avoidance with water pumps
• Installation and failure patterns for overrunning alternator pulleys
• Properties and installation of "Elast" V-ribbed belts

Training engines

(For example)

• Audi 2.5 liter TDI V6 
  Distributor pump AKE, built 2000-2005 
  CT 1015 K1 + CT 1018K1
• Citroën Saxo 1.4 liter i 55KW 
  KFW, KFX, built 1996 
  CT 607 WP1 
  BTT
• Ford Focus 1.4 liter 16 V 
  FXJA, FXJB 
  2 ELAST belts 6PK1019ELAST T1 + CT881WP1
• Opel Vectra, Omega, Calibra 2,5i V6 
  X25XE 
  CT 884 K1/CT 990 K1
• Renault Twingo 1.2 liter 40 KW 
  D4F 702, built 1996 
  CT 1045 WP1
• Volkswagen 2.0 liter TDI 16V 
  Common Rail CBDB, built 2008 
  CT 1051 K1