drumstick Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 Hi everyone. As some of you may have read I'm to off load my V8 A6 for a diesel, and was looking at either a golf or an A3. Now I'm swaying towards a VW passat estate or an A4 avant. I really think i will regret not having the load space when I need it! But what is puzzling me is that it seems like ( from pics of car ads) that the larger cars have an inline engine yet I thought they were all FWD. The golf and A3 definitely have a transverse lump and the photos off the A4 and passat are saying inline. Can anyone out there shed any light on this for me? Are they inline and are they still front wheel drive? if they are inline wont the cam belt change be a pain in the arse? Cheers. Mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Yes they are inline and front wheel drive, same basic engine though, and if anything it makes the cam belt swap easier as it's at the front of the car instead of buried at the side. Audi A6, VW Passat, Skoda Superb, all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumstick Posted July 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Yes they are inline and front wheel drive, same basic engine though, and if anything it makes the cam belt swap easier as it's at the front of the car instead of buried at the side.Audi A6, VW Passat, Skoda Superb, all the same. Thanks for the reply tipex, is the engine mounted further forward( of the axle) to allow the drive shafts a simple route to the wheels or is it some complicated set up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 The engine is mounted further forwards than normal, it's the old Audi trick and accounts for the generally understeery nature of those cars. It doesn't really present any problems though, as you don't buy 1.9 diesel engined saloon/estate cars to set lap times, they are still very competent cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 You can also get the 4-motion in the Passat (quattro) or quattro in the A6/A4 versions! If you want awd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 The belt change (despite what Tipex says) is a ball ache on those cars - access is superb, once you've taken the entire front end of the car off to get to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 The belt change (despite what Tipex says) is a ball ache on those cars - access is superb, once you've taken the entire front end of the car off to get to it. Have you ever done one? thought not. According to the mechanic who did my Superb all those years ago, you don't need to take the front off, only the radiator, and he was doing all our taxis at the time, be they Superbs or Passats, and the bill was less than for transverse engined cars due to less labour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 I had a 1.8T and my mechanic said it was a PITA. This is a man who doesn't mind doing Alfa TSpark belts, too... The bumper and a load of other stuff come off before you get to the belt. http://www.vaglinks.com/Docs/Audi/B5/AudiWorld.com_Audi_A4_1.8T_Timing_Belt_Replacement_DIY.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 If you know what you're doing, the T-Spark belts are still a pain in the arse, if you don't, forget it. Maybe the tdi lumps have more clearance then, but all he did was pop the radiator assembly out, and with a bit of fiddling around the front crossmember, changed the whole caboodle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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