Ribbed belt A4 2.0 TDi (BLB/BNA/BRE/BRF/BVG) — AUDI
Ribbed belt A4 2.0 TDi (BLB/BNA/BRE/BRF/BVG) on Audi: 22 steps, engines BLB, BNA, BRE, BRF. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Jetta VI (16, 2010–2018); platform codes 2.0, TDI, |, (DPF)
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
- Special tools named: locking pin
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- At removal, mark the direction of rotation; when refitting ensure the drive belt rotates in the same direction
📋 Procedure
Preparation and removal
- Remove the engine lower cover
- Remove the engine upper cover
- Remove the air ducts
- Remove the timing belt upper cover
- Turn the tensioner pulley clockwise
- Tensioner locking pin:
- Lock the tensioner; use a locking pin
- Remove the ancillary drive belt
- Note: At removal, mark the direction of rotation; when refitting ensure the drive belt rotates in the same direction
Installation and checks
- Turn the tensioner pulley clockwise
- Lock the tensioner; use a locking pin
- Fit the ancillary drive belt clockwise, starting at the crankshaft gearwheel
- Turn the tensioner pulley clockwise
- Remove the locking pin
- Release the ancillary drive belt tension
- Check that tension is applied to the belt
- Refit the timing belt upper cover
- Refit the air duct
- Start the engine
- Check for correct operation
- Refit the engine upper cover
- Refit the engine lower cover
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Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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