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Old 08-18-2009, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Oracle12345 View Post
fyi I didnt have the vagcom but I had a a few thousand dollar snap on scan tool to do the job. I put the car back together and it ran fine. Funny you bring it up because I had to do the belt since the owner tried to do it himself and well screwed up and damaged the valvetrain, destroyed a few hydraulic lifters.

I ended up rebuilding the valvetrain, putting the head back on and doing the belt.
... the "right" tool is only about $20... you have a multythousand$$ tool that's preferred to using the "right" tool? how is that better than the special tool you need to change the MB's chain?
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