(06-09-2012, 08:02 AM)Dan! Wrote: You can usually just about turn an engine on the cam, but it's not advised and is usually harder to turn because of the cam/crank pulley ratios.
Ah ok, cheers Dan, this is what I was thinking as its 2:1 iirc (stepdad was adamant it would turn easy on the cam though!) but I couldn't budge it at all, the handbrake was creaking with force I put in to it!
So I need to turn it from the crank, think this is gonna be the easiest way to see the bad lifter I reckon....as removing the camshaft seems like a big job!
Also I don't need to take the battery off do I? Someone said it'll kick when I turn it over but at 0.5rpm surely it wont??
Also....found this vid...do we reckon its the same noise?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ber08mvV...r_embedded#!
http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/multi...vw-tdi.htm