tow AUDI A4 1997 B5 / 1.G AEB ATW Engines Valvetrain Servicing Workshop Manual
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-  Verify that camshafts are at TDC Cyl 1.
    
   Both camshaft markings must align with arrows on bearing caps.
-  Clean drive chain and camshaft chain gears opposite both arrows on 
bearing caps. Mark installed position using paint. 
    
Note:  
Do not mark chain using punch, filing a notch or similar procedures.   
The distance between the two arrows/paint marks is equivalent to 
16 drive chain rollers. 
 The notch on the exhaust camshaft is slightly offset inward toward 
drive chain roller (arrow-1-). 
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       Install drive chain on camshaft chain gear as 
follows:  
    
  -  When installing old drive chain, line up paint markings (arrows).
    
 
If a new drive chain is installed, distance between notches -A- and 
-B- on camshafts must equal the distance between 16 drive chain 
rollers. Illustration shows where first and sixteenth drive chain 
rollers must be installed on chain gears. 
 Notch -A- is slightly offset inward toward drive chain roller -1-.
-  Slide in hydraulic chain tensioner between drive chain.
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-  Verify correct position of both camshafts.
    
 
Both camshaft markings must align with arrows on bearing caps 
(arrows). 
    
 
The distance between the two arrows/paint markings is equivalent 
to 16 drive chain rollers. 
 The notch on exhaust camshaft is slightly offset inward toward 
drive chain roller -1-. 
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