As I thought Gazbo, I'd leave the camshaft alone but the end has been broken so it has to come out I'm afraid. pushrods have been slightly bent so I'll need new ones but the rockers and cam slides look ok, it was only on tick over when it went. Head off it is then

Ok to cut to the chase, do I have to remove the head in order to withdraw camshaft. Or will the cam followers drop down? I have taken rocker shaft off and removed push rods (some bent)

opened it now, good video. I'm strugling to get the rear part of the timing case of due to a previously snapped bolt near the water gallery. Does any one know if the cam followers drop down when I remove the shaft?

Know the video you mean, but could'nt get it to play

Yes came in through the cam hole!

Good morning all, after looking into the cause of knocking from my 200 TDI engine, I have found that the bolt has come out of the camshaft sprocket. The timing case cover stopped it coming off but not before mashing the end of the camshaft. The engine will still turn over by hand but I should...

works a treat Fireandrisk, just dont forget to disconnect fuel solenoid switch at pump or things can get a bit out of hand!

Maybe an obvious thing, but it can be a bit fiddly tensioning the fan/ancillary belt and doing up the power steering pump bolts at the same time on my 200tdi, if you slide a pipe over the socket spanner and attach a small ratchet strap to the top you can make quite delicate adjustments to the...