Cam Follower
Cam Follower / VW Part No: 034 109 309 AD.
Pull your Handbrake! Then, lift your front end up off the ground, so that the wheels are free to turn. Put your transmission in 3rd gear. Get all spark plugs out. (Makes it a lot easier to turn the engine).
Now, use a long wrench and a 24mm nut to turn the engine to position: Cylinder NO 1 - top dead centre.
Next remove the dizzy. This is all shown, in the Haynes-Manual.
Remove, the cam belt cover. If you are at TDC you will see the -> (arrow) on the black cover, below the cam toothed gear wheel, which should point to the point on the cam shaft gear wheel.
OK, now take the toothed belt off, and loosen all the screws on the black cover.
Be warned if you loosen up all 10mm head bolts of the (toothed belt) plastic-cover. The screws are the same to hold the water pump. Not a big thing, but only so that you know where the water comes from.....when it starts getting out.)
TIP: Replace the toothed belt as well - once you got so far. A mechanic at Wolfsburg told me to take the lower toothed gear and check it for play on the main-crank-shaft. There is a little -half round - fitting key, which can get worn out.
Now you can remove the cam cover, and then you take the top-cam-shaft out (loosen the screws easy 1/2 turn each in a crossover pattern to each other!) and lift the cam up to pull the hydraulic cam lifters. (There is no need to take the big toothed gear of the camshaft).
You need to lay the new hydraulic cam lifter in oil- overnight, so they are not dry.
You should have somebody help you by holding the camshaft up, while you change the cam followers.
Then get the camshaft back in and tighten carefully all screws back down like before, 1/2 turn - Starting Inside out- crossing over. Ask your VW-Dealer for the exact KILO-POUNDS to tight them up in the end.
To get the cam position, check if your engine is still at TDC and match this with the arrow & mark as discussed previously. Put your toothed belt back on, and turn the engine 360 degrees, just to be safe. Everything should turn fine and easy.
Put everything back together, and start your engine. You will hear loud klick-klick, this will be gone after you hit the first time over 4000 RPM.
I hope that will do it!