URS6 timing belt and damper washer

[moggies]

I know this has been covered several times and there is a great deal of yes it does and no it dosent confusion going on, no one single thread covers all the answers.

My AAN is on its second belt since I have owned it and there is no washer behind the bottom pulley. Hopefully the washer is not needed as its not fitted and turns over easily.
Dave has posted some info in the past but the pulley on my car appears to be a different or later number?

If anyone can add any info for the benefit of the S6 AAN owners amongst us and help for further reference, please do, just for clarification.



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[UrS4boy]

AAN Harmonic Damper Info

You are fine WITHOUT the washer. Only the 251Js need the washer. 251C and 251H preceded the J.

More info than maybe I posted here before:

http://forums.quattroworld.com/s4s6/msgs/157639.phtml

Boxflares (Steve M) (RIP) once posted:

"It turns out that there might have been as many as 3 different part numbers used on S-cars, and the latest rev (-J) is physically different and won't just bolt up to most S-cars. The early parts (054-105-251-C and -H) both had a longer snout. These were superseded in 1996 by the current part, 054-105-251-J. Since per KATE the -J part didn't come out until October of 1996, ALL US-spec S-cars, including the 1995.5s, should have the -C or -H part. The only exceptions might be some Canadian 97's, since October of 96 is part way into the 1997 model year. The problem is the -J part has a shorter snout and requires a washer/spacer (034-105-193) to fit correctly. The washer isn't cheap (~$65 is the cheapest price I found on line) but without it the -J pulley will most likely bind on your oil pump- not good. There is an alternate part number (034 105 193) shown in KATE, but it's not clear whether that would or wouldn't require the same washer."

[moggies]

Brilliant, thanks