Nearly blow up my engine just because of........

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Nearly blow up my engine just because of........

Post by quattrosteph » Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:32 pm

The bearing on the poulie for the cambelt blow-up last week-end....Balls everywhere, they even made some holes on the camebelt itself, the belt was lose and did jump only....1 tooth!!!!! The valves are ok, how f..king lucky is that ?????????????? The all lot was replaced 31000 miles ago in 2003.

When it did happend i stopped the car straight away, called RAC and had the car put on a truck and send straight to MRC workshop. Doug did fix it with brand new cambelt kit ( and water pump.....) , very rare a bearing blow up like that and that one is a very important one.... :?

Car is fine now, many thanks Doug :wink:

So guys, if in the futur you hear any noise coming from your engine, just STOP the car, switch it off and get a recovery truck, i am very glad i did it.
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RE: Nearly blow up my engine just because of........

Post by CliveH » Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:46 pm

Phew! That was a close call Steph - glad she's mended now... :thumbs:
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Post by quattrosteph » Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:09 pm

Used to be a ball bearing...
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Post by grizz » Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:27 pm

Looks like the smaller idler on the right hand side , never had one fail but i do always change it .
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Post by Virdee Autos » Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:11 pm

Maybe this is why Audi recommend every 40k for the RS4, whereas the other engine are higher interval?

And Audi don't actually list a Timing belt kit for the RS4 now, so you have to buy all the parts individually.

I did mine not long ago, with the belt, tensioner, roller, damper tensioner and water pump.

Does anyone know if Audi do a metal impeller water pump?
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Post by confusionhunter » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:22 pm

Phew... yes I had something similar but different.... huge relief when its working again!
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Post by Ads4 » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:28 pm

Yep, had an idler tensioner go on mine...about 90 miles after a cambelt change. Audi UK accepted the warranty and replaced the cylinder heads etc.
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Post by s4woody » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:17 am

every water pump i have supplied from Audi have been with a metal impeller
Does anyone know if Audi do a metal impeller water pump?
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Post by NigelS4 » Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:40 pm

OEM Audi has a metal impeller for the water pump, but a lot of the aftermarket kits (especially in the US) have a plastic impeller.

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Post by okkim » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:05 pm

That's strange, I have bought about 10 OEM water pumps and all have had plastic impellers. Just bought one yesterday.

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