Squeel on startup.

[Error404]

yes i think you should be able to get to the tensioner with the front belt cover removed

[QuattroFever]

after fitting a new alternator which was supplied with a slightly smaller pulley. I now have a quick 5 second squeal on start up. Guess the belt is struggling to grip with the additional resistance from the smaller pulley. Seemed plenty tight enough for my liking. I'm going try and source a pulley rather than graunch the belt tighter.

May not be your case but worth checking if you have recently exchanged your alternator.

[Wrath]

Thanks for more ideas but the squeel was before Ive changed the alternator... have some rattle sound fron the front sometimes and that I havent found what it could be. Could the steering pump rattle? or could it be the camshaft chain? Don´t know if theres even a service protocol to change that...

Going to check after the holidays if I can reach the tensioner with the cam belt cover off, and hopefully i can take that piece of witout move the cooler and such...

/G

[Wrath]

Have done some fail search and have found the problem !!!

It from the crank pulley vibration damper, the damper on the pulley is all loose and you can turn it around and wobble it around it makes a large klonk klonk sound to it


What is the solution? can I just buy this one?


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-100-A...00306700768%26

Don´t know what version I have today but maybe I need this washer aswell?

034105193

And is just to unscrew the 4 insex bolt and replace the vibration damper without taking of the bolt for the timingbelt and such?

[QuattroFever]

Jeez that was lucky...could've had a big bill on your hands there.

[Error404]

you could get the original one remoulded:

http://www.dalemfg.com/harmonicbalancer_001.htm

[Wrath]

you could get the original one remoulded:

http://www.dalemfg.com/harmonicbalancer_001.htm

Quattrofever:

Yeah but I havent got round to buy the new one yet as I still think I could find a used one for cheap as chips somewhere...

Error404:

I saw that, but ship this to the US and back with repair fee will cost more then 2-3 new from VAG as everything shipped to the US from Sweden cost a fortune...

Anyone know if you could change this without loosen the big bolt on the cam sprocket? does the pulley damper go clean from that bolt?

[andy10v]

Anyone know if you could change this without loosen the big bolt on the cam sprocket? does the pulley damper go clean from that bolt?

No, you need to undo the crank bolt and remove the whole pulley.