akenharris
06-07-2014, 10:19 AM
So last month my S4's temperature sensor went bad, had to send to the local auto shop, take the supercharger out and replace the sensor. This month is another story!
So I was just cruising along, driving under normal conditions and all of a sudden a little pop. Barely noticeable and could have been mistake as a bump in the road (New Orleans, bumps everywhere) and all of a sudden power steering was gone, and I won't lie half of me was kinda excited, i hate power steering, but I also knew something was wrong. I pulled over and turned off the car and turned it back on. I was on the side of a major road so I went on to a side street. Then about 1 minute later the "alternator is not charging the battery" light came on, so it was time to see whats going on. Also for reference my car is B8S4 2011 and I just hit 36k miles. I pop the hood and it just wreaks. Burnt rubber smell. The interesting part was, half of the belt was still attached. Half of it was shredded off. Then I also saw that the bits of shredded belt had wrapped around the supercharger pulley etc. Now I am getting both belts replaced, and then taking a further look at everything.
My mechanic and I are both completely stumped. No idea what could have caused this...
UPDATE: Harmonic Balancer went bad, so currently I'm getting 2 belts replaced and the Harmonic Balancer. Also I am officially upgrading to APR STG 2 since they already have the entire front of the car pulled out, might as well throw that on other than do it and have to pay for the labor again. Currently really really excited .Should be getting my car back (13th of June). ALSO IT WAS MY THERMOSTAT THAT WENT BAD. Excuse me for calling it the temp sensor causing much confusion among us.
Sidenote: (wouldn't it be cool if there was a setting in cars like ours where you could just disable power steering? That would be awesome IMO)
So I was just cruising along, driving under normal conditions and all of a sudden a little pop. Barely noticeable and could have been mistake as a bump in the road (New Orleans, bumps everywhere) and all of a sudden power steering was gone, and I won't lie half of me was kinda excited, i hate power steering, but I also knew something was wrong. I pulled over and turned off the car and turned it back on. I was on the side of a major road so I went on to a side street. Then about 1 minute later the "alternator is not charging the battery" light came on, so it was time to see whats going on. Also for reference my car is B8S4 2011 and I just hit 36k miles. I pop the hood and it just wreaks. Burnt rubber smell. The interesting part was, half of the belt was still attached. Half of it was shredded off. Then I also saw that the bits of shredded belt had wrapped around the supercharger pulley etc. Now I am getting both belts replaced, and then taking a further look at everything.
My mechanic and I are both completely stumped. No idea what could have caused this...
UPDATE: Harmonic Balancer went bad, so currently I'm getting 2 belts replaced and the Harmonic Balancer. Also I am officially upgrading to APR STG 2 since they already have the entire front of the car pulled out, might as well throw that on other than do it and have to pay for the labor again. Currently really really excited .Should be getting my car back (13th of June). ALSO IT WAS MY THERMOSTAT THAT WENT BAD. Excuse me for calling it the temp sensor causing much confusion among us.
Sidenote: (wouldn't it be cool if there was a setting in cars like ours where you could just disable power steering? That would be awesome IMO)