the suck!

**ThirdStrike** · 10-21-2008 09:32 PM

i replaced my timing belt and all accessories ~12k miles ago.
yah well im driving the other day and in boost i see this smoke coming from under the hood. immediately stop the car and look to see wtf is going on and after some blank troubleshooting i pull the timing cover back and my timing belt is loose enough to pull off the sprocket!
turns out my timing idler pulley went to shit. the bearings were shot and the belt was rubbing against the plastic cover. in addition to that the water pump makes a nasty noise (like that of a whale) when spun by hand. fuckin sucks but at least i didnt jump a tooth... thank God!

damn 2.7T's

p.s. the water pump was branded "hepu" .. was listed OEM on the parts site i order from.. not sure what the pulley was

**gointoscott** · 10-21-2008 09:39 PM

where did you buy the pump from?

Also I hope you dont drive it another foot until you fix it. Hate to see the belt go and bend the valves.

Sorry to hear about the problem.

**ThePaintballGuy** · 10-21-2008 09:45 PM

That sucks man... where did you get the parts from? Blauparts.com has great prices on stuff and it's all OEM.

Josh

**ThirdStrike** · 10-21-2008 10:04 PM

i bought them from a wholesale oem supplier ... not a commonly known site. anyways being that i didnt know what the smoke was coming from i drove the car another 4 miles home. the bearings were grinding like a mf. i was like damn its 4 am ..should i get it towed? nah just drive it slow home. next day i found the timing belt was loose.
im LUCKY

**ThePaintballGuy** · 10-21-2008 10:09 PM

No kidding! I would not buy parts from that site again btw. Just my $.02

Josh

**GramCracker** · 10-22-2008 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by ThePaintballGuy

No kidding! I would not buy parts from that site again btw. Just my $.02

Josh

Porque?

**stamps** · 10-22-2008 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by grAh4m

Porque?

^^^=why?

**AudiSportB5S4** · 10-22-2008 08:41 AM

so it doesnt happen again ? lol

I ordered my kit from ECS tuning it was the ultimate super duper kit for 350. Its nice. haha

I can SECOND for Blau parts. Got all those parts when my brother needed the tbelt done on his 2.7TT A6 and really nice OEM shiznit. same as ECS pretty much

**ThirdStrike** · 10-22-2008 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by AudiSportB5S4

so it doesnt happen again ? lol

I ordered my kit from ECS tuning it was the ultimate super duper kit for 350. Its nice. haha

I can SECOND for Blau parts. Got all those parts when my brother needed the tbelt done on his 2.7TT A6 and really nice OEM shiznit. same as ECS pretty much

werd. the pump i ordered this second time around (from teh same site) is blau.
no more hepu!

**nizmosx** · 10-22-2008 11:44 AM

is the impeller plastic or metal. someone was telling me oem pumps are crappy because they use plastic impellers yet some aftermarkets use metal. just a thought.

**AudiSportB5S4** · 10-22-2008 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by nizmosx

is the impeller plastic or metal. someone was telling me oem pumps are crappy because they use plastic impellers yet some aftermarkets use metal. just a thought.

thats true... even if you go to audi though the revised water pump is a metal impeller rather than the plastic one that failed sometimes... that was revised by audi even they knew they effed that one up haha

**ThirdStrike** · 10-22-2008 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by nizmosx

is the impeller plastic or metal. someone was telling me oem pumps are crappy because they use plastic impellers yet some aftermarkets use metal. just a thought.

the pump i bought that failed had a metal impeller.

**Daft** · 10-22-2008 03:31 PM

I'm surprised that the Hepu failed. I've used those before for years at a time with no problems.

I'd bet that the pump started seizing up and the belt was being stretched from the added heat.