Hydraulic Pump Belt Coming Loose

[Ti Kan]

Pedro Rodriguez writes:
> My hydraulic pump belt is coming loose about every 1,000 miles.  I've also
> had to replace the belt with only about 4,000 miles on it.  The belt was all
> deformed with this low mileage.  Any suggestions out there?

What kind of belt are you using?  You should be using the proper
metric sized belt (usually made by Continental).  The US-sized belts
have a slightly different V-profile and could lead to premature belt
failure when used on the Audi pulleys.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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