howling after T-belt job?

[ben swann]

I neglected to mention the important part - yes it could be water pump
too, but most important - the belt is simply too tight.  I believe the
noise is due to excessive load on the bearings of either pump or
tensioner.

Ben
----- Original Message -----
From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:44 pm
Subject: Re: howling after T-belt job?

> > The turkey gobble sound is likely the tensioner pully.
> Hopefully you
> > installed a new one, but that sound is usually associated with
> > installing new belt without changing the tensioner.
>
> I get the classic gobble on my coupe, with the n/a 2.1 block
> therer is
> no tensioner.  I think it is the water pump - maybe belt too
> tight, but
> I never tried loosening it a bit, maybe just a cheesy water
> pump...
> Can't hear it over the exhaust anyway, though!
>
> > Pretty much the same with the MC-1 engine - dynamically interfering.
>
> I thought the 2.2 turbos were statically interfering as well?
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
>
> http://www.humanthoughts.org/
>
>