How long can a turkey gobble before you damage the water

[Jonathan Monetti]

Thanks to everyone for yr suggestions. 

Will report back what I find/do.  Really don't want to do the whole job over
again, but I may have to (and what really sucks is that all the parts are
new--belt, tensioner, h2o pump, crank seal...the whole shootin
match...sigh). 

JM
Jonathan Monetti
'02 A4q 1.8t
'87.5 Coupe GT







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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Swann [mailto:benswann at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 10:13 AM
> To: jmone3036 at earthlink.net
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: How long can a turkey gobble before you damage the water
> 
> Overtightened belt usually makes a whining sound.  The 
> "Turkey Gobble" sound is usually the idler pulley or whatever 
> its official name is - often called a tensioner, but actually 
> the pump provides the tension adjustment.
> 
> If it was replaced with the belt as it should have been, then 
> maybe it could use a drop of oil - just don't overdo it.  
> However, this turkey should not gobble if it is new, so it 
> likely was not replaced with the belt and pump.
> So you best bet is to remove the belt cover and address these 
> issues - You should be able to install a new pully without 
> removing the crank pully.  You may need to reseal the water 
> pump however.
> 
> Allocate around 4 hours to remove the P.S. pump belt, remove 
> cover, change pully, reseal pump.  Permatex gasket seal will 
> do good for resealing the pump - meesy black goo, but does 
> good for these sort of jobs
> 
> Ben
> 
> [Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:27:31 -0400
> From: "Jonathan Monetti" <jmone3036 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: How long can a turkey gobble before you damage the 
> water pump?
> 
> Since doing my timing belt job, I've only put about 250 miles 
> on my coupe (NG).  As the weather got warmer (and thus I 
> drove it more), I noticed the tell-tale 'gobble gobble' of a 
> too-tight timing belt (as well as what sounded like bearing 
> noise from the water pump).  I got in there and adjusted the 
> tension pump per some crafty list archive suggestions, and 
> the gobble has largely gone away.  However, there is a still 
> metallic sound coming from the general area of the water pump 
> (german-made unit I got from blau).
> 
> I guess "YMMV" the big caveat, but do you guys think I could 
> have seriously damaged my water pump in just a couple hundred 
> miles of driving this way?
> If not, what else might be the culprit.  I've been able to 
> rule out the power steering pump.
> 
> TIA
> Jonathan Monetti
> '02 A4q 1.8t
> '87.5 Coupe GT]
>