Audi 5000S Quattro not charging

[Kneale Brownson]

I've purchased Conti belts from The Parts Connection
http://www.thepartsconnection.com/index.htm    and  Autohaus Arizona
http://www.autohausaz.com/     Closer to you might be Scott Mockry
http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/   I'm sure he'd get you the right belts too.

At 01:05 PM 10/10/2005 -0700, Lokkju wrote:
>I seem to be getting a few responses pointing to me having the wrong
>belt installed.. Could soemone give me a suggestion where I might be
>able to get a correct belt?  I live on the Oregon coast, and there is
>not much around here, other then a NAPA, so that is where I have been
>getting my belts, but according to at least two responses, I should
>NOT be using NAPA belts...
>
>So I guess a mail order/online company to order the correct belt form
>would be my only option, but which place has the correct belts?
>
>
>On 10/10/05, cobram at juno.com <cobram at juno.com> wrote:
>> Lokkju <lokkju at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > I should probably also mention, as it may be related, that for about
>> > the past 2 weeks something sort of odd has been happening - When
>> > the engine fan kicks on, if my clutch is NOT pushed in, the car squeals
>> > really bad - but as soon as I push in the clutch, the squealing
>> > stops.
>>
>> Load on the engine changes when you engage the clutch.  Seems to be
>> pointing to an incorrect belt (you need a Metric belt, a non-cogged
>> metric belt), or a loose belt.  My 200TQA had thrown a few belts, had a
>> hard time figuring it out, but as the car would heat up the belt would
>> just "run away".  Tightening it would only give me about a month or so of
>> grace and the belt would throw again.  I adjusted the belt on the car
>> tight, marked the position, removed the belt, then tightened the
>> alternator up where it would be just a tad tighter with the belt on.  I
>> then installed the belt with the screwdriver method and it hasn't thrown
>> a belt in the year or so since I did this.  I suspected that the bearings
>> or whatever might get damaged from an overly tight belt, but was willing
>> to risk it since the only alternative left was to changed the alternator
>> anyway.  YMMV.
>>
>> BCNU,
>> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
>> You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with
>> loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.
>>
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