90Q water pump whine - tbelt is not overtight

[Radek]

Does the waterpump have a bearing or a bushing?  In my case, the pump is 
brand new, made by Graaf in Italy, the bearing/bushing should not be worn 
out.
Radek.
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> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:59:37 -0800
> From: Tihol Tiholov <t.tiholov at gmail.com>
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: 90Q water pump whine - tbelt is not overtight
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> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 7:29 PM, <quattro-request at audifans.com> wrote:
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>> ...  Tihol, thanks for your post, my
>> symptoms are exactly like yours were, a high-pitched noise at idle, gone 
>> at
>> faster RPMs.
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> I remembered later - this noise was called here "turkey warble" and was
> supposedly made by a worn bearing inside the water pump (IIRC). Mine was
> rebuilt, maybe poor job done on it. The noise wasn't there with the old
> pump.
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> -- 
> Tihol
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