'02 A4q 3.0 Aux. belt tensioner failure

[Peter Golledge]

Well on all of the older generation motors (MC, AAN etc) belts/idlers were
always replaced every 60K miles  (along with Water pump since it was the
tension device).  I'd keep with that, way cheaper than a new motor.

Could be worse there are later V8 Audis with insane ($5K) repairs to get
timing chain tensioners replaced. :-)

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Tihol Tiholov <t.tiholov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just sharing.
> 2 days ago the roller of the auxiliary/poly V belt tensioner seized with no
> prior noise warning prior and, of course, ripped the belt, almost through.
> Car had 150K km.
> How often does this happen? Have 3 other VAG products, 2 with original
> tensioners and no issues. Any BTDT's?
>
> --
> Tihol
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