'02 A4q 3.0 Aux. belt tensioner failure

[Stephen Kormilo]

Tihol,

I just had the second TB change on my '02 3.0 A4 at ~180,000 km. I had 
*all *tensioners changed for both of the TB replacements. Not worth the 
potential disaster of a tensioner (TB or Serpentine belt) failure.

If you haven't had your TB replaced yet, you are living on borrowed time.

Cheers,

Stephen Kormilo
Comox, BC
Canada

Silver 2002 Audi A4 3.0QM
Now Departed: Silver '98.5 Audi A4 2.8QM
                             Black '85 Mazda Rx7 GSL-SE

email: stephen at kormilo.ca

> -------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 12:40:23 -0700 From: Tihol 
> Tiholov <t.tiholov at gmail.com> To: "quattro at audifans.com" 
> <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: '02 A4q 3.0 Aux. belt tensioner failure 

> 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?
>