[s-cars] Was bad CPS?, now bad crank pulley and balancer confirmed

[iain.atkinson at tesco.net]

$500 for a pump change you are kidding me, considering that if they are doing the belt etc etc most of the parts are already off the car anyway. and yes i would certainly get them to do a comp test

iain
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> From: hoog23 at aol.com
> Date: 2006/07/05 Wed PM 02:30:12 BST
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Was bad CPS?, now bad crank pulley and balancer confirmed
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> Finally got an answer.
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> Got a call on Monday from the dealer who has had the car for the last 2 weeks.  They removed the pulley and balancer and reported that both were bad.  The 'key' did shear off the pulley and the balancer went bad and has some sort of physical damage.  
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> (I was a little T'd off since the service advisor had agreed to call me to be present when the items were removed.  This was mostly in case I ended up in a dispute with the extended warranty company.)
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> Just received another call this morning and fortunately the warranty company will cover everything with the exception of express (if you call a week 'express') shipping of some parts from Germany and minor shop charges.  The parts I know they will be replacing are the belt, tensioner, pulley and balancer (obviously), key way, and crank bolt.  
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> A question did come up about the water pump.  I had originally told them to give me a price on replacing the pump (it is not bad and would not be covered under the warranty).  Dealer wants about $500.  Note that the pump was replaced at 52k three years ago by same dealer during last timing belt job.  Car has 82k now.
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> Should I replace the pump?
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> Also should I have them perform another compression test once it is running again?
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> Thanks,
> Dave
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