[V8] Topic: Serpentine belt installed incorrectly. Discuss.

[sdewitt at stx.rr.com]

The only thing you could have possibly damaged is the PS pump, but form the sounds of it, your good to go.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> 
Date: Thursday, November 2, 2006 11:19 am 
Subject: [V8] Topic: Serpentine belt installed incorrectly. Discuss. 
To: V8 Fans <v8 at audifans.com> 

> Recently, I removed the serp belt to try to isolate the source of a 
> rattle. I've got a new oil pump bearing on the bench, even though 
> last night I could have sworn it was the water pump. I also had the 
> driver's side timing belt cover off. When I replaced it, the noise 
> was far less audible. 
> 
> Anyway, this will be sort of like a guy who just fell overboard, 
> chumming the waters himself but... 
> 
> I reinstalled the serpentine belt incorrectly. I thought I had it 
> right and it went on just fine, so I didn't think much of it. The 
> faint bearing squeak that I heard when I started the car made me think 
> a serp belt idler was going too. It seemed to go away fairly quickly. 
> Then when I was backing the car off the ramps I noticed I had no 
> power assist. At the same point I also noticed I was backing over a 
> spare subframe I had slid under the rear of the car. This 
> sufficiently confused/distracted me that it took me a little 
> longer to 
> dial in on the serp belt. When I did finally, I went and got the 
> diagram and corrected the issue. 
> 
> Everything seems fine afterward. I didn't run it that long or at 
> great rpm when it was wrong. A fairly short drive afterward yield 
> perfectly normal behavior. 
> 
> Now I'm wondering what components I may have shortened the life of. 
> I'm trying to determine just which ones may have been run backwards 
> due to my error. 
> 
> Why do I own 5 15+ year old Audis... especially when I apparently have 
> considerable monkey-lad potential? I've actually taken tomorrow off 
> work to work on cars. 
> 
> Ed 
> _______________________________________________ 
> Audifans V8 mailing list 
> Send posts to: mailto:V8 at audifans.com 
> Manage your list connection: 
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/v8Have an Audi V8 
> question? Check the Audifans Knowledgebase! 
> http://www.audifans.com/twiki/bin/view/Audi/V8 
> Have a V8 answer? ... Please help others by adding to the KB ... 
> all contributions welcome! 
>