RE: Mysterious 4kS noises & problems

[Jon McVety <jwilliam@water.net>]

-----Original Message-----
From:	david.becker@lw.com [SMTP:david.becker@lw.com]
Sent:	Friday, February 21, 1997 4:51 PM
To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject:	Mysterious 4kS noises & problems

     I own an '87 4kS with 80,000 hard fought city miles, and it recently 
     started making some odd noises.  
     
[Jon:]  snip

     Finally, I had to replace a failed timing belt recently--I foolishly 
     assumed that my (very expensive) 60k mile service included a 
     replacement; guess I was wrong.  Since the replacement, there has been 
     a slight but noticeable lag in acceleration from a stop, at least til 
     the engine warms up.  Is my engine damaged?  How do i tell?  
     everything else seems to be OK.
     
  
[Jon:]  Don't think this particular to Audi.  I had an 88 Jetta that I replaced the timing belt on and power was sapped from the engine.  The problem was, the first trip I took after having done this was an 1800  highway run so I didn't notice the lack of pickup until I was city driving again.  Turns out they had messed up the timing very badly when they installed the new belt.  Took it to a competent mechanic who fixed it within minutes.  Ran great after.

Jon
95 GTi VR6