Re: New Recall, A4 engine...

[John Graham <jgraham1@erols.com>]

Perniklas Eriksson wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Got a recall for the airbag in my '95 A4TQ at the 17 dec and I didn't
> believe my eyes when I got another recall at the 23 dec, this time it is
> the engine!!!
> 
> It says it's an (I don't know how to translate it from swedish, but I'll
> try) "vibrationdamper" (or something like that) mounted on the crankshaft
> that doesn't  come up to standard. It can cause engine damage!!! (And I who
> tortured the little poor thing down the autobahn to Ingolstadt, Stuttgart
> and Wolfsburg (to Audi, Porsche and VW museum) this summer.)
> 
> I guess they have to take the engine out of the car to fix it. I wonder
> what more they are going to damage when they do that...
> 
> I'm going to contact the dealer a.s.a.p. to get some more info and to make
> an appointment and then I'll be back with more details.
> 
> Is there anyone out there who has got the same recall, please contact me!
> 
> Bye for now,
> 
> Perniklas Eriksson, Ystad, Sweden.
> 
> '95 A4 1.8 TQ

I think thats the pully on the front of the engine that drives all the belts.
One of the belts is the timeing belt. And if it pops it's big bucks to fix valves.
So I'd get this fixed fast.

John
1990 CQ