Timing Belt/Water Pump Replacement

[Spencer Rayner <spencerjray@yahoo.com>]

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 11:48:58 -0700 (PDT) 
From: Spencer Rayner <spencerjray@yahoo.com>  | Block address 
Subject: Re: Timing Belt/Water Pump Replacement 
To: Ti Kan <ti@amb.org> 
CC: daddy_d_3@yahoo.com 
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Hi Ti and Dave and thank you for such a fast reply.

When the car overheated the first thing I checked was the coolant and
topped this up. Though not all of it had gone and made sure this was
kept full.
When he did the work he did not replace the thermostat and told me that
it was ok.
The fan was working but part of his remedy was to rig it so that the
fan was on permanently, also he bypassed a mechanical pump which I do
not know the name of, but is placed behind the fan and sits on four
small rubber mountings. Also he bypassed the temp sensor by some very
crude wiring work.I know this all sound bad and was not the cure I was
looking for.  
Both of you seem to indicate a bad timing job,that may have caused
this.
As I said this car was extremely well cared for with no expense spared
and I replaced oil every 4 000 with Mobil 1. Also the car which is in
Georgia was bought from an Audi tech who had looked after it well.

The car now will not turn over and my fear is that this has caused
extensive engine damage possibly beyond repair. 

Can either of you advise me how I can find out the root of the problem
since this car ran like a Rolex before.Also this car is located with a
garage near Atlanta who specialize in European cars, but as yet they
have not been able to inspect it to find out what would have caused
this to happen.

Spencer

> Do you have enough coolant (check reservoir level). 
> Does your radiator
> fan work?  Look for a disconnected wires on the fan
> or temperature
> sensors.  Also possibly failed or improperly
> installed thermostat?
> Bad water pump?  I guess grossly out-of-whack cam
> timing (caused by
> improper timing belt installation) could also cause
> increased engine
> temperature...
> 
> -Ti
> 96 A4 2.8 quattro
> 84 5000S 2.1 turbo
> 80 4000 2.0
> -- 
>     ///  Ti Kan                Vorsprung durch
> Technik
>    ///   AMB Research Laboratories, Sunnyvale, CA.
> USA
>   ///    ti@amb.org
>  //////  http://metalab.unc.edu/tkan/
> ///
> 
> 

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