Drove to work yesterday and parked. Got in a while later and all of a sudden my power steering was acting up.
Switched the car off and popped the hood. I checked power steering fluid and all the belts. All seemed good.
Took it for a short spin around work for a quick test. Power steering was intermittently working. Decided to rather drive home and book it in at Audi. On the highway all seemed fine.
I overtook some slow ass drivers and i had less throttle response as per normal, popped it in a lower gear and gave it a little bit more of gass. All of a sudden u could hear the whine of the charger as it would always make. (Got the airbox off at the moment)
As i got to about 400 meters from my house all hell broke loose. Belts destroyed themselves, huge noise in engine bay, Alternator light came on, Water temp warning came on. I immediately pulled over and switched off the motor. The water temp was around 95 - 97 dec.
Had it towed to my house and started stripping. Lots of pieces of old belts all over the show.
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After getting it all cleaned out I found that the Crank Pulley’s outer was loose. Its secured onto the cranck with 8 Allen key screws, and that was all tight.
Check the video link to see what it looks like.
http://youtu.be/UEoEVFvhSBE
I’m going to replace both belts, both pulley tensioners, both pulley guides and the crank pulley.
Parts come to 580 Dollars. It could have been worse
I spoke to a fellow S4 driver locally and he said the exact same thing happend to him 2 months ago on 120 000 kms. Mine is a 2010 model, sitting on 104 000 kms. Has this happend to any one before ?
Mods on the car:
MRC software
APR intake
APR CPS
IBF Pulley
Miltek Non Res exhaust