Of this happening...

A few months ago I have the timing belt replaced on my 1999 A4. It was the 90k scheduled maintenance and thought it was a good idea to get it done because I've heard of bad things happening when an A4 timing belt goes or and skips time.

All was fine until...

The tensioner pulley for the serpentine belt fails as I cranked up the car one morning and started to back out of the driveway. Not a big problem so far. Unfortunately, the serpintine belt shreds and gets gets pulled into the timing belt. Of course from there you can imaging the result, about $7500 worth of valve, head, and turbo damage.

The timing belt is supposed to be covered and what I've been told is there is a small gap where the shreds of the serpintine belt can get into. I've seen photos of the timing belt covers and it just looks impossible if the timing belt is properly covered. I've always had a good experience with Audi but the damage for a serpintine belt failure seems a bit extreme.

Just looking for some advice and a second opinion on the shreds getting into the timing belt theory, because it's either eat the repair bill or buy a new car. Neither of while I'm looking for to do since I've performed every scheduled maintenance on time. These things happen but I'm not too hot on the idea of buying another Audi if this the typical result of a serpintine belt failure.

 

You might xpost this in the performance forum too. They might have more data.