crofTTy

I was driving tonight (about 30 mph) and the engine just shut off. No sputter, no noise just stopped. When I got to the side of the road and tried to restart it cranks but sounds really wierd. It's hard to describe. It's like part of the normal engine noise is there, but something is missing...just a smooth whirring sound. Absolutely no attempt to catch, no sputter...nothing.

I'm thinking it's serious. The guy I bought the car from told me he changed the timing belt at 75k. I'm at 93k now. I called the Audi service department at the time and they (supposedly) confirmed it.

I would normally have searched first but I was hoping to catch one of you experts still on line.

Thanks

CrofTTy

2002 225 TTR
Oct chip

TT_Nuge

Sure sounds like a timing belt..... I hope not though.

crofTTy

What kind of damage am I looking at.

I was just reading one of your previous posts (from my search) and concluding that it was probably the tb. You described it as starter turning but no compression. That's exactly what it sounds like.

thanks,

Steve

AxeYrCat

1.8Ts are interference engines, and if your timing belt went, all 20 valves went to war.


NOT good.

TT_Nuge

Could be looking at anything from valve damage to piston damage, head replacement to...... Rough estimate, $3-5k. :-(

Trent

AxeYrCat

And I'm not trying to be a **** asking -- sometimes, clusters fail, and they tell you you've got a lot more fuel than you do...

TTschwing

It sounds like you toasted a TB. Figure $2-4K repair depending on Valve and Piston damage. The verification you had of a previous replacement could have been correct....Unfortunately some just change the Belt, and not the parts (water pump and tensioner) that often fail and cause the belt breakage...Good luck.

Laguna

This could be a fairly hefty bill... more than just the cost of replacing the TB.

crofTTy

this isn't sounding good.

crofTTy

This is sounding really bad. Of course things like this never come at a good time.