Alternator pulley problems.....

[adam20202]

Hi everyone. Having a couple of problems just now. Car is in garage as we speak. Had the timing belt changed about 10,000 miles ago but since then i had to take it back to garage today as there was a rattling coming from it. The guy says its the alternator pulley thats gone. Anyone know if this could have been caused by the timing belt being changed? or is the timing belt on a seperate pully altogether. anyone know how much this should cost to repair?

also if it did fail altogether how much damage could be done to car?.

cheers guys

[Steve_PD]

its on a different belt to the cambelt.
it costs around £50 for the pulley and about an hour to fit.

[Jay]

Steve, have you done the job yourself?

I saw the write up on clubtdi on how to fabricate the tool required to remove the pulley, so I'm thinking of making one and giving it a go.

[Steve_PD]

no, had it changed when I got my cambelt done

[Kerrse]

I had mine done a few weeks ago was about £50 ish for the pulley and £30ish for the belt from VW, i paid £20 to have mine fitted.

[adam20202]

cheers folks. got it changed. cost me £96.00 all in. It was the alternator pulley. no problems since.

[jase555]

JAY - do you have the link to the clubgti post mate. i am an engineer and if its not so time consuming i will make 10 and post them out to who ever wants one

[Steve_PD]

this

[Jay]

I found Laser / Sealey make the tools now, 3307 is the number fyi.

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=Laser%203307&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wf

 

I ordered mine last week, still awaiting it's arrival - damned bank holidays!

[jase555]

In that case i wont bother then. LOL!!