Cabelt slipping off? - PIC ADDED

[alexd]

Hi all, so after paying £450 to have the cambelt done on my AUQ I didnt drive it much for a couple of days, only going 2 miles to work and back. Now i hate this as i know it never really warms up properly so i make sure to take it out in the evening to do just that, so yesterday i took her out for a little test drive only to notice the smell of burning rubber when i came to a standstill, so i let it wind down then turned her off, popped the cambelt cover only to see the belt looked like it was 40k old and had worked itself about 3-4mm off the pulley!!!! :@

Now i've driven it to work today so i can take it over to him at lunch, my question is, should i have run the cambelt in more before giving it some beans?? Which i didn't really do but i certainly put my foot down. Also looks like cheap belt/parts for 450 notes the c*nt

[pjk33]

u should of gone vw if u where payin that i had quote from them last week about £360 (crewe)cambelt/tensioner i dont think u have to run them in.if he says ur fault smash him. good luck

[tech1889]

thats bad get the guy to replace it asap..

[Wayne]

Sounds like it was not tensioned enough

[tech1889]

was tensioner replaced or was old one re-used ?? i would go for tensioner fail !

[brianpologti]

Sounds like the little idler wheel washer was put on the wrong side of the pulley, ( or left the old one on) thus throwing the belt out a bit ,

[Wazzzer]

They have a hydraulic tensioner so if the old one was reused it could have failed...

[alexd]

Well the receipt says belt, tensioner, water pump; it's a shame the blokes a really nice chap and has known my dad for years, since college, im just wondering if he's bein a 2 bob and purposely tried to 1 nil me, or he has made a genuine mistake, anyways - PIC:

[alexd]

You can even see the ribs in the belt coming through, it's just not right is it.

[GunnerCP]

I had a look at mine yesterday actually (randomly..) anyway, mine sits the same as yours pretty much, i.e towards the outer of the pulley (might even be flush or there abouts - I'll have a look later when I head out)