well they say they come in three dont they.
1. lost my camera on way back from best skiing holiday ever.
2. My 2.5tdi wont start, after twenty minutes i finally managed and nearly got home before water temp warning came on a mile from home. stopped the car immediately and got her towed in. No sign of water loss and expansion tank full. could even take the expansion tank off with exploding.
I suspected a faulty temp sensor but it turned out that it was cam belt problems.
mine was done by stafford Audi 18 months ago, the water pump replaced a month after that and the remaining idlers a month after that because of a noise one that sounded like a plane taking off. Ive done 30,000 miles since then.
when we dropped the belly pan we got hit on the head with ball bearings.
EVER Tensioner and idler had ever broke up or seized solid. the water pump had seized and the shaft had changed to a lovely blue colour. Al the belts were intact, but we regogn that it missed have jumped one tooth causing the hard starting problems.
I was lucky i didnt bend a single value and after changing EVERY part to do with the cambelts etc, iders, tensioners and the hydraulic tensioner, she runs like a dream again.
My mate said he had never seen anything like this before and the only explantion is that the hydraulic tensioner had jammed out putting too much load on the cambelt.
luckiliy I only pay for parts and get my labour free otherwise it would have been a big bill. Dont actually know what the bill will be yet has he crap with paperwork and always says dont worry, we can sort it out later.
3. tw4t has reversed into my car, breaking one of the rear light. It lookes like it must have pushed the car forward slight as the front bumper had gone over a high curb and you guessed it, ripped one side of the bumper off, popping out both side vents.
The wife was driving her at the time and it was at night.
yesterday I didnt even notice either of them until my rear brake light bulb failed.
found a rear light cluster on beay for £18 and the rear body work should tcut out as there is no damage to rear bumper at all. front bumper just needs removing and refitting
theres my 3 gone now, should be safe now until next year
Simon