Airco - Where's The Belt?

[Guest Nik]

Two days ago I came back from holiday and heared some noise coming from the engine compartiment. It was a low screaming noise, the higher the rpm, the higher the noise. I felt some trembling in the pedals. I switched off the airco and the noise was gone. I switched it back on, the noise was there again, but disappeared a minute later. After half an hour, just 500m from our house, the noise came back, louder and louder and than: a loud "tack" and it seemed like something soft felt of my engine. I drove further, and the airco didn't blow any cold air anymore. I saw nothing on the street.

Question: - is the airco driven by a belt (i think so but am not sure).

- where is the airco or the belt at the engine compartiment of the '01 tdi 90bhp?

[Guest Nik]

Oh my god. What a sh*tty car do I have!

Thanks Fredt. You know everything! I guess you eat in a Galaxy, sleep in it, work on it, and whatever we may think :) you also do with a Galaxy :)

I'm lucky that I don't have to pay for it, otherwise I already had a good Volvo in stead of this monday-car. But I still believe I'm in an exceptional case :)

[Guest Nik]

So there you say it: mine has about 110 000 km's! To everyone: be prepared :unsure:

[Guest Nik]

Fredt,

My car is in the garage now. I had to leave it behind because ... they said it was the airco compressor that has to be replaced :lol: . They first thought it was the (I don't know how to translate it exactly to english) electromagnetic clutch - a magnet that makes it turn if asked by the end user. I'll check that part of the system on the TIS-CD, which I found one day on my desk :unsure:

An as the part was not available from stock, they will fix it tomorrow.

[Guest Nik]

I think I saw on the TIS cd that the aux belt also drives the water pump. Is that right? In that case: take good care everybody.

[Guest Nik]

Next part of the story: see this topic :angry: