Donscott

Cheers Steve

Hi Gareth the reason why I can’t remember the symptoms that caused the failure of the evoque engine was that when it was delivered from the seller the car never left the garage again until the replacement engine was in it. The car was in the garage for nearly 2 months as I wasn’t in a hurry to use it they worked on it as and when. I just want to make clear that I do appreciate all opinions but it did hope for more that 3 from a nationwide forum.

Thanks Cliff I do understand I have to make a decision in the next couple of days on either get a replacement engine or do a strip down sounds a bit déjà vu.

Hi Gareth what I was hoping for was that maybe some Audi specialists would be able to comment on the seized fuel pump possibly causing the cam belt to snap, that would give me the confidence to say to my friend either your correct or that your bullshiting me at the moment in time, I appreciate the comments thus far but I am not confident yet to confront him on the strength of the information that I have.

My mate has 6 mechanics working for him 2 years ago I bought a 2014 SD4 Evoque that was sold as a non starter with fuel issues I had it delivered to my mates garage to check over and solve the issue. I replaced every part from the back of the car to the front that could be associated with fuel if we started the other way around we would have found the problem on first attempt all the injectors were blocked🤷‍♂️got the car going then the turbo failed replaced that (all parts second hand)I can’t remember what was done that caused the engine to seize up it was decided it would be cheaper to buy used engine than do a strip down. They fitted for free and it’s still ticking away. On the SQ5 am still trying to get the bottom of what went wrong that the cam belt snapped 🤷‍♂️

Hi Gareth last year I bought a replacement engine for my rover evoque the original engine had seized. The garage had been doing all sorts of work on it before it seized I suppose they felt some responsibility so they fitted the replacement engine for free.

No it doesn’t as I bought the kit and as the owner is my friend I got mates rates .

Hi Gareth what work are you referring to ? I have a receipt for the timing belt and water pump that was replaced about 6 weeks ago.

Hi Cliff I wouldn’t know if he has or not what I am trying to achieve here is to get enough knowledge to ascertain if am getting the correct information.

Hi Steve thanks for that info I am somewhat confused on what to do as the garage owner is a friend of mine but I didn’t feel comfortable with his explanation that’s why I came to the forum for some guidance.

Hi all I would appreciate any feedback on the content of this post, my timing belt snapped on my Q5 a couple of days ago I called out the AA who told me that it was caused by bad fitting the tension was to tight and he took a photo of the pointer not being in the middle of the “V” see attached photo, so I had the car relayed to the garage that fitted the kit. I visited the garage today to find out the situation and they told me the fuel pump had seized and that caused the tension for the timing belt to snap, is this possible as I’ve never heard of a fuel pump seizing before?

Thank you very much for the info I was a bit down hearted as I’ve never changed doors before and when I did nothing worked, but now I understand the situation am more upbeat just need a spline bit to remove the door actuators 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hi Steve am also putting the original door modules and the window motors on the replacement doors along with the original wire loom, I’ve noticed a different plug with 2 wires for the window motor on the replacement door where as on my original loom it has a plug with 4 wires also the door actuators are different sizes with different connectors. cheers thanks Don

Hi Steve yes I could and it looks like that’s what am going to have to do along with the door lock module and the power motor for the window and the speakers etc… just thought there might be a fuse or a relay switch that some one knew of that would solve the issue. cheers Don

Hi all, ive replaced my 2 near side doors today with same colour code from salvage company, however when I put it all together there is no electrics on the front door and only the speaker working on the rear door I’ve checked the 15a fuse for the left hand side and it’s fine does anyone have any advice on what to do next to get the doors to lock and the widows to work..? cheers Don