The working theory we have at the moment is:
The water pump bearing started to fail - which caused the air con pulley to be slightly out of alignment. Then both impacted on each other - with the water pump bearing failing first.
The destroyed idle pulley was caused by the failure of the air-con clutch.
When changing the idle pulley and belt roadside - the air-con pulley was still working, however, this was only for approximately 200km. It was at this point the air-con pulley destroyed itself.
Resulting in the need for a short belt...
It is possible that the air-con was the cause of everything - as the water pump only had approx 25k km and 4 years on it.
The water pump bearing started to fail - which caused the air con pulley to be slightly out of alignment. Then both impacted on each other - with the water pump bearing failing first.
The destroyed idle pulley was caused by the failure of the air-con clutch.
When changing the idle pulley and belt roadside - the air-con pulley was still working, however, this was only for approximately 200km. It was at this point the air-con pulley destroyed itself.
Resulting in the need for a short belt...
It is possible that the air-con was the cause of everything - as the water pump only had approx 25k km and 4 years on it.
