Xantia screeching fan belt
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Xantia screeching fan belt
hi guys
my car has been making this noise upon starting for the last few months but i passed it off and not having money to rectify it anyway..but now it has become worse and worse over time and the car is getting harder to start..sometimes not starting at all..as if the battery was flat..so now i have the money ..how do i go about replacing the belt or rectifying the problem
Thanks in adavance
my car has been making this noise upon starting for the last few months but i passed it off and not having money to rectify it anyway..but now it has become worse and worse over time and the car is getting harder to start..sometimes not starting at all..as if the battery was flat..so now i have the money ..how do i go about replacing the belt or rectifying the problem
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Take a look, the belt may have shredded (like a cheese straw) and begun strangling the cam pulley et all. Could end in tears if not sorted asap.
In fact, it might already have caused unnecessary damage, making it a more expensive job so don't run the engine until it's fixed if possible.
What model is it by the way?
In fact, it might already have caused unnecessary damage, making it a more expensive job so don't run the engine until it's fixed if possible.
What model is it by the way?
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Likely not the bearings if it is only on startup.
You could try some Belt Wax like the stuff here (Pro-Belt) if the belt tension is as it should be.
You could try some Belt Wax like the stuff here (Pro-Belt) if the belt tension is as it should be.
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The belt is under £10 from http://www.gsfcarparts.com/ but the pulley will be the best part of £100 (new).
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I had a look at the belt and it seems fine ..but il leave it in to get 2nd opinion on it..i really needed to go off now but again there was 2 ticks from the alternator and not a kick out of the car as if the battery was completly dead ..im at my wits end
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Are you sure it's not the starter solenoid, a clonk sound without turn over usually would indicate that to be the problem.XantiaDaveEire wrote:I had a look at the belt and it seems fine ..but il leave it in to get 2nd opinion on it..i really needed to go off now but again there was 2 ticks from the alternator and not a kick out of the car as if the battery was completly dead ..im at my wits end
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no i had the bonnet up ..fiddling around ..and the aletrnator makes two clicks and then the dashboard lights up but when i go to start the car the dashboard goes out or the panel goes very dim ..i may leave it in to see..as it could be any amount of problems seeminly
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I'd agree that it sounds like a duff battery then. Can you check the voltage? Batteries are strange things, when mine went last year it was perfectly ok one day and completely dead the next morning.
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