Wining noise

[Paul Hussey]

My wedge has this horrible wining noise coming from
around the waterpump /alternator area its not the water pump as new one fitted today along with a new stat as over heating(still runs fairly high not as bad
though)it makes the car sound rough could it be my alternator? any ideas.
Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NHyde]

.......OK . I'll do it first then get me coat !


KICK THE WIFE OUT

[father ted]

Yep could be......mine did ......just take the alternator drive belt off , run the engine and you will soon find out........could be excess bearing play


does your car have power steering BTW?

[Paul Hussey]

Yes i have power steering !!!!!!!!!

[wedg1e]

Not just the PAS pump is it? I have a nice whine from the front-end, can't decide whether it's PAS pump or the duplex timing chain - but the pump is favourite.

I quite like it...

Ian

[grahamw48]

wedg1e said:

Not just the PAS pump is it? I have a nice whine from the front-end, can't decide whether it's PAS pump or the duplex timing chain - but the pump is favourite. I quite like it... Ian

Well that's a let-down - I thought it was supercharger
whine !

[njhucker]

Sounds like alternator bearings. I had new bearings fitted to mine at a cost of £30

[shpub]

Could also be misaligned pulleys. A lot of variation in water pumps, especially with the length of the output shaft. Check with a good straight edge that the pulleys are aligned.

[rev-erend]

Damm .. Neil beat me to the wife gag

Mine had a 'super charger noise' .. was a nackered
power steering pump.

[gsx600]

Does it make more of a noise on full steering lock, as that's what mine does, so I know it's the steering pump. Have a couple of spares but never got round to changing as still steers.

Also might be stress on the steering pump caused by worn / seized uj's as mine were. Swapped them and not steering pump not quite as noisy

[chunder]

gsx600 said:

Does it make more of a noise on full steering lock, as that's what mine does, so I know it's the steering pump. Have a couple of spares but never got round to changing as still steers. Also might be stress on the steering pump caused by worn / seized uj's as mine were. Swapped them and not steering pump not quite as noisy

I have a V8 Discovery that does that - when I queried it I was told they all do that and it is the power steering fluid rushing through the hoses and that the simple cure was to fit larger bore hoses !
Haven't done this so can't say whether that's right or not.

[Paul Hussey]

Thanks for the advise guys i hope its not the power steering pump have ordered my alternator today the one
on my car is a A133-55 but i have ordered a A133-65
as quoted in the bible am hoping it will fit?
Cheers