Squeaky Pulley

[Yanayaya]

So here we go, I'd heard the car squeaking before but never managed to get a look and see what was going on, so tonight I ran her up and had a poke around the engine bay to see what was going on. Initially there was a quiet squeak but that seemed to disappear once warm, there is however this really loud persistent. I took a short video so you can see what I'm talking about.

It appears to be coming from the top tentioner, this seems quite an easy fix if it's anything like other tentioners. I found this ( http://www.monkfishperformance.co.uk/pulley-idler-... ) and wondered if it would do the trick?

http://youtu.be/pxJg8PEpGZI

Cheers

[FizzysCar]

If it's the top tensioner then it's actually this one :-

http://www.monkfishperformance.co.uk/tensioner--au...

I think you can get the pulley on it's own but it's easier to replace the complete tensioner unit as then you have a nice fresh tensioner too.

[Yanayaya]

FizzysCar said:

If it's the top tensioner then it's actually this one :-

http://www.monkfishperformance.co.uk/tensioner--au...

I think you can get the pulley on it's own but it's easier to replace the complete tensioner unit as then you have a nice fresh tensioner too.

Thanks for the heads up on the correct part. I'll try and get this fixed in the next couple of days.

[FizzysCar]

Yanayaya said:

Thanks for the heads up on the correct part. I'll try and get this fixed in the next couple of days.

I've replaced all my main pulleys so far - just need to do the A/C belt ones. They are a pain to get to though since I've fitted a replacement radiator which is thicker than the original so moved the fans back a bit. Got various info, docs and pics if you need them for later or can't find them in the faq or on the web.