850 T5 "Whining noise"...
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I'm trying to help a friend who's got an 850T5 Auto that is making a "whining" noise when started from cold. Once it's been running for a few minutes, this fades away and the car sounds OK, and in all cases runs normally...
My suspicion is that its the water pump, but I'm not sure whether this is an issue that may be symptomatic of the car needing a new cambelt - it's done about 119k miles, and there is no details of when the 'belt was last changed...
I suppose I'm asking:
1) Is there anything else that could be making this sort of noise
2) What's the ideal cambelt change frequency on an 1996 850 T5
3) Is the whining symptomatic of something about to let go in an expensive fashion!
All assistance gratefully received!
Cheers in advance.
My suspicion is that its the water pump, but I'm not sure whether this is an issue that may be symptomatic of the car needing a new cambelt - it's done about 119k miles, and there is no details of when the 'belt was last changed...
I suppose I'm asking:
1) Is there anything else that could be making this sort of noise
2) What's the ideal cambelt change frequency on an 1996 850 T5
3) Is the whining symptomatic of something about to let go in an expensive fashion!
All assistance gratefully received!
Cheers in advance.
Edited by chris.mapey on Wednesday 14th April 15:29
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