Done to death I know so apologies, but... reading back thorugh the
various 'cures' for this problem some of those afflicted suggest WD40
on the belts for temporary relief -- is this actually squirted directly
onto the belts and/or pulleys? Doesn't that make 'em slip even more
(albeit without the squeal)?!

Jerry wrote:
> Done to death I know so apologies, but... reading back thorugh the
> various 'cures' for this problem some of those afflicted suggest WD40
> on the belts for temporary relief -- is this actually squirted directly
> onto the belts and/or pulleys? Doesn't that make 'em slip even more
> (albeit without the squeal)?!

Spraying WD40 on the belt/pulleys is just supposed t o tell you where
the noise is coming from. My advice would be that you can pick up a
couple of belts for not much more that a big tin of WD40 so it's
probably best to change them, as it only takes a little while,

UNless of course its the 300tdi in which case you're on your own!

Dave

Dave R wrote:

|| Jerry wrote:
||| Done to death I know so apologies, but... reading back thorugh the
||| various 'cures' for this problem some of those afflicted suggest
||| WD40 on the belts for temporary relief -- is this actually squirted
||| directly onto the belts and/or pulleys? Doesn't that make 'em slip
||| even more (albeit without the squeal)?!
||
|| Spraying WD40 on the belt/pulleys is just supposed t o tell you where
|| the noise is coming from. My advice would be that you can pick up a
|| couple of belts for not much more that a big tin of WD40 so it's
|| probably best to change them, as it only takes a little while,
||
|| UNless of course its the 300tdi in which case you're on your own!
||
|| Dave

300Tdi is a slice of baked sweet dessert, as long as you have that elusive
15mm socket and a bar about a mile long to de-tension the tensioner. 10
minutes to change, max.

--
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On or around Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:20:20 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<THErichard.brookmanOBVIOUS@btinternet.com> enlightened us thusly:

>
>300Tdi is a slice of baked sweet dessert, as long as you have that elusive
>15mm socket and a bar about a mile long to de-tension the tensioner. 10
>minutes to change, max.

not that changing it necessarily stops the squeak, mind you.

You can improvise with 2 spanners. 15mm combination on the tensioner, and
another ring spanner hooked onto the open end.
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"Austin Shackles" <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote in message
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> On or around Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:20:20 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
> <THErichard.brookmanOBVIOUS@btinternet.com> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>
>>300Tdi is a slice of baked sweet dessert, as long as you have that
>>elusive
>>15mm socket and a bar about a mile long to de-tension the tensioner.
>>10
>>minutes to change, max.
>
> not that changing it necessarily stops the squeak, mind you.
>
On the 300 tdi, slight wear in the plastic part of the tensioner is
enough to push the belt sideways. A bit more, and the belt rides off by
one groove and wraps a length of rubber round the viscous fan coupling.
Then it's time for a new tensioner.


> You can improvise with 2 spanners. 15mm combination on the tensioner,
> and
> another ring spanner hooked onto the open end.

Surely everyone owning one of Solihull's finest also owns a breaker bar
and enough scaffold tube to have nearly bankrupted SGB?


--
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On 12 Oct 2006 11:26:48 -0700, "Dave R" <v8bobber@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>Spraying WD40 on the belt/pulleys is just supposed t o tell you where
>the noise is coming from. My advice would be that you can pick up a
>couple of belts for not much more that a big tin of WD40 so it's
>probably best to change them, as it only takes a little while,

wd40 does work. i should imagine that most mechanics have a tin of
wd40 or equivalent in stock already though - so it is a free test to
see which belt/pulley it is squeaking!

> wd40 does work. i should imagine that most mechanics have a tin of
> wd40 or equivalent in stock already though - so it is a free test to
> see which belt/pulley it is squeaking!
>

Drop of water does the same.

New OEM belt and tensioner will see off the squeak.