sean 78 · Apr 7, 2010

arrgghh !!!!!! just replaced water pump on the disco (300tdi), thought it would stop the fooking tweeting from under the bonnet, but to no avail. :doh::doh:

I have checked the tensioner bearing, the power steering pulley/bearing, they seem fine, but are still tweeting and chirping.

any ideas gents i'm just about ready to sign myself in for therapy :frusty:

Sean

gcoo8154 · Apr 7, 2010

you 100% sure its not the automatic tensioner bearing as thats a classic

sean 78 · Apr 7, 2010

when i had tensioner off i spun it with a fair bit of force, never really noticed any play/or squeeking so to speak.

johnlad · Apr 7, 2010

today i took my td5 apart to replace the chirpy crankshaft pulley but whilst taking the tension off the belt noticed the tensioner pulley was no more than hand tight on removal behind it were metal filings indicating wear, so changed that instead of crank pulley and chirping stopped and i saved a fortune on the price of the pulleys,

GRATCH · Apr 7, 2010

ooooh- not had to put a link to this for a while for people who don't:search:

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f38/300tdi-squeeling-belt-penny-trick-64595.html?highlight=penny+trick

thebiglad · Apr 8, 2010

Yep, try the penny trick, it's worked for me loads of times.

palace · Apr 8, 2010

Gonna try this today as the fuel pump mod looks a bit hard

how do you take the belt off ? does any thing have to be marked ?

thebiglad · Apr 8, 2010

palace said:
Gonna try this today as the fuel pump mod looks a bit hard how do you take the belt off ? does any thing have to be marked ?

You use a 15mm socket (with a long lever) on the nut of the tensioner wheel. Turn it anticlockwise to take the tension off the belt.

Bear in mind it takes a fair bit of force to move the tensioner.

sean 78 · Apr 8, 2010

GRATCH said:
ooooh- not had to put a link to this for a while for people who don't:search:

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f38/300tdi-squeeling-belt-penny-trick-64595.html?highlight=penny+trick

:doh::doh: thanks for the reply will try a search in future will let you know how i get on later....:darth_vader:

sean 78 · Apr 8, 2010

GRATCH said:
ooooh- not had to put a link to this for a while for people who don't:search:

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f38/300tdi-squeeling-belt-penny-trick-64595.html?highlight=penny+trick

Well fook me sideways how amazing is that penny trick IT REALLY DOES WORK, its true you really do learn something new everyday

at an extra cost of £49.99 :doh::jaw:

GRATCH · Apr 8, 2010

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