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(Message started by: Wafoo on Apr 4^th, 2006, 11:11am)

Title: Squealing again!
Post by Wafoo on Apr 4^th, 2006, 11:11am

Can anyone point me in the right direction with this problem of mine,Been ongoing for months,when I start the car squeals horrendously for abour 1-2 mins,sometimes only a few seconds but rarely,changed the belt before Christmas,seemed OK for a while now it's back again,changed the alternator,tensioner,tried squirting WD40 on everytrhing and running it,but after a while it goes so still stuck,sounds like the belt but it's only 5 months old.

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by Baw_Flinger on Apr 4^th, 2006, 12:33pm

Water pump? Mine is getting replaced today. Started off with the odd squeel and would come and go, now its pretty much all the time. It sits on the right hand side above the AC pump. My tensioner had also went a few weeks ago, but that was another kind of squeel, mostly me as it happend on the M1 at the time ;D

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by howiedintheplace on Apr 4^th, 2006, 3:43pm

Still having trouble wafoo.
Could be the water pump but try cleaning the belt now with some kind of degreaser.
Also are you sure you have the correct belt fitted?
Did you try squirting WD just on the belt first?

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by Wafoo on Apr 4^th, 2006, 6:20pm

Yeah tried squirting,nothing,also notice when it's squealing the alternator voltage drops to about 12v,once it stops back up to 13.8,now that makes me think fanbelt????
The fanbelt came from halfords,they say it's the correct one but??????

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by mr._floppy on Apr 4^th, 2006, 8:53pm

Have you got the engine bay undertray/splashguard fitted ?

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by howiedintheplace on Apr 4^th, 2006, 9:41pm

Does the V patten of the belt match the pulleys + does the tensioner sit in the mid position so it can travel either way & not hit the stop?

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by Wafoo on Apr 4^th, 2006, 11:08pm

Hmmm,the v belt matches the pulleys,have to have a look at the tensioner setup,cheers

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by Wafoo on Apr 5^th, 2006, 9:29am

Just a quickie(ooo err missus) does anyone know the part number of the drive belt for a 1998 24v cosworth,tried ford and they couldn't get it,some sort of new computer glitch!,it looks like the wrong ones fitted,seems to be at the end of the tensioner movement!

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by Snoopy on Apr 5^th, 2006, 4:13pm

All on this page http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/drivebelt.htm

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by Wafoo on Apr 5^th, 2006, 4:45pm

Yeah,tried that one,it wasn't recognised by his all singing computer

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by Paul B on Apr 5^th, 2006, 4:51pm

24v Main Fan Belt - 7310607
AirCon Belt - 7082866

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by howiedintheplace on Apr 5^th, 2006, 7:52pm

Yeah that would do it wafoo also make sure nothing is loose letting the belt go slacker than it should.
Halfords hmm ;)

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by Wafoo on Apr 5^th, 2006, 10:30pm

Cheers guys,will pop down tommorow

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by Wafoo on Apr 7^th, 2006, 1:00pm

Result!!!!!!

Halfords hmmmm was right!!!
Got another drive belt from my local car spares place,same part number but ones Motoquip the other was some other,there's about 2cm difference in length,put it on,not a sound!!!!
Thanks everyone,just goes to show you should always check the obvious but I was assuming the right parts had been supplied!
Oh well,back to enjoying the car again.

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by Baw_Flinger on Apr 7^th, 2006, 2:37pm

Good to hear mate :D

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by subski on Apr 23^rd, 2006, 8:47pm

:-[ Had the same problem, squeeled when cold then went away, thought it was a belt, in fact the crank pully centre came away from the outer, it is embossed or moulded some how to the outer and this failed. Lucky for me I was pulling into a petrol station and was only idling at the time so no damage, just a new pully (£120 from Fords) :-/

Title: Re: Squealing again!
Post by Paulus on Apr 25^th, 2006, 1:29pm

I personally don't trust, nor go to, Halfords any more. When I had my 12V estate, EVERY part I bought from them was wrong; including the air filter and oil filter. I now use my local independant dealer.