2nd2a_corrado 0 Posted March 20, 2003 tried 3 garages and no-one knows, so... persistant high pitched squeaking gerbil noises from a vr6 rado engine, doesn't seem to be related to engine temperature, worse in the damp and squeals higher with revs, not speed. any ideas?! thank you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dazzyvr6 0 Posted March 20, 2003 belt slipping or bearing in the alternator dried out?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2nd2a_corrado 0 Posted March 20, 2003 its not the belt slippping, checked that, didn't think about alternator tho... cheers :D any other pearls of wisdom? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aclwalker 3 Posted March 31, 2003 This could be the bearing in the alternator belt tensioner. Does it sound like a chirping grating noise? This tensioner is around £100 from VW but you can actually buy it from Ford for around £75. Ford can supply this because the VR6 engine was used in the Galaxy/Sharan which was a joint venture of Ford and VW. As far as I'm aware it makes no difference that it's the 2.8 litre version. Also, you can actually buy the bearing yourself from a bearing supplier like BSL. It's a 6203LH, but they didn't know what the LH meant so they gave me a different version of the 6203. It cost me £12. I have yet to fit it so I don't know the success of it. I believe it requires some cutting of the original roller in order to get the old bearing out and then a glue job to keep the new new bearing in. Alan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2nd2a_corrado 0 Posted April 12, 2003 chirping yes, grating no. don't know whether i'm quite able to do what you suggested, but i'll get it checked out! thank you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
