squeeky belt, the plot thickens. . .

[bomberbolton 0]

wonder if any of you guys can help me. . .

 

*changed the ancillary belt on my k-reg corrado vr6 (no air con)

about 50 miles later i started getting a skreech.

*then replaced the tensioner which was faulty (self tensioner)

still noisy

*took belt off and spun water pump which sounded a bit dodgy, replaced pump (fubar) and pully

 

also replaced belt again in case it was faulty

 

didnt make a noise for about a week but its squeeking again now

so basically its had

*belt (x2)

*tensioner

*water pump and pully

 

belt is tight and car is running fine other than noise

 

any ideas!!!?

[Supercharged 2]

Welcome to the forum, did you use a genuine belt?

[Jim 1]

Been here before on a G60 with a pattern parts belt making a total RACKET. The noise was terrible - some folks even suggested my G-Lader was about to die.

 

VW belts have some sort of cloth / stitching in them designed to eliminate this specifically. Changed over to a genuine VW one - noise went away and never came back!

[bomberbolton 0]

hello everyone. . . thought i would start off with a question. . .

 

i got the belts from german and sweedish. . .

 

so maybe a trip to vw is in order, a guy said it couls be a kindof laquer on the belt itself, that takes a while to peel off, but thats pretty much eliminated now.

 

many thanks, will try this and see how it goes, will be nice to hear the engine for a change. ..

[Supercharged 2]

i got the belts from german and sweedish. . .

 

I think we've found the problem!

 

Try a new genuine one and keep the other as a spare in the car...