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I tent to get a small squeak out of a belt when starting, then a few mins down the road again.

 

Dipping the clutch stops (or makes it so quite I can't hear it).

 

Any ideas? Or do I need to drop it into a garage?

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Old belt needing renewal or a belt is under tensioned. Check belt deflection. All belts (Alternator/Steering Pump) - 5mm deflection using your thumb in the middle of the longest free span between pulleys.

 

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Good stuff...I've been having the same issue. Believe it's been my water pump being there's been a lot of moisture build up on that side of the engine, accumulating a lot of grime. @ first I thought it was the power steering pulley; after looking down the side watching the pulleys it was the only one that seemed to be a bit "wobbly" during rotation. My belt looks great and feels fairly secure, but too tight or a little too loose I wouldn’t kno, so I'm most deff check the tension on the belt asap...

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Old belt needing renewal or a belt is under tensioned. Check belt deflection. All belts (Alternator/Steering Pump) - 5mm deflection using your thumb in the middle of the longest free span between pulleys.

 

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Is there a way to adjust tension if the belt itself is ok?

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Belt tension seems fine. I now get a constant 'rubbing' noise when going along, it also gets fast as the car is revved. This is idle and under load.

 

The closest specialist is a fair distance, not somewhere I can pop to during the day. I also don't want to get there and them tell me I need to do a whole belt swap (££$$£). Is there anything I can do to try and stop it, even if it'll identify the part making the noise?

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Have you slackened off the tensioner bolts for any reason? I've got the top tensioner bolt threaded through my CDA mount and it squeals furiously if I don't do it back up quite tight enough when I disassemble things (takes a lot more torque than you might think!). That's on a VR6 btw, similar deal with the other engines too though?

 

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I've not touched it, may be someone else or lose still?

 

But I have no idea what I need to do to tighten it...

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Resurrecting an old thread: my 2.0 16v is making exactly the same noise as in the video. I noticed from another thread that you changed the water pump, did this sort the noise out?

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Hi,

 

I did swap the pump, a bit after this topic, and it stopped. But it may have been the tension on the belt. The old pump was also eating its self, metal on metal.

 

It's not a hard job, so I'd swap the pump, belts and coolant and it should be good!

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