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[TheBoy]

Try the "Shop" link at the top of the page, between "Home" and "Help"

[omega3000]

Try the "Shop" link at the top of the page, between "Home" and "Help"

All done  Dont you sell Popcorn 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Very good service from the OOF Shop! 

[terry paget]

I usually buy SKF kits from Autovaux, cost about £85, but they are not in yet this morning. I had troubles with noisy belts from Vx, and JamesV6cdx and others had problems too, with other makes. As far as I know the mystery was never solved; James said his noise eventually disappeared. No-one reported failure following belt noise. I twice replaced noisy Vx supplied belts and finally settled on a silent SKF belt, which cost about the same as a Vx trade club belt.

Is there any OOF conclusion on the noisy belt mystery?

[JamesV6CDX]

I usually buy SKF kits from Autovaux, cost about £85, but they are not in yet this morning. I had troubles with noisy belts from Vx, and JamesV6cdx and others had problems too, with other makes. As far as I know the mystery was never solved; James said his noise eventually disappeared. No-one reported failure following belt noise. I twice replaced noisy Vx supplied belts and finally settled on a silent SKF belt, which cost about the same as a Vx trade club belt.

Is there any OOF conclusion on the noisy belt mystery?

Ref noisy belt, my tensioner pulley had a not unsubstantial groove in the middle despite being set up perfectly!

[Diamond Black Geezer]

So Autovaux the cheapest at £85 ish? Genuine Vx is just over the £100, or thereabouts aren't they? Going to do the cambelt myself, soon, so shopping around for prices too.

[Webby the Bear]

Sorry Steve, i didnt see your post tl now.

Yep, the belt sqeek has gone. Do occasionally hear it on cold starts but goes once been running for a couple mins. and its very occasional now anyway

[Webby the Bear]

...and as James said, my belt too was set up perfectly by the master tb

[omega3000]

So noisy belt syndrome seems to be a mystery still then  Seeing as mr bear still gets noise from his belt ? Webby , have you checked if noise goes away with aux belt off 

[dbug]

Steve - Conti belt kit from BpB usually cheapest - have fitted quite a few of these - no issues at all 

May need your VIN number for correct kit

[terry paget]

So noisy belt syndrome seems to be a mystery still then  Seeing as mr bear still gets noise from his belt ? Webby , have you checked if noise goes away with aux belt off 

I still suspect it is caused by the belt sides rubbing on the V sides of some of the pulleys when cold. It could have been proven by replacing the original belt, but no-one has bothered to do this yet. At least it is known to be harmless, just annoying.

[omega3000]

Steve - Conti belt kit from BpB usually cheapest - have fitted quite a few of these - no issues at all 

May need your VIN number for correct kit

Will do mate cheers 

So noisy belt syndrome seems to be a mystery still then  Seeing as mr bear still gets noise from his belt ? Webby , have you checked if noise goes away with aux belt off 

I still suspect it is caused by the belt sides rubbing on the V sides of some of the pulleys when cold. It could have been proven by replacing the original belt, but no-one has bothered to do this yet. At least it is known to be harmless, just annoying.

I guess only other thing would be to pop the cover off and check the belt condition on these belts that make the noise 

[Webby the Bear]

Steve, i had aux belt off and ran the car. Noise still persisted so was definitely the cam belt.

As said it doesnt do it hardly at all. occasionally on cold starts though.