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Re: Nasty noise
« Reply #15 on: 01 May 2007, 11:00:57 »
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Thanks for that another area to check.

If it is the air con compressor it's good and bad, safe to drive, well safeish, but bad 'cause I suspect it will be expensive to replace....

If it is the a/c compressor pulley bearings then dont run it like that, get an aux belt for a 2.0 with a/c and fit it so it by-passes the a/c pulley.
A/C noise is usually the compressor clutch or pulley bearings, the whole pulley and clutch assy can be pulled off the shaft and the bearings replaced without disturbing the refrigerant circuit but it needs a special puller.
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Re: Nasty noise
« Reply #16 on: 01 May 2007, 18:46:45 »
 ;)Someone on here will have ac compressor lying about in their garage needing a home me thinks. ;)
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Re: Nasty noise
« Reply #17 on: 03 May 2007, 15:37:40 »
Car transported home on the back of a lorry. Thanks to the nice people at the RAC.

Slipped the aux belt off - noise gone.

Span the tensioner and water pump by hand......it's the water pump. Spins  OK but feels rough, spin it fast and you can hear the start of the nasty noise.

Phew, not too bad  :y
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Re: Nasty noise
« Reply #18 on: 03 May 2007, 16:46:41 »
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Car transported home on the back of a lorry. Thanks to the nice people at the RAC.

Slipped the aux belt off - noise gone.

Span the tensioner and water pump by hand......it's the water pump. Spins  OK but feels rough, spin it fast and you can hear the start of the nasty noise.

Phew, not too bad  :y
Nice easy change as well. Is cambelt nearly due?
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Re: Nasty noise
« Reply #19 on: 03 May 2007, 18:13:31 »
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Car transported home on the back of a lorry. Thanks to the nice people at the RAC.

Slipped the aux belt off - noise gone.

Span the tensioner and water pump by hand......it's the water pump. Spins  OK but feels rough, spin it fast and you can hear the start of the nasty noise.

Phew, not too bad  :y
Nice easy change as well. Is cambelt nearly due?

and cheap too - with change out of £25 on trade  :y
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Re: Nasty noise
« Reply #20 on: 03 May 2007, 19:16:26 »
Got the pump now £21.42 + VAT

Going to just do the pump, cambelt has another 15k in it.... I know I know but I need to fix the car quickly as well.
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Re: Nasty noise
« Reply #21 on: 03 May 2007, 22:44:27 »
Not fair. >:(

I was going for the water pump as it sounds same as mine when it went 2m ago, and I too came back behind a tow truck...but by the time I got to the end of the thread you'd fixed it. :-/

Glad it was so simple and cheap to fix though  :) :y
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Re: Nasty noise
« Reply #22 on: 04 May 2007, 15:11:09 »
Glad you got it sorted mate.
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Re: Nasty noise
« Reply #23 on: 04 May 2007, 15:16:29 »
Thanks everyone - let's hope it's dry on Saturday so I can fix it.
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Re: Nasty noise
« Reply #24 on: 04 May 2007, 15:35:25 »
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Thanks everyone - let's hope it's dry on Saturday so I can fix it.


Good luck! let us know how it went...

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