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[unlucky mark mv6]

Earlier on i noticed my engine all of a sudden went a bit noisey,i opened the bonnet and it sounded like it was coming from the aux belt.The best way to describe it is like the belt is rubbing on something,and also increases and decreases with engine revs.Any ideas folks,as i am scared now to give it some beans. :-?

[deviator]

Is the belt visably ok? No bits of rubber all around the area? Look closely.

I presume you have checked the belt and it's not catching anything including the cam cover.

If not it might be an idea to check your cambelt to make sure it's not that rubbing.

Good luck

[unlucky mark mv6]

Cant really see anything catching mate,and cant really get close enough yet to get my head inside the engine bay,as the engine is that hot,because i have been out in the car all day.Funny you should mention it being the cambelt,as that had already crossed my mind.I will probably be able to have a better look in the morning when engine is cooler.

[unlucky mark mv6]

Could it possibly be heat related,as i have been out all day in the car,but havent noticed anything before.

[Entwood]

Could well be the bearing in the tensioner starting to give up. I've had to change these on both miggy's ... only a 15 minute job and a new pulley can be got without having to buy the whole tensioner....

Part no. 9157962  back in March 08 it was £23.05 +vat 

I think it is the same for all miggy's .. but that was the one for the 3.2 ....

[JK]

I had a noise in the engine bay similar to yours, and it turned out to be a split rubber pipe,the pipe is about two inches long and it ran along the side of the engine and joined two stainless pipes together, i think it is a part of the system that has something that helps heat up the cats , but anyhow ,that was were the noise came from , it may not be the same but it is another thing to look at--JK

[hotel21]

Probabl the aux belt tensioner.  Can remove it and repack with grease as a shortish term stopgap or can replace.  Sure theres a guide on here somewhere.....   

[feeutfo]

run it with the aux belt off briefly.(its no different to the belt snapping as they do sometimes) If the noise has gone most likely tensioner pulley, or one of the auxillarys, hopefully not the ac pump. Dont leave the belt off too long though as your alternator will not be charging the battery etc.

Thanks for numbers Entwood. Mines a bit screechy squawky. :-)

[unlucky mark mv6]

Had another look today,and it sounds like a ticking kind of a squeaking sound,it is a constant noise but happens randomly,if you know what i mean,and is coming from the top part of the cambelt casing on the drivers side.HELP!!!!!!!!!.

[jonathanh]

as suggested above, take the aux belt off and start up.  If the noise stops then its related to the aux belt - probably the tensioner.  if not then suspecvt cambelt

when was the cambelt and tensioners last changed?

also update you're profile maybe someone close can take a look

[unlucky mark mv6]

Only know to the cambelt being done once,well theres only one piece of evidence in the service history to suggest this.The car is on 113,000 miles now,so really it should be coming up to the third change.

[feeutfo]

bloody hell, dont turn that key mate. Not until its sorted, changed belt kit, whatever.

[unlucky mark mv6]

Thats what i was beginning to think mate. :-/

[jonathanh]

where are you?  if you are the midlands i don't mind having a look for you

[unlucky mark mv6]

Yes bud,i am in the west mids,tipton to be exact.Sat down last night with all the service history and did find out that the cambelt was done at 83,000 miles,and the car is now on 113,000,so really got another 10,000 miles grace,maybe one of the bearings as mentioned by someone else earlier in the thread.Also first thing this morning when i started it up,it sounded a bit rough,then after a couple of minutes,it goes back to a bit of an irregular ticking noise.