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[tunnie]

Not quite as memorable for James   

Yes Feb '07, had trouble remembing myself. I was more than happy with your work James, it transformed the sound and feel of the engine, that old belt could have been used as a bungee.

Only thing i can think is that the tensioner is giving up, sadly with this noise it has done around 20 miles. 

On the upside it pulled fine, revved fine, no loss of power, but i think its on its last legs.

I'll take cambelt cover off tommorow, but i am not sure what i am looking for  :-/

[Elite Pete]

When did we do this belt - Feb 07 wasn't it?

Yep. My first cam belt party. That's when you two got intimate on TheBoy's kitchen floor. Thought it'd be more memorable?

 

Kevin

Ah that brings back nightmares memories i've not been able to sleep properly since

[TheBoy]

Noise still there with auxbelt off, the tensioner has no power, so that should not spin with engine on?

Yes water pump replaced, i noticed orginal had metal blades, new one had plastic 

I guess pop the belt off, and visually examine tensioner  :-/

Guess so  :-/

You about tommorow?

In morning I should be. She has a Costco/Hobbycraft/Argos/Asda trip planned for me in the afternoon 

[JamesV6CDX]

Cool - it rings of a faulty component, to me...

If you wanna get a new kit / pump, tunnie, I'll come and pop it on for you. 

[tunnie]

Cheers James, tempted to have a bash myself i really should learn.

Should Add that the sound is not rev related, this morning, giving it a few revs actually made the sound disappear  :-/

[TheBoy]

Cheers James, tempted to have a bash myself i really should learn.

Should Add that the sound is not rev related, this morning, giving it a few revs actually made the sound disappear  :-/

get camcover off tonight, and investigate.  I seem to recall a noise on yours before due to rubbing (or was it your dads?)

[tunnie]

Cheers James, tempted to have a bash myself i really should learn.

Should Add that the sound is not rev related, this morning, giving it a few revs actually made the sound disappear  :-/

get camcover off tonight, and investigate.  I seem to recall a noise on yours before due to rubbing (or was it your dads?)

Father tunnies, rear plate to the cam, i think was not bolted to the back plate i think!

[TheBoy]

Cheers James, tempted to have a bash myself i really should learn.

Should Add that the sound is not rev related, this morning, giving it a few revs actually made the sound disappear  :-/

get camcover off tonight, and investigate.  I seem to recall a noise on yours before due to rubbing (or was it your dads?)

Father tunnies, rear plate to the cam, i think was not bolted to the back plate i think!

Yeah, sounds familiar now.

Check yours for similar...

[JamesV6CDX]

Yes,

When we did father tunnie's, I someone forgot to put a bolt back in the backplate 

Get the cover off mate, let us know what you see 

[tunnie]

will do   

[Radar]

I had a similar noise from same area on mine and put in some bars stop leak (which apparently lubricates the water pump for 2 quid) and a thousand miles on no more noise. You could try this.

[Jimbob]

 Cambelt Tensioner Failure 10k early?
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not as bad as 39,995 miles too early 

[tunnie]

Cambelt Tensioner Failure 10k early?
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not as bad as 39,995 miles too early 

Sorry Jimbob am i missing something? You had an early failure?  :-/

[tunnie]

I had a similar noise from same area on mine and put in some bars stop leak (which apparently lubricates the water pump for 2 quid) and a thousand miles on no more noise. You could try this.

Noise is too high up to be water pump

[Jimbob]

Cambelt Tensioner Failure 10k early?
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not as bad as 39,995 miles too early 

Sorry Jimbob am i missing something? You had an early failure?  :-/

Yup, Mark did my head gaskets....new cambelt kit.....

it didnt survive the test drive.

let go at low speed turning into Mark's road.


bye bye new heads