Annoying Squeak

[Guest bigal]

Hi all

 

I am getting an annoying squeak from engine bay. Sometimes its there and others not.

 

It does it when the car is stationery and on the move. Could it be one of the belts.

 

I tried putting Wd40 on the alternator shaft and it went away for a while. Tried a gain with no effect. Seems to be coming from that sort of area.

 

Anyone any ideas?

 

 

Cheers

 

Alex

[teresa]

have you tried putting hamster food down to tempt it out B)

[adrianf.]

I sometimes get an annoying squeek from the passenger side of the car B)

 

 

 

But other times i leave her at home :o :P B)

[Guest MATT jr]

we had the same with our tigra.

 

turned out the cam belt was on its last thread and the water pump was damaged.

 

MJR B)

[Guest bigal]

B) Wish it was a mouse.

 

No doubt it wont be anything cheap.

 

i think i'll wait until something breaks completely this time until i get it fixed, it might be covered by the warranty then.

[NikpV]

:D

 

No doubt it wont be anything cheap.

 

 

 

 

sounds more like a budgie to me

 

 

 

 

sorry I resisted the impulse when I first saw the post (in technical) but now .....

[westie]

My money is on the alternator belt tensioner being the issue. Fairly common for the bearing on these to go and squirting wd40 in this direction will make it go quiet for a while.

[Guest bigal]

:D

 

No doubt it wont be anything cheap.

 

 

 

 

sounds more like a budgie to me

 

 

 

 

sorry I resisted the impulse when I first saw the post (in technical) but now .....

 

 

:o :) :D

 

Very Funny Nik

 

 

 

Westie is it easy to tell if it is the belt tensioner? and if so is this an easy fix?

 

 

Cheers

 

Alex