Squealing When Starting Up

[Liam Eyres]

When i start the my Ford Galaxy there is a squealing sound for about a second then it stops, if i go over a speed bump or a pot hole in the road the same squealing sound happens, in the last 3 weeks i have had the cam belt changed, auxilary belt changed and tensioner but the problem still persists as you could imagine this gets very irritating. I have recently spoken to a mechanic and he told me "the noise was coming from near the gear box on the left-hand side of the engine", he reccommened changing the starter motor but this will mean more money spent and is still not a certainty.

 

Regards, Liam

[Richard gal]

Cannot think the starter motor has any contact when not actually starting itt

[mikej]

Starter motor WTF , how is that possible ??????? ;)

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When i start the my Ford Galaxy there is a squealing sound for about a second then it stops, if i go over a speed bump or a pot hole in the road the same squealing sound happens, in the last 3 weeks i have had the cam belt changed, auxilary belt changed and tensioner but the problem still persists as you could imagine this gets very irritating. I have recently spoken to a mechanic and he told me "the noise was coming from near the gear box on the left-hand side of the engine", he reccommened changing the starter motor but this will mean more money spent and is still not a certainty.

 

Regards, Liam

Mine is the same, fairly sure is caused by Alternator freewheel pulley, anyhow about to change as it is very stiff rotation when should be easy