Aux Belt Screaching Noise

[seanwhu]

Hi all

 

My mk2 2.3 ghia started chirping a while back.  The car has done 101k and so I changed the tensioner, idler pulley and belt but still a screaching noise from start.

 

Looking at the power steering pump pulley the belt is chattering about and a squirt of WD on the air con compressor makes the noise go away for seconds then it comes back. Also the belt was hanging off the old tensioner by 2/3 ml and does so with the new tensioner.

 

Now its cold , late and dark outside so before I start tinkering again tomorrow I thought I would ask for help.  I am now down to a duff new tensioner , a new air con compressor/clutch , power steering pump or does my car have one of those alternator clutch pulleys ( 7M5 903 029. 120amp) ?

 

Any words or wisdom would be welcome .

 

Many thanks

 

Sean

 

 

[mikej]

Firstly your belt shouldn't be hanging at all. Does your aircon work as it could be your compressor has seized, has the belt been fitted incorrectly, wrong path etc? highly unlikely to be the new tensioner (if it was indeed new) could be the alternator pulley if you have the Ina pulley fitted, this pulley will only turn one way. The chirping you often hear on the galaxies is normally due to the tensioner being u/s and a new one will almost always cure this. 

I think you need to take the belt off and have another look

mike.