Buncers Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 Just started to get a strange squeel, post starting/engine firing, could be from the starting motor. This doesn't happen all the time and isn't affecting anything else at present. Anyone, any idea what it could be? Quote
Andrew T Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 Is the Auxillary drive belt tight enough ? It might just shriek the first time you start in morning or if you put your down foot hard. Quote
Ivor_E_Tower Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 Sounds (!) like drive belt issue to me too. Quote
Guest neil_wiles Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 I also think its likely to be the belt although it could be the missing mouse that many have been looking for !!!! Quote
Andrew T Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 I also think its likely to be the belt although it could be the missing mouse that many have been looking for !!!!No, that ones turned up dead in Pualmpaciorek's washer bottle. :D Quote
Guest spanner137 Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 common fault, dry bearing in the bendix, if you can live with it it wont cause much of a problem, about fifty quid to repair at your local starter/altenator repairers or you coude remove starter and spray bendix with wd40 and see how long that lasts Quote
Buncers Posted May 1, 2006 Author Report Posted May 1, 2006 One year on and it packed up. Luckily it gave me one last warning. Didn't start until about the 5th try and started for the last time to get me home. Even though it kept engaging and dissengaging. It took a while to change. The top bolt is a bu**er to get off. No room to get the socket in (1/4 of a turn at a time with a spanner). Push on electrical connect was also pretty stiff. Replacement motor was Quote
NikpV Posted May 1, 2006 Report Posted May 1, 2006 Did you try greasing or wd40 a year ago or did you leave it for the year :o Quote
Buncers Posted May 1, 2006 Author Report Posted May 1, 2006 I couldn't get at anything to grease or WD40 - everything is sealed Quote
teresa Posted May 1, 2006 Report Posted May 1, 2006 :o yeah i have same problem doesnt happen everytime been told its the bearing in the bendix :o Quote
Buncers Posted May 2, 2006 Author Report Posted May 2, 2006 Mine did that for a few months starting in March 05, then occassionally it wouldn't turn over unless I turned the ignition key some way around. For the last month this has been the norm, until last weekend when it packed up. If you are considering taking off the motor to squirt the bendix with WD40, I reckon you are better off changing it. Quote
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