StickyMicky

ive always had a noisy engine while cold, this sounds slappy, ive read all the reads and such and was thinking that i had a dose of the PS

now it seamed to get worse in winter, sumtimes it was worse then others which i put down to temperatures, recently its become worse, although it might just have been angering me more then usual??

a few times i got in my car early in the morning and it hardley made any noise at all

anyway, today i was checking the oil and such and i rembered the test where you pull off the spark plug leads while running and see if it gets better or worse

i did all 4 leads, 1 at a time and i could still hear this noise, strange, anyway i had a bit of a squeeky alternator due to the last steam clean a while back so while it was running i gave theback of the pully wheel a squirt of bike chain lube, i also did the air con pump, and i spied the cam belt tensioner, rembering sum threads about a possible cam belt tensioner problem resulting in slappy noises, i had a listen, but couldnt really tell where the noise was coming from, i couldnt see the pullywheel slapping about or anything, so i gave it a squirt of bike lube (being carefull not to get any on the belt) and then went to the garage for sum petrol, i was amazed as i pulled of the drive to find the engine was as quiet as a mouse

no more noise

ive scince left it outside for a few hours tolet it cool down, i will start it back upwhen im sure its cold and report back.

its looking rather good tho

scoobyboy

the cam belt tensioner is under the covers the one you saw must have been the aircon belt tensioner

StickyMicky

good point!!

are these ones any cheaper?

ScoobyDuck

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about 40 quid from a breakers IIRC
Steve