#1: Whistle sound / whining sound from Fan Belt Author: triran, Location: HalifaxPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:09 am ---- Hello all,
First post time!
My wife owns an X-reg (2000) plate 206. We are getting a whining / whistle sound from the fan belt. We have tried multiple belts plus a new top pully with little success.
I am currently driving it on the motorway to try and "bed" the latest belt to see if that works. It warms up and the noise does go eventually.
Any ideas - anyone else suffered a similar or same issue please?
Thanks in advance.
Update: The Aux pulley has been replaced - noise still there.
Spray a little WD40 it goes quiet for a small moment.
The mechanic has tried a few fan belts - this one is 5 ribbed - anyone got any experience with different belts or different pulleys?
#2: Re: Whistle sound / whining sound from Fan Belt Author: craigdmjv, Location: WiltshirePosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:38 am ---- i get a ticking noise from mine until it warms up mines a 1.6 16v
#3: Re: Whistle sound / whining sound from Fan Belt Author: gixxerkev, Location: wiltshirePosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:23 am ---- Has the tensioner been replaced? the bearing will "whine" if its getting old n dry.
#4: Re: Whistle sound / whining sound from Fan Belt Author: triran, Location: HalifaxPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:44 am ---- This is high pitch whistle definitely from the fan belt area
#5: Re: Whistle sound / whining sound from Fan Belt Author: triran, Location: HalifaxPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:45 am ----
gixxerkev wrote:
Has the tensioner been replaced? the bearing will "whine" if its getting old n dry.
Yes we did replace it. The mechanic is thinking of changing again. He did pose the question about the fan belts others uses too - we are using 5 ribbed at the moment - he is thinking of using a 4 ribbed one - thoughts?
#6: Re: Whistle sound / whining sound from Fan Belt Author: Stez, Location: GranthamPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:57 am ---- I'm getting something similar on my 1.1 it only seems to be there when starting her up but sometimes (not very often) it doesn't do it at all. Mine tends to sound abit squeaky but it's not a regular noise & it seems to disappear when the engine warms up.
#7: Re: Whistle sound / whining sound from Fan Belt Author: gixxerkev, Location: wiltshirePosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:58 am ---- I cant see the number of ribs making a lot of difference. If a 4 ribbed belt is the same width as a 5 then it'll get trashed on the pullies because the pitch of the grooves is different.
Were did you spray the WD40? It sounds (excuse the pun) like a dry bearing to me, maybe power steering pump or alternator!!
#8: Re: Whistle sound / whining sound from Fan Belt Author: triran, Location: HalifaxPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:21 am ----
gixxerkev wrote:
I cant see the number of ribs making a lot of difference. If a 4 ribbed belt is the same width as a 5 then it'll get trashed on the pullies because the pitch of the grooves is different.
Were did you spray the WD40? It sounds (excuse the pun) like a dry bearing to me, maybe power steering pump or alternator!!
I spray direct over the fan belt and the turning pulleys. It lubs the bearings for seconds sadly but when the car is hot it does go quiet. It takes a while to get hot sadly.
Mechanic doesn't think its the alternator but dunno about power steering.
#9: Re: Whistle sound / whining sound from Fan Belt Author: Yoshii, Location: West BromwichPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:36 am ---- Mine ticks for 5mins then goes lol
#10: Re: Whistle sound / whining sound from Fan Belt Author: triran, Location: HalifaxPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:40 am ----
Yoshii wrote:
Mine ticks for 5mins then goes lol
I would be happy with that
#11: Re: Whistle sound / whining sound from Fan Belt Author: leigh_boy, Location: EastbournePosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:31 am ---- sounds like bearing, i dont own a 206 any more to know the route the belts go, but sounds like beraing of either a tesnioner or alternater / water pump/ air con
#12: Re: Whistle sound / whining sound from Fan Belt Author: triran, Location: HalifaxPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:01 am ---- Looked at the receipts last night - the tensioner was replaced in 2009 however the car has done less than 10K miles since then. Thoughts?
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