Eh up all,
Well the daughter little 500 threw up its weekly fault !! guess i got me answer to last weeks post
Bless her she phoned to tell me she pulled over ( expecting water temp issues - see separate post) as screeching noise from car and was scared stiff ( car only just been started after been stood all day and only driven 20metres or so) . Anyway after a few simple telephone questions i determined it was the aux / alternator belt related and safe for her to continue home (limited miles to go).
Sods law noise stopped after she drove further and quiet as a mouse in the garage when i tried to get the damn thin to repeat itself :bang:
Belt appears to have "slack" in it. in the good old days you could sometimes measure the "slack" by taking the distance from a set point and determine if the belt had gone or not.
Anyway has anyone any advice on the process to replace the alternator belt, might as well get that done while im sorting the thermostat housing out
Cannot see it being too hard but access must be through the drivers wheel arch from what i can determine, does the below taken from a thread on here look about right and any more info on the crank sensor location and can you just bolt on /off assume its not sensitive to movement ?.
1 -remove drivers side front wheel after jacking etc
2-remove inner wheel arch centre piece (2 screws) after removing 3 screws from front inner liner to be able to pull centre one out-y
Centre wheel arch piece removal actually the hardest part of the job as its fiddly to remove
3-remove 2 screws from top of belt section to remove guard (from bonnet top side)
4-13mm spanner on tensioner and pull down clockwise to release tension
5-remove belt whilst holding tensioner down
6-remember where belt goes (I drew a diagram)
7-install from below the belt and get someone to slip the top on whilst again holding down the tensioner with a spanner
8-check and reinstall
As I say, the Haynes says remove crank sensor but you don't need to-it is useful however to know where it is!
all advice welcome as usual.
I will sort the teething issues with this little motor.....with luck
Well the daughter little 500 threw up its weekly fault !! guess i got me answer to last weeks post
Bless her she phoned to tell me she pulled over ( expecting water temp issues - see separate post) as screeching noise from car and was scared stiff ( car only just been started after been stood all day and only driven 20metres or so) . Anyway after a few simple telephone questions i determined it was the aux / alternator belt related and safe for her to continue home (limited miles to go).
Sods law noise stopped after she drove further and quiet as a mouse in the garage when i tried to get the damn thin to repeat itself :bang:
Belt appears to have "slack" in it. in the good old days you could sometimes measure the "slack" by taking the distance from a set point and determine if the belt had gone or not.
Anyway has anyone any advice on the process to replace the alternator belt, might as well get that done while im sorting the thermostat housing out
Cannot see it being too hard but access must be through the drivers wheel arch from what i can determine, does the below taken from a thread on here look about right and any more info on the crank sensor location and can you just bolt on /off assume its not sensitive to movement ?.
1 -remove drivers side front wheel after jacking etc
2-remove inner wheel arch centre piece (2 screws) after removing 3 screws from front inner liner to be able to pull centre one out-y
Centre wheel arch piece removal actually the hardest part of the job as its fiddly to remove
3-remove 2 screws from top of belt section to remove guard (from bonnet top side)
4-13mm spanner on tensioner and pull down clockwise to release tension
5-remove belt whilst holding tensioner down
6-remember where belt goes (I drew a diagram)
7-install from below the belt and get someone to slip the top on whilst again holding down the tensioner with a spanner
8-check and reinstall
As I say, the Haynes says remove crank sensor but you don't need to-it is useful however to know where it is!
all advice welcome as usual.
I will sort the teething issues with this little motor.....with luck
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