General Squeaking from engine when I start my car

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General Squeaking from engine when I start my car

pete123

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Sound like mice at it under my bonnet it's not loud but not some thing u will miss I have noticed car drinkin water though
 
Sounds like fan belt is slipping as well as when I release the clutch it makes a squeal noise
 
Could be impending coolant pump failure, bearings giving way causing the belt to slacken, sound like an urgent job to me...
 
Happy days another problem my multipla like a bank takes more of ur money And then it wants more how much does it cost for a water pump or if any different a cooling pump these days
 
No idea on cost of pump but they are one & the same (waterpump / coolant pump).

But having just water in the cooling system will cause premature coolant pump failue.

So if you have just water in there call it contributory negligence lol...

If you have the right coolant additive at a 50/50 mix then its just bad luck.

Try Shop4parts for a pump price, and add labour costs to replace it if you dont have the time / skills / tools / inclination. Oh and of course a flush, fill-up & bleed with new coolant water mix.... (y)
 
When I brought the car it had anti freeze in but it had air in the rad due to a little hole in rad so used k seal and ever since it's drunk every thing u put in it normally after a good run a full bottle goes to empty I'll fit it my self so it's just parts I'll try shop 4 parts is it worth going second hand or not
 
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Could it be the head gasket has gone or suspect itto go
 
Could it be the head gasket has gone or suspect itto go

HG is very vulnerable when cooling system is neglected, you could get it pressure tested at a garage maybe, if you have concerns about spending money on radiator / pump / coolant only to find the HG is gone & will cost even more money....
 
how did we get from squeak under the bonnet to head gasket....
first thing you should do in take the auxiliary belt off and then start the car and see if the noise is gone, if it has then check all the pulleys for play, binding etc to narrow down which part is causing the noise, it maybe simply a stretched auxiliary belt.
I don't know about the petrol engine but on a diesel the water pump is driven by the cam belt and therefore can't slip and make a squeal.

the noise when clutch is released sounds like the clutch/ thrust bearing.
 
how did we get from squeak under the bonnet to head gasket....first thing you should do in take the auxiliary belt off and then start the car and see if the noise is gone, if it has then check all the pulleys for play, binding etc to narrow down which part is causing the noise, it maybe simply a stretched auxiliary belt.
I don't know about the petrol engine but on a diesel the water pump is driven by the cam belt and therefore can't slip and make a squeal.

the noise when clutch is released sounds like the clutch/ thrust bearing.

Read Posts 1, 2 & 3... nothing is guaranteed especially a diagnosis from a written note...

Anyway... read & see how we got there... its using / losing coolant... last time I looked an Aux belt or clutch cant do that! Touche?

OK if the water / coolant pump is driven by the cambelt, I didnt know.

Otherwise good points.
 
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Read Posts 1, 2 & 3... nothing is guaranteed especially a diagnosis from a written note...

Anyway... read & see how we got there... its using / losing coolant... last time I looked an Aux belt or clutch cant do that! Touche?

OK if the water / coolant pump is driven by the cambelt, I didnt know.

Otherwise good points.
All I was trying to get at is; no point trying to scare the bloke with stories of blown head gaskets Etc. when the original question was about noise on engine start up. Fair enough, Pete mentioned later on about loss of coolant but that can be caused by lots of different things some cheap some not so cheap.

I have seen this sort of behaviour of making a right fuss over simple things on lots of car forums, not just this one, where a person asks about a small issue on their car and eventually that small issue turns into a massive one and talk of changing turbos, ECU etc when the fault might have been like loose connector or something like that.
 
Posts 6 & 7 are important here, Pete asked if it could be the HG...

I told him the HG can fail if a coolant system issue is ignored, that is true. He also said that he knew there was a radiator problem when he bought it which had a temporary fix done, everyone is entitled to know :-
a) what they SHOULD do
b) what the worst consequences of NOT doing what they should do are
c) where to look for the root cause.

No-one Posting in here can be 100% confident that they have covered off accurately all possibilities.

We just give a steer or the benefit of experience.

You added to the latter, it's up to the OP to work his way through the suggestions Posted.
 
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Posts 6 & 7 are important here, Pete asked if it could be the HG...

I told him the HG can fail if a coolant system issue is ignored, that is true. He also said that he knew there was a radiator problem when he bought it which had a temporary fix done, everyone is entitled to know :-
a) what they SHOULD do
b) what the worst consequences of NOT doing what they should do are
c) where to look for the root cause.

No-one Posting in here can be 100% confident that they have covered off accurately all possibilities.

We just give a steer or the benefit of experience.

You added to the latter, it's up to the OP to work his way through the suggestions Posted.

I'm sorry if you feel that I'm having a go at you, but that was not my intention as my first post said 'How did we get from.....' just generalising
all I was trying to do was to keep the thread on track as it was starting to drift and concentrating on the noise issue.
 
No worries Frogger, we're all trying to help :)
 
No worries Frogger, we're all trying to help :)

Thanks for both ur advice u both have different views I gathered it's not head as it ain't over heating the mice squeal is only like when u start the car if it's cold and I have gotta get coolant and I will take belt off if it is easy to put bk on advice on that please as fir water pump I'll wait until I checked the belt flushed car again for air today and used rad seal to sweaten up the rad so will see how that goes
 
Ow and when I pull on belt it's tight so how do I check tensioner and where is it all I see is alternator cam wheel pump and cillender unit unless it's the little black one don't wanna yank it in case I break it
 
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