Aux drive belt change on JTD / anybody with a porter manual

[Rob W]

Hi,

Hope somebody can help.

I've got a Marea Weekend 105 JTD (1999) and it's got this small problem with the auxilary drive belt.

I had it replaced Feburary when the cam belt was done as it was starting to squeal a little at higher revs. Problem sorted for a while. Then the squeal returned and after a couple of months the belt "jumped" a notch on the pully wheels and merrily shreaded on the two journeys I had to make before I could give it back to the garage. They changed it and the drive pully in which the rubber had gone supposedly causing the problems.

Well "hear" I am again with a squeeling drive belt and I'm loathed to take it back to the garage for another massive bill so was planning to change this one myself and have a good poke about at all of the pully wheels while I was at it. For those intereseted it squeals afer a mile or so when it as warmed up a little and then constantly at anything above 1500 rpm. Also nasty rubber smell in the car when stationary.

Anyway I was wondering if anybody had a servicing manual that includes the JTD and could look and see if it had useful information for changing the drive belt before I went and bought one (I know that I will probably need one eventually but there is not point getting one if the information is not good for this job).

Many thanks

Rob W

 

[Pete]

The belt change is identical to the 1.8 petrol engine. Sounds to me like you have a tensioner or idler bearing partially seizing as it warms up. I took mine in to get done, and after jacking the car up and removing the wheeel, it took him about 6 minutes to change the belt. I think the hardest part is removing and refitting the wheel arch liner to get at the belt!

 

[Pete]

After reading your post again, if the idler or tensioner pulley is suspect, it's the outside of the belt that will have the damage.