cant quite remember, i think i just loosened the nut holding the pulley on allowing it to move,if you totally undo the pulley nut it will come off,but it doesnt need too

 

ahhhh, so i loosen the but directly on the pulley a little, allowing it to move up and down the tensioner thing ( ), and then the long bolt loosens the belt... gotcha. will give it a go, and turn the engine on.

il see you 19th september, as it me, something will go wrong/fall down a drain/blow up/go missing/**** oil everywhere

 

suprise suprise....

i cant get access to the bolt which loosens the pulley slightly. the bloody fans are in the way. can i just cut the air con belt off, as i never use the air con anyways... and can get a belt cheap enough.

 

anybody??

before i do something stupid...

 

YHPM

 

look forward to your arrival

 

sort him out, please !!!!



the fans are in the way, huh ?

use a spanner, a ring spanner is best

 

cut the bloody thing off in the end.

chris, you are a legend, and you saw im eternally thankful.

just spent about 90 mins looking over the car. straight away, he put his finger on something. the noise is hopefully a knackered tappet, or one of the fuel injectors sticking.

this is much better than a fubared engine, me and chris having a good listen via his clever listening tool
so good news all round. at worst, if its a hydralic lifter/tappet, then il get all 8 replaced, and see if theres any damage to the valves. hopefully not as the noise hasnt been there that long.
if its an injector, possibly even better news as chris says its easier access to them. think its the rear one on the passenger side of the manifold. had a listen via the screwdriver method, and the rear one is tapping quite audably, whereas the front is quieter all round.
it all fits into place with regards the tappet theory, because when the engine is cold the oil is much thicker (i didnt know this ) so is probably blocking
the noise or whatever. but when warmed up, oil is much thinner, and thus the noise is easier to hear.

with me its blind leading the blind, so please excuse my stoopidity on this one. gonna get it to scoobybits asap, have jase look at it and see what he thinks if its similar to chris opinion.

thanks again chris, really appreciate your help on this, also sorted out a leaking fuel line with another clip.

im true to my word, you will have a free commission out of this mate. will talk to you about this in due course.

much happier now

 

No problem Andy, pleased to help, got me out of the grass cutting
I,m sure its the injector or at worst the tappet. It sounds nothing like the clip on here.
I'm amazed you've never used a screwdriver as a stethoscope, their not only for removing screws, stirring paint and chisels

 

you sir are a legend. sense of humour too. will kepp in touch about elvington and get on humberjapcars too.

 

Mine makes the same noise again from the pass side i have no aircon either and driveability and economy havent changed,been diagnosed as everythin from piston slap to blown exhaust manifold gasket making the valve noise louder.

 

is it fixed though?

 

sounds like Chris has sorted it

 

hopefully. for a guy that isnt a full time mechanic he knows his scoob engines...

will get onto jase at scoobybits monday. havent any money but will see what i can muster. at least the engines not gonna die touch wood.

 

Not sorted it but at least put Andys mind at rest. It's nowt serious.

 

Famous last words

glad its semi sorted.

now Andy,take a quick DIY mechanics course and save yourself the heartache !!!!

 

i have thought of it actually lol

 

i hope everything is ok for you m8 you dont deserve it with the bad luck u have had with your other scoobs.
im sure jase can sort it out for you

 

i remember yrs back when i did my NVQ level II and one part of it was tools.

the tutor was saying this is a 10mm spanner, a ratchet etc and i was chuckling thinkg WTF everyone knows a 10mm spanner, look back and 3/4 of the class were engrossed in their sketches writing it all down LOL !!!!

anyhoo,keep chillin

peace

 

ice cream on monitor speech that dude.

peace