Could any one help?

Basicallly theres a loud grinding noise coming from my engine, was a little noise but now its becoming unbareable.

Well it sounds like a bearing noise grinding, but its coming from around the cam belt or from belts, wasnt too bad to start with, but it is getting very loud now. i think its a bearing to a pulley or a pulley not working right, but im no pro with scooby engines.

Could anyone suggest wot this could be? or if anyone is near guildford, could pop round to assist.

Cheers

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Difficult one to diagnose, this could be just about anything. Generally not a good idea to run for long in case the whatever-it-is fails and the belt jumps off. Perhaps have a look inside the cam belt covers [ the black plastic ones on the front of the engine ] first in case there is something obviously falling off.

A good trick is to use a long screwdriver as a listening post. Hold the handle to your ear and use the blade to rest upon the covers and area's where the noise is coming from. TAKE CARE as you don't want the blade amongst the rotating bits. This will help you identify the noise closer, It will run Ok with the top half of the cam belt covers off so you can get nearer the noise.

Good Luck David API Engines