Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 06:20 pm, by: Lindsey Swan(Banzaibattlecrazzzy)
Hello when i start my car and its idling, there is this odd noise coming from the area of my fanbelt and timing belt... like a slight continual scratching noise?
anyone else experiences this?
i had the 100k service done at 90,000km's... and the car has now done 145,000kms?
Friday, June 02, 2006 - 04:09 pm, by: Peter Nitschke(Pen)
Screwdriver isn't good on moving components as it needs to touch whatever is making the noise. I find just having the hose close helps and is a LOT safer. Which is why I didn't mention the screwdriver technique.
Friday, June 02, 2006 - 06:36 pm, by: Kevin la Terra(Trdpsi)
I had the same problem, it was the tensinor pully bering. I could tell with a long screwdriver on the tensinor and my ear on the screwdriver. A handy hint if it is the tensinor pully: Toyota doesn't sell the pully on its own, you have to buy the whole mechnisum. so what i done is took my pully to repco and they mesured it with the verniers and got me one (i think of a ford telsta) wich is the same size and STEEL not plastic and only $24
Friday, June 02, 2006 - 10:56 pm, by: Drew Hiron(Frag)
my car does the exact same thing. I reckon it has got to be the serpentine belt tensioner bearing. Mine started screaming a few months back and ever since I have been spraying it with TAC 2 spray grease to shut it up once a week ;)
But I usually only get the noise after for eg i've driven home from work for lunch and start it back up to go back. Then and only then will it make the noise.
Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 11:07 am, by: Kevin la Terra(Trdpsi)
Ill check buddy, cos its the tensinor pully it doesn't matter what car its off as long as its the same size where cookn with gas. Oh and for the punters out there, my local toyota wanted $800 for the tensinor assembley(dont know if other toyota dearlers will be the same).