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Wed 7 May 2008 21:08

01 1.6 High pitched squeal from belt - waldenyid2007

Hi, I have a Fiesta Ghia (with the 1.6 zetec engine) that I've owned for about a year now. I had the cambelt changed when i first got it and have done about 10k miles since. Today the belt started making a high pitched squealing noise which got quite loud. The noise is loud when idle but pretty much goes away whilst driving. It was hot today and i did leave my car idling for about an hour (so i could listen to music) so I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it.

Im fairly certain the noise is coming from the belt, but not being very mechanically minded I'm not sure what could cause it or what can result from not doing anything about it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Matt

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Wed 7 May 2008 21:13

01 1.6 High pitched squeal from belt - Peter.N.

If it is coming from the belt, it could be that it just needs tightening.

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Wed 7 May 2008 21:21

01 1.6 High pitched squeal from belt - Screwloose

Matt

Is it coming from the cam belt - or the "fan" belt?

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Wed 7 May 2008 21:33

01 1.6 High pitched squeal from belt - waldenyid2007

Screwloose,

Good question.. I'm not sure lol. Any Idea's how I'd figure that out or should I just take it to a mechanic since i clearly don't know alot lol.

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Wed 7 May 2008 22:05

01 1.6 High pitched squeal from belt - Screwloose

One good test is to squirt a bit of WD40 on to the fan belt when it's doing it - if the noise stops instantly it's just a dry belt....

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Thu 8 May 2008 00:34

01 1.6 High pitched squeal from belt - waldenyid2007

Sounds good. I'll give it a go in the morning. thanks.

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