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Originally Posted by Greeners
Not sure how far into Hampshire you are, but if your not a million miles away, get Corin to have a look/listen/poke
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I did get a PM back from me and he gave me his home phone number - I left two messages and spoke to his wife but he still hasn't got back to me, and that was a couple of weeks ago
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Originally Posted by SD1too
Colin,
What about the auxiliary drive belt, it's tensioner and idler wheels? If you begin by removing the wheelarch liner, then start the engine and have a close look at the belt tension.
Simon
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It's not the aux belt run Simon, sadly. I released the tensioner from the top of the engine bay using a 3/8" socket and slipped the belt off the aux idler and aircon compressor and moved the belt out of the way of the crankshaft pulley, and ran the engine - the noise remained.
In my investigations I did find that the aux idler is a bit noisy, but has no play in the bearings. However, this is not the cause of the noise that this thread is about - hence me being quite worried about it as it appears to be something more fundamental.