87VLCALAIS
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- Feb 7, 2004
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- Hamilton, NZ
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- 3.8 VY S Manual, ZB RSV
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Thanks fo your reply. I presume your reply was to me about the belt tensioner rattle.
I have experienced the steering shudder/noise and they have fitted the new style hose assembly to cure that. This noise is different to the power steering noise. It almost sounds like an exhaust pipe rattle/knock.
The noise is definately coming from the belt tensioner. I have observed it flapping and heard the rattling noise at the same time, by getting someone to load the engine, by starting to let out the clutch with the car in gear with the park brake on, while I was watching the tensioner with the bonnet up. There is no doubt where the noise is coming from.
The dealer agrees with me about the belt tensioner being the source of the noise. They tell me that part of the problem is that a different flywheel is fitted to the manual and there is a resonant vibration problem due to the flywheel. They seem to have run out of ideas, they have fitted a new pulley to the alternator with a one way clutch, and a new tensioner, the noise still exists.
It would be really nice to find a cure. I'm sure that the way the tensioner flaps away that it is not any good for the tensioner, the belt or the accesories driven by the belt due to the jerkiness/vibration caused.
Thanks fo your reply. I presume your reply was to me about the belt tensioner rattle.
I have experienced the steering shudder/noise and they have fitted the new style hose assembly to cure that. This noise is different to the power steering noise. It almost sounds like an exhaust pipe rattle/knock.
The noise is definately coming from the belt tensioner. I have observed it flapping and heard the rattling noise at the same time, by getting someone to load the engine, by starting to let out the clutch with the car in gear with the park brake on, while I was watching the tensioner with the bonnet up. There is no doubt where the noise is coming from.
The dealer agrees with me about the belt tensioner being the source of the noise. They tell me that part of the problem is that a different flywheel is fitted to the manual and there is a resonant vibration problem due to the flywheel. They seem to have run out of ideas, they have fitted a new pulley to the alternator with a one way clutch, and a new tensioner, the noise still exists.
It would be really nice to find a cure. I'm sure that the way the tensioner flaps away that it is not any good for the tensioner, the belt or the accesories driven by the belt due to the jerkiness/vibration caused.