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My wifes EB Fairmont is causing us some dramas as far as fan belt noise. We have changed all the belts and still a loud noise eminating from the engine area can be heard, mechanic says pulleys are all ok. What else could be causing the problem.............it is driving us crazing with the noise kind regards John Edited by user Thursday, 1 July 2010 4:40:54 AM(UTC)
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check the fan is not loose or has damaged or loose blades.
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This might sound a bit silly but I had a similar problem once. Thought it was fan belts or a pulley. Turned out to be the distributer. If all else has failed try listening there.
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could be the bearings in the water pump etc too, hard to say without being there personally
do u know how to use a long screwdriver as a stethescope?
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Another method of diagnosis in addittion to what BigCav has suggested is remove the three belts one at a time and see which removed belt makes the noise go away.
The bearings in the idler pulleys tend to die every couple of hundered thousand KM.
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do u know how to use a long screwdriver as a stethescope?
good one i haven't heard that one before what i use is a peice of garden hose about 1m long, put 1 end to your ear and move the other end around the suspect area just be very carefull when doing this around a running engine!!!
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My old EA had a similar noise which turned out to be the idler pulley bearing...on the bright side it's an easy fix. :)
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