Comments on: Noises http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/01/03/noises/ Need we say more? Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: RoadWhinge http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/01/03/noises/#comment-18 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:59:59 +0000 http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/01/03/noises/#comment-18 Thanks, David. Will do. I appreciate your input. Thanks, David. Will do.

I appreciate your input.

]]> by: David Traver Adolphus http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/01/03/noises/#comment-17 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:08:07 +0000 http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/01/03/noises/#comment-17 Well, unless you're driving something brand new, alternators are usually neither difficult nor terribly expensive. Unbolt the old, bolt in the new, connect two or three wires (literally two or three), check the belt tension and Bob may or may not be your uncle. Really, you're not performing a skin graft on your elderly mother here, are you? Let me know if anything develops. Well, unless you’re driving something brand new, alternators are usually neither difficult nor terribly expensive. Unbolt the old, bolt in the new, connect two or three wires (literally two or three), check the belt tension and Bob may or may not be your uncle.

Really, you’re not performing a skin graft on your elderly mother here, are you?

Let me know if anything develops.

]]> by: RoadWhinge http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/01/03/noises/#comment-16 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:58:36 +0000 http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/01/03/noises/#comment-16 Great, thanks for the suggestions. I'll look into it in more depth. Your advice, simple though it is, just confirms that I am easily scared by anything mechanical. The mere mention of power steering pumps and alternator bearings has me reaching for a sedative. Fingers crossed for it being a belt! Great, thanks for the suggestions. I’ll look into it in more depth.

Your advice, simple though it is, just confirms that I am easily scared by anything mechanical. The mere mention of power steering pumps and alternator bearings has me reaching for a sedative.

Fingers crossed for it being a belt!

]]> by: David Traver Adolphus http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/01/03/noises/#comment-15 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:52:13 +0000 http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/01/03/noises/#comment-15 Odds are very good it's a belt, cheap and easy to replace, or even treat with a belt dressing, which would eliminate other somewhat more serious possibilities. Next in line as a culprit would be the power steering pump or an alternator bearing, which both have more work when starting (circulating thick fluid and charging), the same reason you should look to those belts first. Odds are very good it’s a belt, cheap and easy to replace, or even treat with a belt dressing, which would eliminate other somewhat more serious possibilities.

Next in line as a culprit would be the power steering pump or an alternator bearing, which both have more work when starting (circulating thick fluid and charging), the same reason you should look to those belts first.

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