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He also tells me the fan belt was replaced also when the timing belt was done.Does he have any comeback whatsoever?

Its quite common?Can you explain how? Based in southern Ireland.He'd nearly be better off getting the car shipped over and getting somebody half decent to look at it.

To be fair to him I found out through another guy and I felt Id like to help him out a bit! The car I have to say was a gem and gave no trouble until now.Hes now looking at a big bill for an engine rebuild ! I just thought the 2 belts were completely seperate and if the fan belt snapped it would...

Basically doing a guy a favour here as I sold my 172(mk1) to him 2 years ago and I said Id try and get as much information for him as I could so here it goes.He had the timing belt done about a year ago as the title suggests it snapped.What they are saying is the fan belt broke which in turn...

Mine made the same noise and I found the problem to be the alarm !!!! Housed it in a different place and the noise was gone!!:)

Got the problem sorted guys!! Took the brake pad off and sanded it down a bit and it solved the problem!!No more creaking noise!!!

:) Ive plenty of time!!! Rang the dealers and they told me either the anti roll bushes or the shock is gone,hope thats all it is!! Having it off the road didnt do it any favours I guess!!

Thanks for your help Simon!

Its more like a grinding noise !!!

This noise seems to happen only when the car is at full lock turning left.The noise seems to be coming from the right hand side of the car and is pretty disturbing!! Its a 172 sport with 40,000miles on the clock.Its been off the road for maybe 2 months and somebody told me to lubricate the...