L@@K 172 hisssing L@@K

[gussy]

basically theres a hissing sound coming from my engine so guy told me its my roller bearings but i went to eurocarparts to get this part and they said theres no such thing? they said its called a tensioner kit? could this be causing my hissing noise?

 

[Millsy]

is the tensioner kit part of the cambelt assembly?

i have a hissing like noise from the front offside of my engine too.

almost like a hose is split. gets louder with more revs etc

 

[gtruk]

yeah its the tensioner kit, ie roller kit ie belt rollers blah blah, people call it retarded things, but its a tensioner/idle bearing

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

hope its not the head gasket. Hows it running?

 

[clio_greg]

^ you've got me concerned. mines does the same, just as millsy explained!

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

The induction makes a hissing noise usually on RS clios. Also theres a whole in the drivers side wing mirror which can hiss as air flows over it.

If its running ok i wouldn't worry its probably just the inductioln. If the head gasket was on its way out it would run hot.

 

[Millsy]

hope its not the head gasket. Hows it running?

dont know if your talking to me or OP, but i had a compression test done on mine and it was fine.

and it doesnt run hot etc.

mine is definately coming from my engine as i've had all the bumper off etc to locate the noise.

its getting a new injector put in today so hopefully it'll be running so i can test for this hissing

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

I'm sure it will just be the induction tbh it makes a kinda sshhh. if its coming from the pasanger side it could be because the air intake is behing the lining in the wheel arch.

 

[Millsy]

nope its from the drivers side, and it was doing it with my standard airbox, it definately wasn't there before, i left it for 4 days, then started it and there's the noise.

its a noisy bearing i think coming from the alternator or the idler pulley etc.

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

nope its from the drivers side, and it was doing it with my standard airbox, it definately wasn't there before, i left it for 4 days, then started it and there's the noise.

its a noisy bearing i think coming from the alternator or the idler pulley etc.

Pulley would probably be favorite in which case. Is it constantly bad or is it worse when cold?

 

[Millsy]

constantly noisy, worse when driving and the revs are up, as soon as i dip the clutch it goes (with road noise, cant hear it anymore) lift clutch and it comes back.

i had the gearbox reconned over a year ago, the garage removed the bar that goes from the subframe to the top of the inner arch that plastic arch liner clips around, so now the bottom pulley is exposed etc to wheel arch. i think it always exposed from below with the arch liner in place but now you can see it if you look through the alloy to the inner arch, im wondering if its got wet etc and caused it knacker the pulley or something

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

Does sound like a pulley then. Especially if it's fully exposed. strange that it would drop out completely with the cluch though. Not a bearing?

 

[Millsy]

i think its more to do with the engine revs dropping back to idle so the noise lessens.

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

True. Where in east sussex are you?

 

[Millsy]

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[Andres_172]

did you fix the problem????

I have the same noise.