This one is going the scrap soon... Yet another part needs to be replaced....
So there I was last week when one day I started it all was fine apart from a niggly rattle thought nothing of it may just be cold it's not the best engine anyway.. Even warm the rattle stayed so I rang my mechanic a few days later he said have a check see if anythings loose. So I did the next day at night with an iPhone light lol couldn't see anything but! It was coming from the belts on the engine so anyway turned it off closed the bonnet went to bed.
Few days later (yesterday ) it felt like my clutch slipped driving a long the revs went up to the limiter even though I was in 3rd cruising. The rattle stopped. Oh my I thought its finally healed itself!
Started it this morning! Bliss no rattle still took the misses to work went to my mates still no rattle went in my mates then came back out to my car not half an hour later... The rattle is back!!! Noooooo I exclaimed! it's started again fml. We stopped in a car park in a local town I thought right I'll open the bonnet and have a look in day light with the engine off this time! Checking round the pulleys... One of the belts is off by about 2 teeth on the edge of a top pulley I though that might be it.
Gave it a wiggle to see if I could get it back on straight I noticed the pulley had ALOT of movement this can't be right I thought so I quickly checked the bolts what do I find?....
.... 1 bold missing, 1 bolt no thread and wobbling (the rattle) and 1 bolt barely tight I could spin it with my fingers. It looked like it was the water pump pulley because it has a radiator looking hose on one side so I thought I'll put the bonnet down and run it to my mechanic later. On the way back to my friends got to a round about when BANG! Something came out of my engine on a dual carriageway. It was the bloody pulley!!! Rolling away from my car into the distance I slammed on pulled over straight away and killed the engine went and grabbed the pulled came back to my car where the belt is in tact only teeth are missing. So I ring my mates mechanic because mine is in his day job and can't get hold he said its the water pump turn your heaters on full blast and limp it home. That I did! Well to my friends where I sat in wait and anticipation that my mechanic would finish work so I could ring him. Eventually 2 hours passed I called him turns out it was my power steering pump belt and pulley. My car is fine apart from no power steering. Now I have to buy a new one and fit it! Fml and my car
That is all enjoy the read...
Lmao
- Nick
So there I was last week when one day I started it all was fine apart from a niggly rattle thought nothing of it may just be cold it's not the best engine anyway.. Even warm the rattle stayed so I rang my mechanic a few days later he said have a check see if anythings loose. So I did the next day at night with an iPhone light lol couldn't see anything but! It was coming from the belts on the engine so anyway turned it off closed the bonnet went to bed.
Few days later (yesterday ) it felt like my clutch slipped driving a long the revs went up to the limiter even though I was in 3rd cruising. The rattle stopped. Oh my I thought its finally healed itself!
Started it this morning! Bliss no rattle still took the misses to work went to my mates still no rattle went in my mates then came back out to my car not half an hour later... The rattle is back!!! Noooooo I exclaimed! it's started again fml. We stopped in a car park in a local town I thought right I'll open the bonnet and have a look in day light with the engine off this time! Checking round the pulleys... One of the belts is off by about 2 teeth on the edge of a top pulley I though that might be it.
Gave it a wiggle to see if I could get it back on straight I noticed the pulley had ALOT of movement this can't be right I thought so I quickly checked the bolts what do I find?....
.... 1 bold missing, 1 bolt no thread and wobbling (the rattle) and 1 bolt barely tight I could spin it with my fingers. It looked like it was the water pump pulley because it has a radiator looking hose on one side so I thought I'll put the bonnet down and run it to my mechanic later. On the way back to my friends got to a round about when BANG! Something came out of my engine on a dual carriageway. It was the bloody pulley!!! Rolling away from my car into the distance I slammed on pulled over straight away and killed the engine went and grabbed the pulled came back to my car where the belt is in tact only teeth are missing. So I ring my mates mechanic because mine is in his day job and can't get hold he said its the water pump turn your heaters on full blast and limp it home. That I did! Well to my friends where I sat in wait and anticipation that my mechanic would finish work so I could ring him. Eventually 2 hours passed I called him turns out it was my power steering pump belt and pulley. My car is fine apart from no power steering. Now I have to buy a new one and fit it! Fml and my car
That is all enjoy the read...
Lmao
- Nick
and it may be karma giraffe it was me :O
