Re: [mk2] engine noises (after water pump replacement)

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Your timing belt is too tight. Loosen it and I bet the noise will go away.


>--- foxxinabox@core.com wrote:
> > after replacing the water pump (and just about
> > everything else associated), i find that i still
> > have the same engine noise.
>
>I did the same, except I really didn't have a noise
>before I started, just a drip from the weep hole, now
>I have a whiney V-belt pulley or something. I think I
>screwed my coolant pump pulley up by cleaning it with
>parts cleaner, the bearings are probably not lubed up
>enough even though I tried my damndest to get some
>white lithium grease sprayed into it. I have a whine
>similar to that of a turbo kicking in, it changes
>pitch with increase in RPM. I'm not too excited about
>buying a new pulley since they cost $120 from the
>dealer. This is the pulley on 16V's with PS & A/C.
>
>Later...
>
>=====
>Jeff Lowe
>Garland, Texas
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