| Author | Message | ||
     Mr Man Unregistered guest |
If your fan belts are making a lot of noise there is a way to stop it. Get a spray can of lithium grease. Put the red straw on the spray nozzle and start your engine. Spray the least amount possible of the grease towards each fan belt pully. Spray it only 1/10 of a second. This will turn the noise off like a light switch. The lithium grease is what LR recomends for door hinges as well. Randall | ||
| David Hobbs (Ca_surveyor) New Member Username: Ca_surveyor Post Number: 11 Registered: 11-2002 |
I found that if you replace the belts they are much quieter. The spray only lasted a couple of days and then the sound bacame unbearable. | ||
| -bob- (Xavetarx) Senior Member Username: Xavetarx Post Number: 39 Registered: 01-2003 |
hmm.. that sounds like the same range rover dealer employee that I talked to! (the one that said I'd gain 5 mpg on my 3.9 89 RRC) -bob- | ||
| Mr Man Unregistered guest |
Yeah. If you put new belts on it only lasts 3 months till they start making noise. The lithium grease actually works for me. I'll make a note that I did that today and see how long it lasts. Randall | ||
| steve herrod (Sherrod) New Member Username: Sherrod Post Number: 2 Registered: 02-2003 |
I WAS USING THE AFTERMARKET BELTS AND COMPLAINED TO MY RR MECHANIC ABOUT THIS.....HE ALSO SAID, THAT IF I USED "ROVER" BELTS, THE NOISE WOULD STOP....OF COURSE I DIDNT BELIEVE HIM....HE EVEN SAID THAT IF I PUT THE ROVER BELTS ON AND THEY SQUEEKED, HE WOULD PAY FOR THE BELTS. I TOOK HE UP ON THE OFFER.....THEY HAVE NOT SQUEEKED SINCE.....GO FIGURE? | ||
| Tim Salter (Timsalter) New Member Username: Timsalter Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2003 |
It's squeeking coz it's slipping. Grease will just mask the fact that the belt is slipping (and make it slip more!). My trick is to smear some mud onto the belt & restart the engine. The clay in the mud absorbs any oil or grease & the grit removes any greasy film from the pulleys, stopping the sqeaking instantly. | ||
| isaac fain (Searover) Member Username: Searover Post Number: 58 Registered: 05-2002 |
are you all so sure it's the belts??  the pulleys can be rebuilt with "standard" bearings - just pop one off, dissasemble it and go down to a machine shop and they will match it up for you. generally a $5 fix. also, note that the air-conditioning and water-pump pulleys are identical, and can be used one for the other in a pinch. cheers, isaac | ||
| John Cinquegrana (Johnc) Senior Member Username: Johnc Post Number: 374 Registered: 07-2002 |
Isaac, how do you disassemble the pulley? I've removed mine and wasn't sure if I should try banging the pulley off the support with a hammer...??? TIA |
