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The poop weather has come back and the belts on my mk2 are screaming. It's had new belts and the pulleys are all in top condition. I've sprayed 3 in 1 oil on em but it only lasts an hour or so. It's doing my box in. Anyone got any methods or ways if stopping it?
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had this on my td , just re tightenen the alt belt , as they stretch when 1st used,.
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Jul 31, 2013 10:12:39 GMT
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mk2 what?
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Jul 31, 2013 11:40:07 GMT
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I agree. Have you re-tightened them since they were fitted? I assume they are the correct size and shape for the application and nothing is out of line? I had a little chuckle at 'mk2 what?'  |
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Jul 31, 2013 12:24:48 GMT
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The poop weather has come back and the belts on my mk2 are screaming. It's had new belts and the pulleys are all in top condition. I've sprayed 3 in 1 oil on em but it only lasts an hour or so. It's doing my box in. Anyone got any methods or ways if stopping it? Why the hell would you put oil on a rubber belt thats already slipping ? it will just slip quietly and then wear out? the idea is to stop the slip not make it worse surely  |
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Jul 31, 2013 13:50:02 GMT
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It could be a Daimler like mine? People often confuse it with a Mk2. |
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Jul 31, 2013 13:56:13 GMT
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had this on my td , just re tightenen the alt belt , as they stretch when 1st used,. Did this and it's sorted. I sprayed it as I thought it was screeching because of damp and beacause I'm a lazy curse word.My thought was a water inhibitor would stop the damp, hence the screech would stop. It's a Mk2 Golf. I apologise for not saying. |
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Jul 31, 2013 22:20:30 GMT
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The poop weather has come back and the belts on my mk2 are screaming. It's had new belts and the pulleys are all in top condition. I've sprayed 3 in 1 oil on em but it only lasts an hour or so. It's doing my box in. Anyone got any methods or ways if stopping it? Why the hell would you put oil on a rubber belt thats already slipping ? it will just slip quietly and then wear out? the idea is to stop the slip not make it worse surely Lol ! Exactly what I was thinking when I read it. It's like greasing your brake pads to stop them squeeling, or painting your brake discs to stop them rusting! |
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If you're a traveller like me just shake a bit of talc on them, smells nicer too.
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Why the hell would you put oil on a rubber belt thats already slipping ? it will just slip quietly and then wear out? the idea is to stop the slip not make it worse surely Lol ! Exactly what I was thinking when I read it. It's like greasing your brake pads to stop them squeeling, or painting your brake discs to stop them rusting! This is true, but let's face it, quite a few of us have seen garages do this to cars over the years. Belt Grip spray does the job better I admit, but the strange noises afterwards are worse than the squealing belt IME! I ended up getting a new belt on two occasions for this very reason (and truth be told, it is what I have done ever since now) In a number of cases, the aux belt really did not have much more life left (read it was less than half as thick as what should have been on there). |
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Last Edit: Aug 1, 2013 0:51:07 GMT by ChasR
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Why the hell would you put oil on a rubber belt thats already slipping ? it will just slip quietly and then wear out? the idea is to stop the slip not make it worse surely Lol ! Exactly what I was thinking when I read it. It's like greasing your brake pads to stop them squeeling, or painting your brake discs to stop them rusting! Come on! it was hammering it down with rain, I'd just got to work and the noise was VERY loud and doing my box in. I went in the boot, got what I had, sprayed some stuff on it and it stopped it. I had no idea why it was screeching, which is why I posted on here. Last thing I was expecting was ridicule. Oh, and greasing up brake pads is completely different to spraying jizz on a noisy belt. Even a thicko like me wouldn't do that  Anyway, I'm off to fill my gearbox up with sawdust........ |
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if you can get on to the belt try a bar of soap rubbed on, though it didnt work on my renault, i ended up swapping the standard old style v belt for a nobbly v belt of the same length if that makes sense? noise hasn't comeback
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Had the same with a merc W123 diesel earlyer this week, the belt was new but sat way down in the pullys so swapped for a toothed type and that cured it, more surface area more grip i spose ?
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i use coke, yes the drink, the full fat sugar filled stuff, or if I'm flush redbull. just brush it on the belts and pulleys. Drys sticky thus stopping slipping ;-)
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Techernical reply:
Check it is still tight - new belts stretch when first used but settle after a few hours of running.
Check alignment. Easiest way is with a ruler. Place it against the largest pulley and check it is in line with the other pulleys.
Check the pulleys for dents or thinning/widening between their outer edges - where someone has used them to lever against.
Check that the base of the wedge of the pulleys is not polished. This means that the belt is running against the base of the pulley and will never work correctly. It should only contact the sides of the vee.
Fashion a splash guard - IIRC the mk2 golf belt is down low in the path of road spray.
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Fashion a splash guard - IIRC the mk2 golf belt is down low in the path of road spray. This is correct. There's no covers and no under tray so the belts and pulleys get covered. |
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You should try a Mk4 escort diesel where the alt is THE lowest item on the dam car, ooo small puddle, SQEEK, damp patch on the road SQEEK Grrr used to really wind me up lol
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WD40 etc is the worst thing to use. If setting the correct tension does not work I have always just got an old candle and CAREFULLY applied it to the belt with the engine running. You can also get belt treatment spray from agricultural vehicle places.
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hairspray works as well
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ive always used talc - seems to work fine.
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