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funky noise should I freak out?

Discussion in '360/430' started by creedy, Jul 1, 2007.

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  1. creedy

    creedy Rookie

    Jun 25, 2007
    18
    Montreal Canada
    My new 2003 360 with 5,900 mi just had the major service including new belts , timing belt etc (the dealer agreed to do it when I bought the car)
    I have just noticed that when I start the car (from cold only) something back there makes a scree-scree-scree sound for about five to ten seconds and then it goes away. I am all worried that it is a timing belt tensioner that is going to seize and cause a disaster or something!
    I called the dealer (he is two thousand miles away, one of the downsides of importing a car into Canada) he said that it was no big deal.
    Problem is that I am convinced that it is making the noise louder and longer.
    Should I worry? Apart from that the car runs like a top and I want to use it this holliday weekend (Canada day dont you know!)
     
  2. Tarek K.

    Tarek K. F1 World Champ
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    Sep 7, 2006
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    Belt slipping.
     
  3. creedy

    creedy Rookie

    Jun 25, 2007
    18
    Montreal Canada
    I only hope so! The dealer said it was probably an iddler pully that has a sticky bearing that just needs to heat up.
    I just do not want to make a minor situation into a melt down by not doing anything.
    If it is a belt slipping do I need to tighten something? I can't even see anything.
     
  4. nvr2lt8

    nvr2lt8 Rookie

    Aug 17, 2006
    1
    Could be an air pump. Do you hear the noise when you come to a stop? IS it like a bird chirpping?
     
  5. creedy

    creedy Rookie

    Jun 25, 2007
    18
    Montreal Canada
    nope it sounds like when I had my last 5 series BMW and I remember a similar sound that led up to the water pump needing to be changed.
    Then it did it all the time and loud.
    This is just a yagga yagga yagga yagga for a few seconds and then it gets faint and then disappears alltogether tell the next morning.
    I am new to this car and it is the first time I own a big bucks ride so I may be a bit paranoid that I am going to end up with a thirty grand repair two weeks after buying a 170 grand car. Maybe I'm just being a wuss but what can I say.
    P.S. It is amazing how much I rely on the spell check! As there is none here I have to constantly check words elsewhere (I am a highschool drop out who made good)
     
  6. creedy

    creedy Rookie

    Jun 25, 2007
    18
    Montreal Canada
    Just started it again from cold (this time with the glass hood open) and it most definatly sounds like a slipping belt.
    I can't actually see the belts up front. Could it be that they did not adjust the tightness of the alternator steering belt?
    How does one check it?
     
  7. dgpIII

    dgpIII Karting

    Jun 23, 2006
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    could it be the air intake before it warms up?
     
  8. hamdog

    hamdog Formula Junior

    Mar 21, 2005
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    Had the same problem with mine. They had to tighten the belts to the CS specs for it to stop.
     
  9. creedy

    creedy Rookie

    Jun 25, 2007
    18
    Montreal Canada
    To Hamdog
    thanks for the good news!
    P.S. what's a CS? Was it a big deal to tighten it please?
     

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