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only thing i can think of is maybe you got some grease or other liquids on the timing belt and its squeeling against the tensioner?
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Did you recheck your covers, inside and out? Proper tension on timing belt?
How do I check if it has the correct amount of tension? The Belt is pretty taught. It(the belt) does seem to be a little tighter than the old belt but I wrote that off to the old belt being old and stretched and the new one being well new.
There is tight, and over tight. Although usually a overtightened timing belt will make more of a wwuurrr noise. (hope you get the sound!) Most manuals should have how to tension them. Some have a block with a spring that pushes a certain amount of tension, and some may have lines in a tensioner pulley that you line up. I have to admit, I typically go a little on the tight side.
I thought that the timing belt tensioner was automatic? I didn’t think you could losen or tighten? I have no clue but that’s what the autozone guy told me.
After doing some messing around I have gotten the sound to go away. After doing some thinking I realized that the only time I heard the sound is when I had the timing cover on. When I would start the car after putting the belt on the cover was always off. So I took the cover off and drove it around for a while and never heard the sound. So I started to look at the cover and I noticed that one of the tabs was bent. So the only problem I really had is the belt was rubbing on the tab. Hopefully I will be able to bend it back out of the way. If not, is it bad to drive it with out the cover on? I’m sure I could get one from a salvage yard or something but I figure if I don’t need it then I will just save some money. Sorry if that’s a stupid question.
Drunk32, If it has the block with plunger that year, it is unless the spring tension is weak. Nope, I just went to Rockauto and looked it up. It is adjusted by the idler tensioner, can not tell in the picture if it has a alignment mark or not. Iam guessing it is because it appears a spot for allen wrench to rotate tensioner by accentric means. That would move the pulley in to the belt to tighten it. I have done the Focus 01 before, should be about the same, although those engines will not interchange.
Did you by any chance pull the pulley off the crank shaft that the timing belt went on?
O.K .. Looked up Chilton, it says loosen tensioner and tighten with a prybar to firm tension and then retighten bolt. But that also was for DOHC. Could not find for SOHC.
I think you have to manually adjust that one on that vehicle.
Do not quote me. Post a picture if you could or i can try to look up the part later if you post your 8th digit of your Vin #.
I agree that the timing belt tension is a great place to start especially since the noise seemed to show up after you did the belt but just in case the tension isn’t the issue here is a video that I did on finding noises that might help you locate the area that it’s coming from.
I would not drive it in dirty, or rainy conditions that way. Glad to hear you have it resolved.
No such thing as a stupid question, only stupid answers!I would look for a salvage yard replacement if you did not want to buy it new.
Thanks for the update also. Dont forget to change the traffic light to green if the issue is resolved as that will help others searching our database C8-)
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