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Need help with scraping noise from belt area.

TFR
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Scraping noise from what sounds like near the serpentine belt. I’ve changed the belt and still the same. I then changed the belt tensioner and put another new belt on and still the same. I can not tell the exact area it’s coming from. Ford fiesta Titanium 1.4 tdci 2009.

 

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    The noise does disappear after so long of driving

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    Have you tried running it with the aux belt removed?  That will prove whether the noise is from the aux belt or not.

    I don't think it will be, as I had a 1.6 TDCI that made an 'aux belt' noise for the 3+ years that I owned it.  Even after replacing the timing belt, waterpump, aux belt and aux tensioner.  I have seen other people post about the same noise on these engines as well.  I suspect it could be the high pressure fuel pump, but never seen it confirmed.

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    13 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

    Have you tried running it with the aux belt removed?  That will prove whether the noise is from the aux belt or not.

    I don't think it will be, as I had a 1.6 TDCI that made an 'aux belt' noise for the 3+ years that I owned it.  Even after replacing the timing belt, waterpump, aux belt and aux tensioner.  I have seen other people post about the same noise on these engines as well.  I suspect it could be the high pressure fuel pump, but never seen it confirmed.

    13 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

    Have you tried running it with the aux belt removed?  That will prove whether the noise is from the aux belt or not.

    I don't think it will be, as I had a 1.6 TDCI that made an 'aux belt' noise for the 3+ years that I owned it.  Even after replacing the timing belt, waterpump, aux belt and aux tensioner.  I have seen other people post about the same noise on these engines as well.  I suspect it could be the high pressure fuel pump, but never seen it confirmed.

    I haven’t but the noise doesn’t even happen sometimes it’s a strange one it’s usually when the car’s been sat over night or for few hours but it definitely seems like it’s from that area. Will give it a try tomorrow but with it not happening all the time I could take off the belt and it might not make the noise anyways so it’s a hard one to figure out I even bought a stethoscope to try pinpoint where it was from but that was a waste of time.

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    Noise is still there with no belt on

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    7 hours ago, TFR said:

    Noise is still there with no belt on

    That is good news! Means there most likely isn't a fault and you can just ignore it.🙂

    (Unless the cambelt is overdue or unknown - you may still choose to replace that for peace of mind, though I don't believe that will stop the noise based on past experience.)

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