bt_cav Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Hi Folks Had a look at my friends car as it has developed a constant and very noticable whining noise from the engine. I started the car up and heard it straight away, I turned on the ac to see if it made any diffrence but it did not...Likewise with the heated screens, also tried moving the steering wheel from side to side but again no change, This makes me think its going to be the water pump bearing as putting load on the Aux belt makes no diffrence Im looking for your thoughts on this one with reguards to further testing and price for replacement, I know it wont be cheap as there will be other parts/consumables to be replaced to such a antifreeze new timingbelt.... Also Could I ask ford rapid fit to fit a new water pump without paying for them to diagnose the noise, with the understanding if there is no change then I can't go back to them and complain the noise is still there etc.. The car has done just over 25,000 and has had a gentle whine for about 2 years, it only dose short journeys a couple of times a week, however the whine got worse after a 40 mile round trip a few days ago. Many thanks in Advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btmaldon Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 A good Indy Garage should do it for about £150. It is likely to be the water pump or the Aux belt tensioner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt_cav Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Cheers btmaldon :) Just called Rapidfit, they said just bring the car in they wont charge to diagnose the fault :) They are going to call me back with a price, I'll keep you posted Keep your thoughts comming guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt_cav Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 I called Rapid Fit, they said to bring the car along and they would not charge to diagnose the fault. He also quoated £250 to replace the water pump which isn inclusive of the pump, gaskets, antifreeze,1.5 hours labour and vat I asked if that included a new cam belt, he told me he never saw anything about disturbing the cam belt to change the water pump Is this correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt_cav Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 Hey Guys Just realizid that this engine is a chain driven engine rather than a cam belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btmaldon Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 If its the 8v engine as fitted on the the early SportKA's and StreetKA's it is cambelt. The water pump is driven by the auxilliary belt anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobomassiv Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 If its the 8v engine as fitted on the the early SportKA's and StreetKA's it is cambelt. The water pump is driven by the auxilliary belt anyway. All sportkas and streetkas have had the same engine from release to discontinuation. But yes they have an aux belt still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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