Austin101

The mother inlaw was saying there a rattle of my car when you rev it.I said the rattle in your head.2 weeks later she lands to my door and leaves the car and says have a look at it.As you can see she was right

Austin101

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The dirty little bastard. The pics won't upload

dojj

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post the link to the pics, someone will get it sorted for you

LHD220Turbo

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post the pics

was the rattle only at certain revs?

Austin101

Finally

st3v3

well thats gonna be Ł100 to put right.

I had mine changed the other week as it was rumbling, not as nad as this one probably was?!

LHD220Turbo

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whats the symptoms of these things giving up. once had a mondy 2001 1.8 duratec and would rumble at 2,000rpm but you could rev through it. sounded almost like a bottom end knock

never got to the bottom of it

is it a common issue?

Austin101

It rattles just as you give trottle between 1000 and 1500 RPM. Must be common when its on ebay.95 euros it cost me.Febi bilstein makes them.

LHD220Turbo

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i assume thats the AUX belt pulley?

cosworthlee

should rattle worse when you put the aircon on. petrol mondeos dont suffer as bad as diesel but petrols have a nasty rattle at about 2k this will proberly be the flaps in the inlet get them out or they with end up head butting a piston

st3v3

if you hear a rumble low down it could be the crank pulley or aux belt tensioner, Ford say change both with a new belt but i didnt, just did the pulley.

Yes tdci's are worse than petrol mondys, mine was a tdci.

LHD220Turbo

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might of well been that then - what actually causes the rumble tho? is there bearings in the pulleys?

st3v3

no the ribbed part of the pully is actually rubber mounted on to the steel inner part of the pully, so you have outer-rubber- inner, 3 parts, the rubber starts to destroy itself then you get the rumble.

Another great idea from Ford

LHD220Turbo

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thanks for your help!

tabetha

Not a rumble but looked at a mk1 mondy 2l petrol that had a crack crack noise when cold, think it might be a good idea to have a close look at the pulleys, thanks for the piccies on this thread.
tabetha

Mr S1

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I at the weekend had the bottom pulley, alternator tbelt and tensioner replaced on my TDCi Mondeo. Was making a bloody awful noise, but since they've all been changed - all quietened right down.

Dal_

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If it's pictures you want, or for those that don't know what they look like or just for reference should it be needed, here are the ones that just came off my ST TDCi:

Gates auxiliary belt kit:




Crank pulley:





The garage that did it took about 2.5 hours to fit it all and it's made the engine so much quieter!

daviddunlop83

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How much was the kit? Does the kit come with the pulley and also the tensioner unit?

I think my tensioner is on its way out ask it squeeks sometimes and i think its the original with nearly 140k on it.

IS the tensioner and pulley the same on all diesel mondeo's? Mine is a 2.0L TDDI mondeo. It looks very similiar to the pictures

Dal_

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I had my local garage buy the bits (so if they fail within a year, they'll replace them FOC) but I think the Pulley was about Ł60 and the Tensioner kit was about Ł100. They come separately, hence why the pulley was in a different box. The parts shown come in the boxes below for a part number.

That kit is the same for the 2.0 and the 2.2L like mine.

daviddunlop83

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Cheers, i think i will def do mine as it rattles when on idle. How do you know if the pulley is fucked or if im going to the hassle it better to just do both do you think?

Dal_

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When I bought mine, the aux belt jumped about on the top most visible pulley on the left of the engine. (Got some money off the sale because of it ) and it made a racket especially when cold on idle.

That could have been caused by the worn lower crank pulley or the tensioner, or both. If you only replace one or the other, you might wear the new part prematurely and possibly bring to fail the un-replaced part. Best to be safe and get the whole lot done to be sure. Mines now super smooth and quiet, well... as much as a diesel can be. lol

I was thinking that if the crank pulley is buggered, could this be putting more stress on the other end of the crankshaft, i.e. the fabled Clutch / Dual mass flywheel, by not absorbing the vibrations that it's supposed to?

daviddunlop83

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Do you know what motorfactors they got the parts from? Local one here wants Ł112 plus vat for the tensioner kit

Dal_

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Just a local place near me in Cambridgeshire, not a national chain. The parts ain't cheap anywhere unfortunately.

Austin101

I'v done the lot, alternator/crankshaft pulley/tensioner/v-belt. Now the power steering is not right.

daviddunlop83

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Ordered all the parts and should be here tommorrow. They had the pulley in stock and just needed to get the gates kit.

My alternator was new not so long as so that will be everything new on that end of the engine. Might do the power steering pump belt as it looks a bit tatty and could do with being changed.

One quick question is? Do you take the pulley off teh end of teh camshaft to get that belt off? I have never really looked at it properly but there is no tensioner on it is there?