Chirping

[SteveyD]

£249 is a pretty good price, its a 2-3 hour job.  How old is your car, it needs a cambelt at least every 5 years anyway.

[Lyons]

It just turned 3 in January with 20k.

[SteveyD]

damn really? so your out of warrenty by 1 month.... 

then perhaps start a thread on here of everyone who has had the same problem and use it to get the job done under goodwill.  you might at least get some monney off.  Just dont use VW Warrington (see my post)

[Russ_leeds]

ok, so just got my car bac from the stealers and they reckon they've sorted the noise.
turns out it was the alternator belt and they have replaced this under warranty. has any 1 heard of this before?
cant tell if its gone untill 2morro as it only did it from fully cold.
cheers

[Lyons]

Ill be keen to hear if its sorted it tomorrow!

[Lyons]

If you wanted to eliminate the alternator belt simply remove it and start the car cold. 

Id be keen to try this to at least determine if its the cambelt, or alternator belt as per Russ experienced.

However i havent a clue about mechanical stuff. Where exactly is the alternator and belt, and how can it be removed?! Is it straight forward?

[Russ_leeds]

got home from work 2nite and started the car...........
and there was the noise again!!!! 

[Lyons]

Uh oh.

Was the cambelt issue mentioned at all when you had the car in? Did they check it?

[Russ_leeds]

yeah i sed i know sum1 who had this prob and it was the cambelt and tensioner n they sed they'd never heard of any cases???
not only this but the headlights keep steamin up with condensation inside and they sed they were within the parameters and wouldnt change those!!
gettin pissed off now only had the car a month

[NB07]

if the sales man has any common sense he will sort it for you otherwise you need to look in to telling him you want you money back. there are laws and regulations that he must behold otherwise i wouldnt be very happy with him or the branch for selling a car that they didnt check thoroughly.

I had the same thing nearly a year ago and was lucky that they did any thing in the end but persevered and got it fixed under warranty.

its a common problem with these engines across the range (audis, seats, skoda's all suffering the same) so i suggest you say to them, not that you read something on the internet, but you are concerned that the car you bought isnt in working order and its nothing to do with the alternator they replaced but could be something else, like a friend said it was the cam belt and tensioner. if they dont sort it properly then they will be breaching the terms of the warranty.     

[Russ_leeds]

cheers going to ring them 2morro n see wat they say

[nc35]

My local dealer is doing the belt kit fitted for £249 on special offer at the minute. However, im reluctant to go ahead if the noise i hear is perfectly natural 

care to tell which dealer? JCT Bradford will match or beat any genuine quote.
Think mine is just about due. Nearly 5yrs & 55k

[Lyons]

I think it was Verve on Glasgow.

[Rob GTI]

Just for the record I had the chirping in my Ed 30 and today it was changed with with no question under warranty they also did the roller, tensioner and water pump at the same time (the water pump was not originally planned but when they had the rest off they noticed it was weaping from the seal.)

So overall a result especially as it winds the time I need to pay for it back a to 5 yrs or 60k or whatever the book says.

[Russ_leeds]

mines booked back in on tue for a couple of days so they should sort it this time