hi all,
sold my disco a while back now but a mate of mine is now having a few problems with his 300tdi (ill never get clean hands!) anyway..
been having a squeek from the water pump for a few days and on inpection it has a little play in the pulley-not much but its planned to change it at the weekend as we know they dont last long once they start going. he called round today because the rev counter started bouncing and waving on idle-fine when revved. cleaned the plugs and wires on the back of the alternator with brake cleaner and gave behind the pulley a quick squirt, the squeek stopped and the rev counter whent back to normal. couple of mins later and the squeek came back and the counter bouncing again!
last service about 2-3 month ago the guy said he had checked everything over and the alternator was ok.
is this a sign the alternator is on its way out or could it be if the water pump is leaking from the bearing onto it and gunking it up?
any ideas would be a big help. cheers
sold my disco a while back now but a mate of mine is now having a few problems with his 300tdi (ill never get clean hands!) anyway..
been having a squeek from the water pump for a few days and on inpection it has a little play in the pulley-not much but its planned to change it at the weekend as we know they dont last long once they start going. he called round today because the rev counter started bouncing and waving on idle-fine when revved. cleaned the plugs and wires on the back of the alternator with brake cleaner and gave behind the pulley a quick squirt, the squeek stopped and the rev counter whent back to normal. couple of mins later and the squeek came back and the counter bouncing again!
last service about 2-3 month ago the guy said he had checked everything over and the alternator was ok.
is this a sign the alternator is on its way out or could it be if the water pump is leaking from the bearing onto it and gunking it up?
any ideas would be a big help. cheers
