I know very little about cars but having being inspired by other threads I have been out and had another look at the problems. 1) The 'cardboard' protection for the pulleys/belts had become slightly dislodged and occasionally catching on the bottom toothed pulley. Realignment and problem...

There is a tendency to drift to the left. Not a definate pulling, but you feel as if you have to continually apply slight clockwise pressure to the steering wheel. Varies slightly - seems to be 'sensitive' to different roads. I thought this had supposed to have been corrected on 'later...

Over this weekend two different symptoms have developed that appear to be linked. 1) Intermittent noise from off-side low down in engine compartment. I've heard the noise described as like the folded cardboard in bike wheel trick or dry bearings. It originally appeared to be linked with...