Ford Transit Forum

by **rompom** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:16 pm

I posted this last week but didn't have much response as I don't think the fault was well described. After a trip to Portsmouth & back I am better acquainted with the sound! It relates to a 1999 Ford Transit 190 with a 2.4 diesel engine (non-turbo).

Under acceleration in all 5 gears there is a screeching noise coming from the LHS of the engine (almost as if it's coming from the glove box). It sounds like a loose fan-belt but only happens when the car is in gear, and accelerating. It also worsens briefly when I take my foot off the gas if the revs stay high and I don't change up. I assume it is not a fan belt as the noise ONLY happens in gear/accelerating, not when I first start the engine from cold. It did not improve over the 100 mile journey over the weekend.

I have read in different forums that it could be the cam belt or auxiliary drive belt. Any opinions here? Are either of these things I could replace with limited knowledge, a decent tool kit and a Haynes manual!?

by **Nadjenka** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:10 pm

I'm no expert, but this is what I would do to make sure it's not your alternator/fan belt:

- look at the engine from the top, so you can see the alternator/fan belt nicely lined up. Check that it is straight - ie the alternator is not leaning forward (if that makes sense...) or that the belt is not trying to jump off the alternator pulley.
- grab the alternator by hand and make sure it doesn't "wobble" - i.e that it is solidly attached.
- check you have all three mounting bolts in place and tight :oops:

Squeeking noise can come from many things, I only had Transit for a year and twice have I heard the squeek - both times with not very pleasant endings... :evil:

In my case these squeeks were coming from alternator and were caused by alternator being out of line/not mounted properly and resulting in snapped mounting bolt (the one underneath the alternator). There are pictures on my thread somewhere... :shock: