rattle

This is doing my head in, a rattle first thing when car has been
standing all night and it gos away after about 3 secs of engine
running ,have replaced the fan belt the belt tensioner so any body got
any idea what it could be, sprayed oil on fan belt and it stops, so
could it be the belt too lose?

 

Sounds like the oil filter draining. Have you changed it lately? If you
have you didn't get one with an anti-drain valve.

Ron Robinson

 

Possible early signs of the crankshaft pulley going. It is rubber bonded
on 406's and is a known problem. It may apply to the 405 as well.

 

Also i have notice when it got wet when i washed the engine and got the
bottom pulley wet thats when the noise was there.it has only started
first thing in the morning,the rest of the day it is not there, also
the engine has not lost any power at all,

 

You 'sprayed oil on the fanbelt'? Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeez!! Leave the poor car
alone.

 

yeap and it stopped it for a time..

 

Yes I had the same problem with brakes shoes
keep squeaking once. I just covered them
in oil and they were fine afterwards.

 

it was wd40 not oil like i said in the last list i turned the fanbelt
side ways and it gos from 1/4too to 12 oclock so i think it is the belt

 

Chris. the only thing to put on a fan belt is brake fluid.

Bryan

 

And does that stop it making a noise? never heard of that before

 

Oil and rubber do not mix, the oil rots the rubber. In the old days if you
had a squeak on a pulley, a drop of brake fluid was the standard method of
stopping the squeak, but never ever oil.

Bryan

 

Its more of a rattle than a squeak.its not there all the time like
today no noise from it first thing.and i have been stopping and
starting alday with out any noise.i have been told it could be the fan
belt too loose and when it gets a little warm or hot it dont make any
noise.

 

Chris, reference my earlier contribution. If the 405 has the rubber bonded
crankshaft pulley it is worth checking out because what you describe is
exactly how my 406 behaved when it was on the way out.

 

have checked the bottom pulley and it is all steel no rubber on it all

 

Ah well, at least you have eliminated one possibility. It will be
interesting to see what turns out to be the problem. I was hoping Nigel or
GT might spot this thread because they invariably come up with the best
answers.

 

Been away for a week, and I haven't got the beginning of this thread.
Just been on Google to read from the start.
I presume the car is a 405? Chris, have you actually tightened the
belt yet? You say you have changed the belt and tensioner. Were they
both Peugeot parts or cheap pattern ones? If the noise goes away when
you put oil on the belt, or WD40 then I would think there is a problem
in that area. Try tightening first. It's difficult to say how tight as
you are supposed to use a special gauge, but a quarter of a turn on
the longest run should be tight enough.

 

Cor, that was quick Nigel. I feel like Aladdin when he rubbed the lamp
;o)
Assuming the week away was holiday I trust it was good.

 

That thing has been as good as gold alday today,the other thing is i
had to check the air in my tyres the other day because i found my power
steering light,when i pulled up at tescos found that the front ones had
46psi in each one and back one had 35psi.i reset the front ones for
31psi and backs to 32psi i also checked these when the car had been
standing for4 hrs just incase the heat made the tryes swell up.now i
know that i am turning my wheels,which i like to feel.all the parts are
Peugeot parts fitted, have been told by peugeot at walton on thames it
sounds like the belt just needs doing up a little bit more, also they
said it will not hurt to leave it for now, so i might say sod it and
leave it,Thank you too you of you that replyed to me about this
matter,this group have been very helpful to me over the years that i
have been on here,

 

That thing has been as good as gold alday today,the other thing is i
had to check the air in my tyres the other day because i found my power
steering light,when i pulled up at tescos found that the front ones had
46psi in each one and back one had 35psi.i reset the front ones for
31psi and backs to 32psi i also checked these when the car had been
standing for4 hrs just incase the heat made the tryes swell up.now i
know that i am turning my wheels,which i like to feel.all the parts are
Peugeot parts fitted, have been told by peugeot at walton on thames it
sounds like the belt just needs doing up a little bit more, also they
said it will not hurt to leave it for now, so i might say sod it and
leave it,Thank you too you of you that replyed to me about this
matter,this group have been very helpful to me over the years that i
have been on here,

 

Actually Chris you have been equally helpful to other people on this group.
I see that you too use "Walchry as was" at Walton. Apparently that name
was derived from WALton CHRYsler which was their original agency. Of
course the Walchry name has gone this year.