badcoupe

should be ok to go with it, over 40 and i wouldnt

Lightningmcnulty

Ok good news guys it's together and works and no smoke! It seems to make good power but I don't really have anything to base that on!

Now the bad/weird, I have a water leak, I think it's down to a clamp that I didn't do up quite enough, I tightened it but haven't tested yet.

Second I have the dreaded balance belt noise so I have to go back in and address that.

Here is the weirdest thing. My power steering belt turned onto its side then eventually came off, why is this happening? To tight to loose?

Thanks

Kim

Fara

If the belt turned on its side and came off, it's probably one of two things:

The two pulleys are not in good alignment
or
The belt is too loose.

Lightningmcnulty

Ok I don't think I can change the alignment so I will tighten it!

Fara

I'm not sure if it's the same with the power steering/accessory belt, but I saw one early 944 who had managed to mount their alternator incorrectly resulting in the belt moving on an angle and eating itself.

Lightningmcnulty

No it's the v belt, I would guess it just wasn't tight enough but I will tighten it tonight and see what happens.

944Ross

I'd be inclined to trust your adjustment on the BB, unless you've never done it before. A lot of them just seem to make noise even when at proper tension.

After one belt job, I had trouble with the PS belt, and found the sheave for it on the crankshaft hadn't gotten seated properly in the larger hub. It was cocked and threw the belt almost immediately.

Lightningmcnulty

Ok cool, I will try it

Thanks

Kim

Lightningmcnulty

I re-tensioned my BB and now its much quieter.

I tried to re-fit my PS belt but after 5 minutes of driving it came off again, I re-fitted the original belt and all seems to be well, I wonder if I got the wrong from LR?!

Thanks for all your help guys.

Kim