Help Serpentine belt issue - help me please ?

[macabethiel]

Well the noise on my Santa Fe has come back within a couple of days of having the new tensioner wheel and belt replaced.

When my local mechanic finished fitting the tensioner and belt he was not happy with the job as the belt was running slightly off centre on the tensioner wheel.

Clearly there is something pulling the belt sideways so presumably either the alternator, power steering pump or air conditioning pump is running off centre. I suspect the air conditioning clutch might be worn.

Anyone on our forum had a similar issue or knows someone who has ?

As I have been blocked from the UK Hyundai Forum owners club for being critical of the gagging policy I can't ask there !!

 

[AlexD333]

Just make a new profile and behave yourself

In all seriousness though sounds like he has messed something up or not done something correctly :nenau

 

[briggie]

belt appears to be running off centre ? ..... well that would cause a noise due to the strain the belt is under ..... would also cause wear too , all the options you mentioned above sound plausible I guess , even perhaps a bearing going / gone ...... further investigation as to why and what is causing it to run off centre required me thinks .

 

[macabethiel]

Just make a new profile and behave yourself

In all seriousness though sounds like he has messed something up or not done something correctly :nenau

Tried that they have blocked my IP address.

 

[macabethiel]

belt appears to be running off centre ? ..... well that would cause a noise due to the strain the belt is under ..... would also cause wear too , all the options you mentioned above sound plausible I guess , even perhaps a bearing going / gone ...... further investigation as to why and what is causing it to run off centre required me thinks .

To be fair to the mechanic he has done what I would have done first as the tensioner bearing had excessive play and was very badly worn. Looks like this was as a result of something else being worn so its a secondary problem not the primary cause.

TBH its a pig to get at anything to effectively to check for play. I suspect the air conditioning clutch so we will see where he goes next.

 

[Paff]

Tried that they have blocked my IP address.

Reset your router, that will give you a new IP addy, unless you have a fixed IP addy.

 

[macabethiel]

Reset your router, that will give you a new IP addy, unless you have a fixed IP addy.

I will try that thank's not sure if its fixed how would I know ?

I am with virgin media with a wireless super hub.

 

[FormerSmurf]

Virgin don't allow residential accounts to have static IP's, but the MAC address is fixed.

Log into the admin page of the hub, and you should be able to renew DHCP lease. Do this, full reset, and wait an hour or so.

If the new hubs are like the old hubs, it will restore to factory default (ie lose any custom SSID/Password).