Squealing engine when accelerating

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Squealing engine when accelerating

Post by votes » Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:45 am

since having the diesel pump replaced our Bongo has now developed a squeal when accelerating, the warmer the engine gets the quieter the squeal seems to become, also if engine is turned off and left to cool for a while when engine is restarted the squeal is 10 x worse until engine warms again, any advice will be greatly appreciated
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Re: Squealing engine when accelerating

Post by mikeWalsall » Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:07 am

Usual sign of an engine drive belt slipping / needs adjusting ...
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Re: Squealing engine when accelerating

Post by dave_aber » Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:37 pm

Have a close look at the exhaust manifold. You may find black sooty marks around the front end of it, and possibly the end / nut missing off a stud or 2. Best fix is to have the manifold removed and skimmed, and have all the studs, broken or not, replaced.

It's a common issue with the TD, the manifold warps and pops the No.1 stud.

Symptoms are temperature related squeal, just like a slipping belt.
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Re: Squealing engine when accelerating

Post by votes » Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:55 pm

Thanks for your help its always reassuring knowing that there are people out there with answers
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Re: Squealing engine when accelerating

Post by 321Away » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:08 pm

pull up the seats and get your head in there, first off see which side its coming from, then try n narrow down its source. as said by the others squals are usually made by escaping gas, and your boost pipe/inlet manifold would have been disturbed whilst changing the fuel pump, so is the noise, passenger (usually exhaust manifold, accompanied by black sooty (not the puppet :? )deposits over the engine, or driver side which is usually the boost elbow to inlet manifold/EGR to boost elbow gaskets

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