A few problems

chuster · Post by **chuster** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:03 pm

Hey all

First is recently, after driving the car continuously as in highway with no braking for a decent amount of time and i hit the brakes, the top left light (washer bottle?) and bottom left light(overheating) come on and I've topped up my washer bottle and coolant.

Next is in the past few days, I've noticed squeaking noises coming from the rear left side of the engine bay (near the driver) which is at its worst just before i turn off the car. I was wondering what kind of belt issues i would have?

And lastly, just this morning when i cranked the car, it just made a ticking noise but wouldnt start. I assume this is a dead starter motor? And could it be related to the belt noises?

If you were wondering its a GPX.

If it is the starter motor, does anyone have one lying around? (dstocks

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Cheers

Post by **vipfto** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:53 pm

ok first try to tighten belts or they may need replacing.

as for starter could just be battery get that checked first but the starter is a known prob on them

Post by **dstocks** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:04 pm

Ive got a starter motor, but i reckon its the battery. Itll make a ticking noise if its flat. As to the squeak, I think that might be one of your idler pulleys (there are 2 of them, one on the timing belt and another on one of the other belts. They have a habit of squeaking when they get dry. If it ends up being that, I can get new ones.

chuster · Post by **chuster** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:18 pm

I already changed the battery before. Also I noticed it wasnt quite a ticking noise, it sounded like metal hitting metal

Post by **vipfto** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:17 am

starter

chuster · Post by **chuster** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:53 am

Turns out my starter motor wasnt getting enough power, just needed to tighten up the battery terminals.

Thanks for the help guys