hi everybody i recently bought a ex royal mail t reg escort van it is a 1.8 endura engine, i was informed that it had its cam belt changed at 36,000 miles on the service history from royal mail. but the new owner before me had this changed again at 48,000, the van is now coming up to 50.000. my problem is there sounds a bit of a noise coming from that area especially when first started,sounds like a humming flapping noise. i have checked the belt for tension and all seems well,also another belt behind another cover running fuel pump seems tensioned ok. sould this belt also be replaced by now ,do you think? fan belt looks worn a bit but is tight. perhaps it would pay to replace the lot for piece of mind, besides this niggle van drives lovely. anyone had similar symptoms regards andy
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19 years ago