Chirp chirp chirp goes the landy (but it's not a belt...)

AndyC · 2010-02-28T10:57:14+00:00

The Landy (Defender 110, Range Rover 3.9 V8, LT85) has been chirpingoccasionally for a few months, recently it's become continuous andlouder - it's driving me round the bend and as we're 3 weeks away fromdriving to Italy, it's a bit of a worry that something's going tofail. I was pretty sure it was either a belt or the water pump/alternator/PAS pump bearing, but I ran the engine with all 3 beltsremoved yesterday and it still did it :-( The chirps keep time withengine speed, not road speed & still happens when we're stationary soI don't think it's from the gearbox or transmission. When it was moreoccasional it seemed to happen once the engine was warm, but now it'sall the time.Digging around the web, I found two possibilities - a tappet on it'sway out (they are Britpart from before I knew better and I've alwaysthought one was a bit noisy) or a mounting rubber (this from a HarleyDavidson forum!). I'm also wondering about the clutch release bearing,although depressing the clutch makes no difference, which I'd expectit to do so if it was the clutch release bearing.Any other ideas?TIA,AndyC.

Feb 28, 2010 21 Replies

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Dave Baxter 16 years ago

I Will remember that! Different....

Dave.

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GbH 16 years ago

Chalk another one up for our resident V8 guru:- Badger!!! Yay!

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