whats this noise

" anyone identify this noise? be warned its a very irritating noise to hear over and over. and dont have speakers too loud as its ear piercing. or is to me anyway. but only happens when engine is cold. and stops once its warmed up. and my power steering fluid seems to be very slowly getting lower and lower"

Phil Holmes
Philholmes87@hotmail.co.uk
1998 BMW E36 318IS - RED

Fan belt

as in loose? becuase ive tried tuggin the belt and its solid. no play in it or owt

Phil Holmes
Philholmes87@hotmail.co.uk
1998 BMW E36 318IS - RED

Probably time for a new one

was gona say fan belt sounds like its slippin.

"maybe its the camblet guide pully it works with baring and sometimes they go and can be quite annoying aswell when is the last time u changed ur cambelt and how many miles has ur car done and fan belt would be loader than that id imagine"

oh just read the last line of that post of urs mine did a wiring noise like that when i 1st did my engine change i thought it was my altinator baring but it seemed it was just my powersteering that needed bleeding

"Well shaun my car has done 33k miles so dont think its cam belt yet as i belive it needs doing at 60k.. But ive solved the problem yesterday as i was doing alot of driving about that squeek got louder and was still there when engine was warm then it stopped and i sarted developing a wiring noise and my steering seemed a little bit heavier. then the wiring noise got so loud i could hear it over my exhaust and sterio. and my power steering became none existant. it was like driving my old corsa that had no PAS. it took me all my effort to park the bloody thing. looked under bonnet my PAS fluid was everywhere on my fan belt pullys engine all over under the car like wishbones etc within 10 mins of parking up there was a huge puddle under the car. PAS resovuoir was empty. filled it up and it emptied instantly on to road. checked all hoses and pipes and they are fine. Basicly power steering pump has totaly gone lol. so managed to source a new one for _Ǭ£40. will fit it once it gets delivered during week and im hoping it should bo sorted then lol. But thanks for all your comments "

Phil Holmes
Philholmes87@hotmail.co.uk
1998 BMW E36 318IS - RED

"did you break a mirror or something? unlucky m8 cambelt tensioners are very very robust on peugeots especially on the TU engine which you have there. known 1 do 140K from new without beiong changed. lets hear how you get on."

"someone just said that to me on the pug forums about me having a TU engine what does that mean? and did i break a mirror? Did that absolutly agies ago and its still like that now lol"

Phil Holmes
Philholmes87@hotmail.co.uk
1998 BMW E36 318IS - RED