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polo 98 (R -Reg) fan/tensioner
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:59 am
by MARKBLACK
Hi, I have a polo 1 litre (1998) I am getting a squealing noise from the fan belt tensioner. I assume it’s a new one needed, but I don’t know what to buy (are they costly and easy to get hold of?) are they easy to fit also – any help appecaited....
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:02 am
by Matty2021
Is the squeeling just when your setting off? ie first gear.
It could just be that your fan belt needs tightening as the squeeling tends to be the belt just being a little too slack.
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:16 pm
by Tahrey1043
Yeah...... i thought this was my clutch being knackered for ages
It's pretty simple to do, so long as your alternator bolts aren't totally seized. beg/borrow/steal a haynes manual and take a mosey. (finally figured mine out and fixed it on a petrol station forecourt
lol)
also forces you to take a look at the whole affair, which if i'd done at another time would have saved an AA callout when the thing wore out and eventually wrapped itself around the alternator in shards. (it must have been looking crap for ages, and it's simple / cheap to replace)
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:19 pm
by Mk2Adam
and just so you know, a 98 polo would be the Mk4 section or (mkIV)
this is the older style polo
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:23 pm
by SpikeyG40
moved from mk3 to mk4 section!