Hi all.
I have had a range of clio's in the past and just went to look at a 2002 182 with 112k miles on it. When starting the idle was quite lumpy (as I expected) but there was a constant whine which disappeared when revving. The seller told me that he had recently serviced the car changing the cam belt, water pump, aux belt, etc but he didn't change the aux tensioner.
Could this whine (almost like a suoercharger) be linked to the auxiliary belt? When steering the pitch didn't change so I'm assuming it's not the PAS pump and also it wasn't screaming so know it was not the fan belt.
Any ideas? Sorry I don't have any audio. Should I just walk away?
Dave
I have had a range of clio's in the past and just went to look at a 2002 182 with 112k miles on it. When starting the idle was quite lumpy (as I expected) but there was a constant whine which disappeared when revving. The seller told me that he had recently serviced the car changing the cam belt, water pump, aux belt, etc but he didn't change the aux tensioner.
Could this whine (almost like a suoercharger) be linked to the auxiliary belt? When steering the pitch didn't change so I'm assuming it's not the PAS pump and also it wasn't screaming so know it was not the fan belt.
Any ideas? Sorry I don't have any audio. Should I just walk away?
Dave