Originally Posted by
BathurstTom
Well yesterday it developed a bit of a noise like the fan belt was slipping, but only wen the motor is accelerating. It isn't the belts as If I take it out of gear and gun it, no noise. No noise on deceleration either.
So I pulled the intake manifold off to have a look today. I could not see any obvious leaks - i.e. carbon but I did torque the bolts up a little more (to 45nm) as they were perhaps only about 25-30 nm.
It did seem to be a little better in regards to the intermittent noise, although after gunning it around town for a while, the intermittent noise did reappear at the end. I thought that the belt like noise was worse also.
Is it possible that the belt like noise is it blowing by the intake gasket under load (I did remove the intake earlier). It also has a Allisport intercooler fitted about two weeks ago. Is an exhaust leak usually visible on thse?
Thanks,
Tom.