Noisy air-con/idler bearing

Chrisp · Post by **Chrisp** » Thu May 29, 2003 12:18 am

Has/does anyone have a noisy air-con compressor or idler bearing in their FTO engine?
My GPX makes a mechanical wurring noise (proportional to engine speed) which sound like its coming from the air con compressor or idler. I had the same thing (idler bearing) happen to my silvia and it made exactly the same noise, so im pretty sure thats what it is.
If so, how much did it cost to fix? Who did it? Any advice?
Cheers.

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Thu May 29, 2003 11:26 am

last time i had a wurring noise , was when the alternator was going out...

jono

Chrisp · Post by **Chrisp** » Thu May 29, 2003 11:02 pm

hmm alternator hey, nah i think thats ok. (touch wood).
I took it to a mechanic today and they think its actually the timing belt, which i thought needed doing. Gonna cost me about $380 to replace i think.

Cohn · Post by **Cohn** » Thu May 29, 2003 11:16 pm

ChrisP, i'm hitting the 100'000k mark and also need a new timing belt.

But you see, the best price i've been qouted was $500 ($200 for belt, 4-6 hour job)

If you can get it for around 380, TELL ME please!!!

Thanks
Ben

Chrisp · Post by **Chrisp** » Thu May 29, 2003 11:31 pm

The mechanic said about $140 for geniune mitsubishi timing belt and about 4 hours labour. I'll let you know how it turns out. Im in melb though.

Cohn · Post by **Cohn** » Thu May 29, 2003 11:50 pm

Hmm, that is really cheap compared to the qoutes i've been looking at over here...

Maybe i need to look a little harder

FTO2sxy · Post by **FTO2sxy** » Fri May 30, 2003 11:31 am

what the cheapest place in sydney to get a new timing belt???

Chrisp · Post by **Chrisp** » Fri May 30, 2003 10:05 pm

yeah, well..... the mechanic said one price and I actually recieved the quote today.

Timing belt $312.40
power steering belt. $99.00
serpent belt. $58.30
Sonic bath 6 fuel injectors $270.00
six spark plugs $132.00
four camshaft seals $92.40

Seems a lot more expensive now!!! not impressed

MattG · Post by **MattG** » Fri May 30, 2003 11:54 pm

I have to replace my power steering / air conditioning belt as it is split.

The price from Mitsubishi was about $108. I found out from talking to one of the guys in the oarts dept that the belt length is a 6PK 1070.

I rang around other places.

The closest I could find was either

a) 6PK 1065 (5mm shorter)

b) 6PK 1080 (10mm longer)

Acme parts quoted me $26 for the 6PK 1080. This should fit as you can usually adjust the positioning of the wheels that they go around.