Tommo&Claire
Well-Known Member
Well........ same problem, the preheater assembly, as soon as it gets wets it's like a banshee so myself and Ecky took it all apart and cleaned it up.
The bearing would spin freely on your fingers but there was still an ever so slight grinding (literally tiny) to be felt but by no means was the bearing in danger of imminent failure, so we dosed it up with white grease and put it all back together and it was immediately back to normal, no squealing or anything. but then as soon as it got wet again on monday, the squealing was back, ditto for when i jet washed the engine on tuesday. So there is clearly somethig amiss and as i've got some long distance overlanding coming up next year is it wise to replace it???
I've WD40'd it (and similar products) to death and as soon as you put any lubricant anywhere near it, it goes absolutely silent (even water) but as soon as that is washed/dried out it's off again.
I've exhausted my good ideas bank, so before i spend £600 replacing the blighter (Mr T wants £903 for parts alone not inclusive of VAT or labour) i throw the floor open to the experts.....
The bearing would spin freely on your fingers but there was still an ever so slight grinding (literally tiny) to be felt but by no means was the bearing in danger of imminent failure, so we dosed it up with white grease and put it all back together and it was immediately back to normal, no squealing or anything. but then as soon as it got wet again on monday, the squealing was back, ditto for when i jet washed the engine on tuesday. So there is clearly somethig amiss and as i've got some long distance overlanding coming up next year is it wise to replace it???
I've WD40'd it (and similar products) to death and as soon as you put any lubricant anywhere near it, it goes absolutely silent (even water) but as soon as that is washed/dried out it's off again.
I've exhausted my good ideas bank, so before i spend £600 replacing the blighter (Mr T wants £903 for parts alone not inclusive of VAT or labour) i throw the floor open to the experts.....