Loose bolt on cambelt pulley, please help

[neilpaul89]

Hi,

I should probably introduce myself as this is my first post. My name is Neil and about 8 weeks ago i bought a 2009 Leon FR CR. It's a wonderful car and i'm extremely chuffed with it.

Over the last week I was noticing the engine seemed a little noisy, as it is usually very quiet and smooth on tick over. It sounded like a rattle, so I investigated it a little today and discovered this loose bolt.

(sorry it won't let me enter pics until i've posted 15 times)

It's located in the centre of the lower cambelt pulley, closest to the front of the car. When the car is running there seems to be a metal plate that this bolt hold to the pulley, and that is loose and causing the rattle. I'm extremely worried about anything to do with the cambelt, and it is due to be replaced soon as i'm approaching 80,000.

My question is, is this the only bolt holding this pulley to the engine? I'm worried to even drive it to a garage if this is the case. It's very difficult to access and i can't get to it to tighten without taking the bumper off I guess. Even if i could tighten it, I don't know the correct torque settings.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

Neil

 

[neilpaul89]

Is there any way I can add pictures without having posted 15 times?

 

[Jarre]

attach the link and remove the WWW. at the start and we'll put them in as pictures

 

[neilpaul89]

Thanks for the reply Jarre, here are the links to the images

imgur.com/E4Jezck

imgur.com/hjHIz1o

 

[tonto]

Looks to me like your Aircon pully, well atleast its your Aux belt not your cambelt.

 

[Jarre]

There you go

 

[neilpaul89]

Thanks a million! Sorry for the confusion, it is the air con pulley on the auxiliary belt.

Update:

After jacking it up and getting to it from underneath, I managed to tighten it a little, but then something inside the air con unit started spinning, not allowing me to fully tighten the bolt. Has anyone else ever come across this problem? I have a feeling it's going to need a new air con unit, but i'm hoping that is covered under the dealer warranty.

Many thanks

Neil

 

[tonto]

If you have a dealer warrenty, then take it back and see what they say.
have you started it up with the a/c on and off, and see if the clutch engages, and tightening the bolt ?

 

[neilpaul89]

Clutch doesn't seem to engage, and the bolt won't tighten any further as the internal nut/shaft it threads into is spinning :/

 

[tonto]

take it back and ask for them to invstigate it then chap. i see no reason why they shouldnt replace it.

 

[silver surfer]

common fault on vag aircon unit of that type vw know about it and theres a tpi for it take it back and you will get an updated version fitted

 

[neilpaul89]

Thanks for the replies, I'll be taking it to get looked at ASAP. Silver_Surfer, sorry for my stupidity, but what is a TPI?

 

[silver surfer]

its a technical bullitin for mechanics