Hi Twiss, Apologies for slow response. I've been been a bit busy. And many thanks for the offer of the sensor. However fortunately I'm ok now as I managed to get one of the ebay sellers to confirm that their part would fit and I put it on last Saturday. All is now well. After about six months of mis...

Hi Twiss, Thanks for your suggestion. Since I made last posting I have had some progress. Some mates of mine have put a high speed logger on my motor and the idle dips seem to be associated with an occasional spike from the MAF sensor, however there also seemed to be an issue with a dodgy connector ...

Hi Leelo, Have you had any success resolving your issue? I've got precisely the same problem with my near identical GV (2001 with 105K); and have been scratching my head and spending money ineffectively since last September. So far I've been to two "Bosch diagnostic specialists". One told ...

Hi All,

Have now resolved this issue - It was nothing to do with the alternator belt !

Turned out to be the starter motor sticking out after start (didn't half sound like a belt squeal to me)

Anyway, have replaced motor and now all is well.

Cheers,
Brian

Hi Darrell, thanks for your efforts on my behalf Hi Ladaman, re: "Lubing pulleys", I was having a chat about it with a mate who's a mechanic and he suggested lubing the pulley bearings. I took belt off while I applied a small amount of WD40 to all of the bearings shown in Darrell's photo (...

Hi All, Just joined and yet already looking for some advice! I was wondering if any of you could help me? I've got a couple of Grand Vit's (his & hers) but am getting what sounds like a belt squeal from mine during cold start flair. I've tried to check the belt tension by looking at tensioner ma...