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willzipdog

Member Since: 05 Apr 2014
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 2

freelaner 2 making strange screeching sound, video attached

Hi all,
I have been recommend to this forum by a friend.

last time I drove the freelander 2 there was no problems at all. Today when I started her up she is making a strange grinding and screeching noise that appears to be coming from belts and pulleys. A few people have suggested it could be the air con but im not sure.

Below is a video of the car making the noise, do you guys have any ideas as to what could be wrong.

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Many thanks

will

5th Apr 2014 8:42 pm

SYFL2

Member Since: 16 Jun 2012
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 2594

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Stornoway Grey

Hmmm strange noise sounds like something is loose,there are many on here that have more knowledge than i do someone will point you in the right direction welcome to the forum

6th Apr 2014 8:15 am

willzipdog

Member Since: 05 Apr 2014
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 2

Yer I can't really sum it up, thanks though! I will be taking it to the garage on Monday so I will let you know, it would just be nice to have a rough idea before!

6th Apr 2014 8:51 am

Tinytim

Member Since: 06 Jun 2013
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 114

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Auto Santorini Black

Not an expert but it sounds like it could be a bearing in a pulley or tensioner, but lots of things being run off of one belt makes pinpointing it a bit trickier. On a couple of different cars we had similar noises to that due to a failing alternator and water pump.
Does it make the noise continuously or change with more revs, You mention the air con does it make any difference if it is on or off ?

6th Apr 2014 9:15 am

ad210358

Member Since: 12 Oct 2008
Location: Here and There
Posts: 7464

Bearing, Alternator, Idler Pulley, you won't know till it's stripped down and and bearings spun.

6th Apr 2014 9:31 am

Past master

Member Since: 30 Jun 2010
Location: Isle of Ely
Posts: 2710

Add belt tensioner to that list. Cheaper than a bearing but not necessarily a warranty item.

8th Apr 2014 3:23 pm

ShyTorque

Member Since: 21 Apr 2012
Location: bollington
Posts: 1

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Zermatt Silver

Had the same noise.
Alternator clutched pulley fault!
More info if reqd.

14th Jun 2014 9:04 am

Lord Rich Tea Biscuit

Member Since: 06 Sep 2016
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 116

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Stornoway Grey

Now, for my two cents as this has just started occurring on my 2007 2.2TD4 GS...

First of all, I noticed a sort-of lumpy rattle from inside- particularly when first starting up and idling.
However, yesterday, the rattle was accompanied by a sharp clicky, screeching sound- like when a plastic pulley is spun dry on a metal shaft and it "buzzes" and slows down. This was also met with a temporary fractional dimming of the headlamp bulbs.

As soon as the engine speed is increased (and held at, say, 1500rpm) the sound disappears until it returns to idling speed-then back to the sporadic, clicky rattle.
Looking under the hood, I have pinpointed the sound to the front of the belt/pulley area.

The sound is pretty much what the original poster's video portrays, so am assuming it's that clutch pulley on the alternator.

Is there a standard alternator that is fitted to the Freelander 2?
According to my service history documents, the alternator was replaced in 2010, and so I'm not sure whether it would be a like-for-like part, or a different brand of alternator, and so I don't know where to start with looking for a replacement clutch pulley.

What should I be looking for?

Thanks! "We're in danger, we've got to get out."
"What are you talking about?"
"I've been called a ponce."

2nd May 2018 3:26 pm

IanMetro

Member Since: 11 Sep 2017
Location: Somerset BS21
Posts: 3133

2014 Freelander 2 SD4 Metropolis LE Auto Fuji White

Have you seen this video and comments?

In this case it was the belt tensioner. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

2nd May 2018 4:39 pm

Yorky Bob

Member Since: 28 Apr 2015
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 4561

2013 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Firenze Red

My tensioner in that area failed a few weeks ago Not expensive to change but a pain when it happened on a journey at night. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

2nd May 2018 8:38 pm

Delboy

Member Since: 31 Aug 2017
Location: Norwich
Posts: 108

2009 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Zermatt Silver

Sounds to me like a failed bearing. Derek Hill
2009 FL2 HSE TD4 Auto

3rd May 2018 6:20 am

dorsetfreelander

Member Since: 20 Jul 2013
Location: Dorset
Posts: 4354

2014 Freelander 2 SD4 XS Auto Loire Blue

My son had a noise a bit like that on his Renault Clio some years ago, a week or two later the waterpump failed and threw off the cambelt with the usual consequences £££. Since most cambelt problems are are actually waterpump or tensioner or idler failures rather than the belt snapping I would get this checked out rapidly. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

3rd May 2018 9:26 am

IanMetro

Member Since: 11 Sep 2017
Location: Somerset BS21
Posts: 3133

Interesting thread about alternator clutch and resonating belt.

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic25448.htm...tor+clutch FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

4th May 2018 9:28 pm

Ginna104

Member Since: 27 Feb 2016
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 59

2010 Freelander 2 TD4_e Sport Manual Lago Grey

I’d go for the one way clutch pulley mine did this takes about a hour to change pretty easy just take the aux belt off and spin it by hand it’ll be solid both ways.

4th May 2018 10:54 pm

Lord Rich Tea Biscuit

Member Since: 06 Sep 2016
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 116

Quote:
Have you seen this video and comments?

The sound I'm getting is definitely more like the original poster's video...

The last fifty miles or so, it has managed to shut-up, although I suspect it will be back soon...
I gave the alternator pulley area a spray with GT-85 spray (and gave the belt a wipe immediately afterwards in case it eats into the belt).

I have ordered a replacement pulley which appears to match the one currently on the alternator- it has a black cover over the end with a small dimple/hole in the centre. Reg check appears to confirm that's the right part.

Now, is it an easy job to replace with the alternator still in place?
Didn't I read somewhere that the "special tool" needs to be modified in order to reach into the space?

If it's too much of a fiddle, it'll be going to a garage to be fitted...

As for the water pump comment... Mine was replaced in 2016 when the cam belt was done, so it shouldn't be that thankfully. "We're in danger, we've got to get out."
"What are you talking about?"
"I've been called a ponce."

Last edited by Lord Rich Tea Biscuit on 5th May 2018 4:21 pm. Edited 1 time in total

5th May 2018 10:24 am

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