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MG MGF Technical - Wheel arch liners...

My 96 F has part of the wheel arch liner missing. It looks like there should be a plastic liner of some sort to close of the engine bay on the drivers side - the upshot of this being missing is a regular failure of the alternator tensioner (aircon fitted too).

Anyone else had this tensioner failure? It isn't catastrophic - it just starts to whine.

Does someone have a photograph of this part? Should there be one on the otherside too - or is this closed off sufficiently by the air box resonator (which is not fitted either at the moment).

Thanks
Dave
David Monks

The cover is actualy made of a treated cardboard type material not plastic. Sorry don't have a photo though. The passenger side of the car as you say is closed of by the airobox resonator.
David Karle

Yes Dave I have just had to replace tensioner and fit the panel(s) on 96 F with aircon (5.3.96 in New Zealand). Only 50K but second tensioner, recent purchase so no idea how long it/they were missing. Now nice and quiet again so I can worry about your fantastic HGF research. Thanks, Charles
C.R.B. Simeon

Thanks for the info.

I'll try to get a replacement panel - im convinced the tensioner being exposed to the weather caused it to fail so quickly... 3 months!

Charles, I too bought my F without the panel fitted - i bet the dealers forgot to refit them after any work down there.

Dave
Dave

Sorry for the late post.
I think what your talking about is a "fan belt cover". This was the description I used when talking to Victory at the MGF Centre and I got the right thing. Now made of plastic so should last more than a couple of services.

John
JohnB

My 97vvc has this cover loose at the moment rubbing against the wheel. There is often a whine(like squeal) from the area which i am convinced is something to do with the belts. Any ideas if this is the same problem? The belt also slips when it is damp and is really loud. But the whine is something different and
gets louder the faster the engine goes although it doesn't always do it.
NJ Rawlings

I'm missing the "rear closing panels" as well. Anyone got pics of these? Can they be made easily from a sheet of plastic?

NJ, the squeel can be caused by the alternator belt being a little too loose.
Just tighthen it up and see if that fixes it.

If you have the workshop manual, it is in, Electrical, Repairs, Alternator drivebelt section.
Easy job. Different procedure depending if you have aircon or not.

Cheers,
Branko


Branko

Nope - not the cam_belt cover. There is an idler pulley on the Air con preped engine - this is exposed to the elements with out the wheel arch liner / mud gaurd fitted.

Dave
David Monks

This thread was discussed between 17/03/2006 and 22/03/2006

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