harman karden sounds like ice cream..

You must have the cheaper version of Harman Karden, coz i have Harman Kardon

MICK wrote:

You must have the cheaper version of Harman Karden, coz i have Harman Kardon

...and i only copied your spelling ...

Mick you keep a tranny in your car.............
Doesn't that disturb the kids and neighbours you keeping a guy in drag in your car? 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes

trust you to think of the 'alternative' meaning tim....

Have you considered that it may just be that the belt is worn? If it has a frayed edge it may be rubbing on something.

When were the belts last replaced? Or as suspected it could be a pulley failing. The pulleys are cheap to replace, the idler pulley on mine disintegrated on the M5 200 miles from home - I wish I'd had it replaced when I first noticed the noise. 

scarey wrote:

tranny = transistor radio

Or summat else. depending on where you happen to be in the world......Thailand for example.

dan_uk_1984 wrote:

Have you considered that it may just be that the belt is worn? If it has a frayed edge it may be rubbing on something.

When were the belts last replaced? Or as suspected it could be a pulley failing. The pulleys are cheap to replace, the idler pulley on mine disintegrated on the M5 200 miles from home - I wish I'd had it replaced when I first noticed the noise.

Well it diddnt even cross my mind purely on the basis that these belts are meant to last atleast 100k however i have read that some people have changed them well before this limit. could it really be worn ? I am assuming we are talking about the same belt ? the serpentine belt ?

I dont know when the belt was replaced last I have only just bought the car but it was serviced at 60k from land rover main dealer and then smaller oil service was done at a local garage at 64.5k just before i bought it but i dont know much history other than that, it now has 65k on the clock.

thats the thing that is bothering me, i dont want to ignore it, if it can cause me more trouble later. i really wish I could do this type of work myself, even if I had a mechanic friend or a person in the know to help me... lol first time ive had a v8, i love my cars but made the unfortunate career choice of becoming an accountant

did you not check the fanbelt .... id say it is a good chance its that or as said maybe the pully "RANGEISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED"
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i had this when i first bought mine ,the noise would go away after 5 minutes.
turned out to be the tensioner

My SC developed a squeak which was fixed by a new main drive belt pulley and belt. 
Gone - Range Rover Supercharged 2006

Had the same issue at idle but over a month or so it got worse and ended up present all the time, turned out to be the tensioner, got it done and new belt fitted at the same time cost about £200 if i remember rightly.

pretlove wrote:

did you not check the fanbelt .... id say it is a good chance its that or as said maybe the pully

I had a look at it and it seemed ok. Any proper way of checking it?

I'm on my way home now after another exciting day

trickle a little water on the belt whilst the engine is idling, if the belt is the problem it will temporarily quieten whilst wet. Do not be tempted to spray with WD40 or similar