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in V Series (V35, V36, V37 & Infiniti)

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Hi all,

I had my V35 coupe parked on the side of the road today, and when I started it up to drive off, I was met by an extremely loud screeching noise when I turned the wheel to the right and started to drive. It seems to be coming from the front, drivers side wheel arch.

After a 4-5 seconds, the squeal stopped. I drove forward for about 20m, then turned right onto another street when it squealed again- this time it was nowhere near as loud or long. I pulled back over and let the car idle for a minute, before taking off. It was only a 10 minute drive home, and it did not make the noise again.

Does anyone know what this could be? A few google searches indicate the power steering may be the culprit.

The power steering fluid is full to where it needs to be. The alignment seems to be fine. For the last few weeks, there has been a light clunk noise coming from the front right suspension (the car has tein coilovers), which I was going to get looked at after christmas. There don't seem to be any leaks from the car either. Usually when I reverse out of the drive, there is a slight buzz noise (presumably due to the EDFC) once I have started driving.

I purchased the car from a specialist importer, and am the first owner of the car in Australia. The car has just ticked over 80k kms (I have dereg papers and import papers etc to confirm this).

If anyone has any ideas, please let me know so I can contact the dealer with at least some knowledge of what the problem could be.

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stone stuck between the brake rotor and caliper or caliper bracket..

Interesting...

I took it for a drive an hour or so ago and it didn't do it.

Hopefully it was just gremlins... I might get my phone ready when I go to work tomorrow and see if it does it again...

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I would say old/loose ancillary belts. They aren't expensive to replace, $70 for both from memory, and about 30 mins of your time.

+1. Commonly heard on old bangers but can happen on newer vehicles if the belt has been damaged or is getting dirty.

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Just did a search and found these ones

http://www.kudosmotorsports.com/catalog/kudos-motorsports-ancillary-belt-set-belts-dayco-genuine-nissan-power-enterprise-nissan-350z-z33-skyline-v35-350gt-vq35de-p-1299.html

Would these be ok?

Thanks in advance.

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they should be ok, but these size belts are an 'off the shelf' item, you should be able to buy at just about any auto parts store.

Slipping belts often squeal when starting from cold and get loud when you rev the engine, and often go away after the first minute or so of driving. also can get louder when you put them under load, eg. power steering pump load (turning when not moving or moving slow) or AC compressor. Shouldn't really make much difference if you are turning right or left. and would also come from the front of the car, not the right side wheel arch.

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well sort of.. not really in the wheel arch... it is close enough to the front centre of the engine bay that it would sound like it is coming from under the bonnet when you are in the drivers seat.

when I had a faulty fuel damper, it sounded like it was coming from the engine bay, even thought it was the rear right side of the engine.

The sound of a squealing belt would also be quite a bit different to a rock in the calliper. a belt is a screech.. but a rock is more of a metallic scraping sound which is usually a bit modulated with wheel rotation speed.

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