Lankymanxg

On start up one of the belts squeel for 10-20 seconds then drops and I think it's the power steering belt and I'm just wandering what's involved in tightening it,it's my first Ford so I'm unfamiliar with the tensioner

Issue is fixed,I just didn't have it tight enough ...oops

Hi guys I've just replaced the alternator belt in my xg and it's still squeeling on startup and going low speed with headlights on,I'm just wandering how tight it needs to be

Ok thanks,I just phisically moved the alternator to tighten it but it obviously wasn't enough,it's always squeeled on start up since I've got it,I'll tighten it the right way and see how it goes

I replaced the belt and the squeeking hasn't stopped,how much slack is meant to be in it?

I just checked and your right it's the alternator belt,seems a little loose,what do I have to do to tighten it?

It's an xg ute with the 4.0 six

Ok I've got another issue with my xg,first thing in the morning I start it and it seems to idle rough till it warms up and also my fuel pump doesn't stop buzzing/humming the whole time it's running,does this mean the pump is about to fail,I don't like the idea of being stranded with a stuffed pump

Yea I always seem to find something,I took the spark plugs out and cleaned them and one of the boots on a spark plug lead was split,taped it up for now and seems to be idling fine now

Hi guys I'm having trouble with the fuel gauge in my xg,usually when I start it up it says it's 100% for a while then eventually the gauge drops to empty,could it be the cluster (odo doesn't work and temp gauge can be funny too) or the sender unit?

Yea I had a look it does have some rust so I'll give it a clean as best I can,I would drain the fuel and do it properly but don't have enough containers for an almost full tank,I might change fuel filter cos it looks old,might even pull it out just to see if it's blocked

Ok I might give it a go cleaning it,as for condensation it seems normal to me,no different to any other car,had a look under the car at the fuel filter and it looks old could that be an issue,fun times..car troubles with no funds to fix it haha

Yea I'll go get one,what would be the best way to check for crud? Just by eye or is is safe to feel around in the tank,if it helps I've only had the car a week and the fuel pump got louder after a couple days,I don't think it would but would low octane fuel hurt it,I could of got a bad batch too

I've been having fuel gauge issues and I took the pump and sender out and there's a broken wire on it, there's a white wire and a black wire,the white one is disconnected and has a tiny bit of solder on the end,if anyone could put a picture up of where it goes I'd appreciate it