air pump squeele will it kill my car ??? help :)

[craig]

seems to squeele sounds a bit like a fan belt when they slip does it every time it gets to 3000 rpm could it just be somthing sticking that is easy to fix or would i need a new 1. it all seemd to come when i fitted a boost controler whitch i dont think is in right.i would like to take it out along with the air con whitch i have seen posts for .would just like to know if this squeele is going to do some long turm dammage to my car 93 fd3 :confused:
thank you for any help you could give :chat

[Brett]

Does it continue to squeel past 3000rpm?
Take the belt off and feel for any play on the shaft, must say its quite unusual for an airpump to let go, unless its swallowed something maybe?

You\'re sure its the air pump btw?

[craig]

only does it at 3000 rpm   then    runs mint  just been to have a look    has a little blue sticker on it saying air pump  there is a pipe from the air intake that goes in to it  if that helps.i was just wondering if it does stick  is it going  to take the rest of the engine out,if so ill just leave it on the drive till i can find some 1   in yorkshire      that can  take a look at it.
thank you for your help btw

[Brett]

Dont think it will damage the egine, it may lead to a bit of CAT damage though. (If its not working)

[craig]

ill just take it slow ,it has its mot   soon  so will take the cat off after that  it does spin  so im ashuming it does work   but sticks  was hoping a bit of  wd40   would fix it  but it  says dont iol on the litte  sticker  lol nothing ever simple

[goose]

Dont think it will damage the egine, it may lead to a bit of CAT damage though. (If its not working)

I\'m pretty sure that it only supplies air to the cat on idle, not when driving normally. I think the overall effect on the cat will be negligible, as long as you\'re not stuck in traffic all day long.

[Brett]

If the pump is the same form the 2nd gens to the 3rd gens then I have two spares if you need one

[MikeLMR]

The air pumps do fail, and when they do sieze it takes the belt off which also helps drive the water pump which then results in lots of bad possibilities. So its not a good thing to let it squeel.

[MikeLMR]

here you go ... another club member who had a similar problem

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4428&highlight=air+pump+failure

[craig]

thank you for all your help   oddly enough    drove it  to work today and the sound had gone     very odd  i will look in to getting a spair 1  just   to be on the safe side,how much would you  asking for 1 brett?