Lot of noise from belts

Tiny
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Hi I am in halifax nova scotia canada. East canada.I bought a Ford Taurus 6 cylinder automatic transmission 2002 85000km for 2200$ last week. Car seems to be fine done emission test 1 week before I bought. Owner told me that gives average of 10km/litre but only giving like 5-6km/lt there is lot of noise from belts in the engine, had a spray whenever I do spray the noise goes away but after like half hour again pops up. I am worried about average and do I need to change the belts and by doing that will the noise goes away and will I get a mileage of around 10km/lt or shall I goto some repair shop or mechanic to get it checked. Please let me knw at sukesh_dogra@yahoo. Com
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 AT 2:03 PM

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Tiny
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You will have to change the belts, all the belt spray does is make a horrible mess! New belts won't help with economy, go get a tune done and a scan for any un resolved fault codes, start here.
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 AT 2:19 PM
Tiny
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Thanks alot for ur reply.
But what u think would be the average of my car ideally a 6 cyl automatic 2002 model.
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 AT 2:25 PM
Tiny
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Would depend on driving habits, roads, traffic, hilly or flat city or country driving, tyre pressures, and general tune, if you got around 12-13 litres per 100Kms that would be about average I feel.
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 AT 2:29 PM
Tiny
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Hw much would be the cost of changing belts and tuning of engine for economy and checking the unresolved fault codes all together?
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 AT 3:25 PM
Tiny
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Hw much would be the cost of changing belts and tuning of engine for economy and checking the unresolved fault codes all together?
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 AT 4:50 PM
Tiny
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AS I am in Australia, my pricing will be of no use to you, any work shop will be able to give you a fairly firm quote on this work, I would ring around and get a few prices first.
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Friday, August 24th, 2012 AT 12:41 AM

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