Dave277

Haven't been able to get hold of a new crankshaft pulley but took the old one off this morning and rebonded the rubber vibration dampening strip to the pulley inner part. Runs quiet now with no hint of a squeal. Think there must be a few Starlets running around with the same fault - the squeal is annoying, but it didn't look like it was going to fail any time soon Knocking noise could be related - bit of a long shot, but the pulley runs very close to the timing belt cover, maybe it could become loose enough to rattle against it? Cheers

Hi My daughters Starlet has had similar symptoms for a month or so, it only squeals when accelerating from low revs with the heated rear window and lights on. Thought it was the fanbelt, but found that the squeal is coming from the crankshaft pulley (harmonic balancer). The outer circumference of the pulley is separated from the inner by a thin rubber strip The bond between them has broken so the outer can slip on the inner when the alternator is loaded. Replacing the pulley doesn't look too difficult assuming it comes off ok, but have had no luck finding a replacement so far. Hope this helps