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Says it was done about 15-20k miles ago in the service book but the aux belt is clearly older than that...

Ok so this is a bit of an embarrassing one but hopefully someone might learn from it in future... Realised I'd left the protective backing on the rear of my new pads, took that off and it seems to have stopped making the noise.... :oops:

It's like the batmobile with genetic deformities...

Gotta be honest, that 20vt looks vile...

Gonna have the car in a garage tonight so I can look at any other suggestions for what this could be...

Very possible, my rear off side was seized when I took it off but fairly sure the noise is coming from the other side. I'll try slowly tapping the brakes next time to see if it goes but fairly sure it isnt the brakes. Until I can try that, what else could it be?

But my rear pads are only a few weeks old :think:

So fairly sure this is a common issue but I cannot for the life of me find a thread on it anymore. As of today I'm getting a squealing/squeaking when I go round a left corner. Coming from the outside of the car on the near side. Fairly sure from the rear wheel. Sounds like it squeaks...

So got the new pulley in yesterday and sure enough the noise is gone.

Can I only use an 'F4R belt' or is there a generic size I can use? Even as a temporary one until I get a genuine belt...

So had the wheel arch liner out and saw this on the belt: Trying to source a new belt for tomorrow, reckon that's what is making the noise?

Cheers for the epic research link. Have left it a few days since I moved that wire out of the way and since then I haven't had them flick up. So fingers crossed as a temporary fix this will hold until I can figure out how to properly repair it.

So just tried disconnecting the coils one by one again and the noise never went away. Also checked the obvious like oil level and whether the filler cap was tight on, no problems there. Will have the car up on jacks tonight and get the wheel arch liner off to have a look at the pulley system...

So tried having a better look at the aircon pulley and think the aircon might be stuck on? Not sure if this is the end plate you mean. Aircon is 'off' in both of these videos: Can also see the pulley moving around quite a bit...

Tbh the engine turned too noisy to tell if it changed after a coil disconnect. Will try again but doubt I'll be able to hear anything. If it isn't turning could it just be the pulley? It looked like it was moving back and forth out axis by a millimeter. As far as I can see there is a small...

Will be driving a few hundred miles on this over the weekend so could really do with knowing whether it could total my engine or not if I don't get it fixed before then?

So just disconnected each coil. All four made the engine go lumpy so it isn't a dead coil. Tried getting another video moving my phone around the car a bit more. It's definitely loudest when you listen to the off side of the engine above the belt. Sounds like it's coming from the AC compressor...

So got through a fairly uneventful oil change on saturday. Car sounded and ran fine until monday afternoon when I started it up. Not I'm getting a repetitive banging/knocking sound coming from the engine bay... Made a post about it here...

Fairly sure it isnt anything to do with the cylinders as the car is still running fine and not being rough. Will try it anyway and also try to get a better video from engine bay. Just to confirm you can pull the plug out the top of the coil with the engine running to see if it changes?