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Old 03-15-2013, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Sick TLS
take the belt off and spin the pulleys by hand. youll be able to tell which pulley/tensioner/whatever it is thats making the noise
I'm going to take the serpentine belt off and verify that the noise is in fact either the belt, a pulley, or a tensioner and not the timing belt auto tensioner. That would be catastrophic.

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the pulleys are too close to each other...rather than guess whether it was idler or tensioner pulley, I just changed out the whole tensioner. More money but it's a part that needs changing at some point anyway, so no regrets. You'll do new tensioner and belt and you should be good.

14MM to push back tensioner, remove belt, then tensioner is held with 2 bolts, IIRC. It's been a while.
Thank you, so it sounds like the tensioner is spring loaded and that I don't have to manually tighten the tensioner after installing?
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Hello everyone,

So after going through the car wash today, my car started squeaking (which is nothing abnormal, it always does that if the belt gets a little wet or when it's real cold in the morning on cold start-ups), however, the squeakiness didn't go away. An hour passed and I drove to autozone to pick up some belt dressing. Upon opening the hood, this was worse that a typical dry squeaky belt. It almost sounds like sandpaper getting rubbed across cement. It worries me that either a pulley or tensioner is bad, especially if it's the alternator pulley because I will have to replace the whole thing.

Thanks Azine.
I had a weird sound, I though my crank bearings were grinding. Replaced serpentine belt, problem solved.

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^my buddy had a similar issue. replaced the tensioner and belts and it was fine afterwards.
I just replaced the belt.

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I was trying to find a DIY on how to replace the tensioner, but I'm worried that it might be one of the pulleys going bad and not the tensioner. Any good way to tell that you know of?
Good luck searching anything on A-Z. Start with the belt, its a cheaper throw parts at it solution.

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^honestly i don't think that there is. i know he did a bunch of trial and errors trying to figure out what it was, and it sure sounds like the way yours is.

maybe someone else can chime in that knows a bit more about it.
You can use a long screwdriver while motor is running and stick handle end into 1 ear and tap the other end on a piece of metal as close to the moving part as possible without touching a moving part. I have an automotive stethoscope that I use. You will hear a smoother noise and a nasty grind if the pulley is bad.
Good for checking alternators but works on all pulleys.

Originally Posted by Sick TLS
take the belt off and spin the pulleys by hand. youll be able to tell which pulley/tensioner/whatever it is thats making the noise
This would kinda work but unless you can spin them as fast as the motor it will be hard to tell unless your pulley is straight fucked.

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the pulleys are too close to each other...rather than guess whether it was idler or tensioner pulley, I just changed out the whole tensioner. More money but it's a part that needs changing at some point anyway, so no regrets. You'll do new tensioner and belt and you should be good.

14MM to push back tensioner, remove belt, then tensioner is held with 2 bolts, IIRC. It's been a while.
Again I would start with a belt.

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I've always had bad experiences with FedEx. I'll take UPS every time. I don't think I've ever had a late package arrive via UPS.
I have had opposite luck, I prefer fedex where possible. It helps I know the drivers maybe.


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It's not the belt on our cars...the auto tensioner keep it from ever being the problem. If tension is it, it's the tensioner. If pulley is it...it's the tensioner.

If I ever need a stockade though, I'll call you, ya bastid. If I DID have an automotive stethoscope I can tell you what I'd want to hear on YOU.
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Cheapest I could find the belt and tensioner was here:
http://www.parkacuraoemparts.com/par...agramCallOut=1



[ 1 ] COOLING SYSTEM / COOLING / BELTS & PULLEYS / Serpentine belt
serpentine belt

MSRP Core ? Save Online Price
$38.68 $0.00 $10.60 $28.08


[ 2 ] COOLING SYSTEM / COOLING / BELTS & PULLEYS / Tensioner
tensioner

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$112.35 $0.00 $30.78 $81.57
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I remember paying like $160 for my tensioner and belt. Something like that. It's one of those dynamite to kill an ant fixes but I didn't want to waste time fixing the wrong pulley or just the belt. Figured it was a wear and tear item...no regrets.
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Sounds about right. 30.00 for a belt is common. I ordered mine with a few air filters and other stuff I needed to save shipping costs.
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What are the chances of another crazy thread appearing?
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What are the chances of another crazy thread appearing?
Crazy?
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At the end of page 5 maybe we should create 3G Ramblings & General Discussion Thread (part 3)
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We can keep it fresh. Maybe 3g ramb and gen dis (part 500)
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Maybe change the name..

The thread for assholes and the men that love them.
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No circle jerk here. Theres only two of us. Thats a double dutch rudder.
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