which stock pulley is the POS?!?!
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From: Middleburg, FL
which stock pulley is the POS?!?! Pulley's been squeaking real bad the last week, and on Saturday, the damn thing started to overheat, BAD, but cooled down the slower I got, maybe the belt not gripping?!?! Seems kind of slack. The tensioner pulley is the POS, right!??! Or is it the idler!? How much for the Katech manual tensioner and ASP Idler?!?! They both have replaceable bearings right?!?!
Like I said, belt seems kind of slack, fans are coming on, no leaking anywhere, but the car's just HOT, like pegged on the gauge hot, but still running just fine?!?!
Like I said, belt seems kind of slack, fans are coming on, no leaking anywhere, but the car's just HOT, like pegged on the gauge hot, but still running just fine?!?!
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Re: which stock pulley is the POS?!?! Well if it slips enough your water pump won't turn enough to cool your engine. Aluminum engines don't like to get hot.
I would go with a new stock tensioner first, idler second, and a new belt either way. If the bearing is shot than the belt will just pull across the pulley, making alot of noise and tearing up the belt. A bearing that bad should be easily diagnosed by turing the pulley (or idler) by hand.
Could be your water pump is shot too. Again, turning it by hand and listening for the crunching noise and feeling intermittant resistance and slop are dead give aways....
<small>[ September 16, 2002, 09:57 PM: Message edited by: Dave Carney ]</small>
I would go with a new stock tensioner first, idler second, and a new belt either way. If the bearing is shot than the belt will just pull across the pulley, making alot of noise and tearing up the belt. A bearing that bad should be easily diagnosed by turing the pulley (or idler) by hand.
Could be your water pump is shot too. Again, turning it by hand and listening for the crunching noise and feeling intermittant resistance and slop are dead give aways....
<small>[ September 16, 2002, 09:57 PM: Message edited by: Dave Carney ]</small>
