Name : ILAN Age : 33 Location : College Station, TX Joined : 2007-12-30Post Count : 4304 Merit : 69
Subject: Weird belt noise...help? Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:53 am
My car has been making a weird chuggy noise, and I recently figured out what it is. The belt seems to run about 1/8" closer to the rim of one of the pulleys sometimes, and it's random but very audible. Here's a video that'll explain the rest.
Anyone with some insight to this?
TonySmooth89 Aficionado
Name : Anthony Age : 35 Location : Florida Joined : 2007-11-14Post Count : 2410 Merit : 16
Subject: Re: Weird belt noise...help? Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:05 am
Sounds to Me like the bearings in your water pump are shot.
Has the car been running warm or losing coolant lately?
deekster_caddy Master
Name : Derek Age : 52 Location : Reading, MA Joined : 2007-01-31Post Count : 7717 Merit : 109
Subject: Re: Weird belt noise...help? Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:13 pm
you need to reshoot that video with some good lighting. I would guess at one of the idler pullies.
IBx1 Expert
Name : ILAN Age : 33 Location : College Station, TX Joined : 2007-12-30Post Count : 4304 Merit : 69
Subject: Re: Weird belt noise...help? Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:21 pm
No, it's not a water pump problem. This noise only happens when the belt shifts a little bit, it happens for a couple of seconds at a time at random. For some reason, when I uploaded the video to YouTube, all of the brightness went away, so I'll go out and shoot a quick video with my flashlight to make sure.
