Hard.....sorry to hear that Barry.
On the Suzuki Rat car, I always leave the top half of the timing belt casing
to view the belt every weekend for any damage.
Though, I had to say, the Chevy ones are pure metal and never need to
replace while the rest of the stupid crap is falling apart.
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Steven St.Laurent
C4I System Engineer
Engineering Branch, PSD, MCTSSA
MARCORSYSCOM, U.S. Marine Corps
Office (760) 725-2506 (DSN Prefix: 365)
"<SNIP> Though, reading through history fables,
some would claim the City of Damascus is the oldest
city in the world. I thought it was Enoch, grandson of Cain,
who founded the city of Enoch long before this city was
ever resurrected from the dust bowls of the middle east."
-----Original Message-----
From: BARRY OLIVER [mailto:DHSPA58@dhs.state.il.us]
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 6:31 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: RE: Bad serpentine belt?
I just had the same issue - in my case it turns out it was the Tensioner
that died (siezed up) and took the water pump with it...
>>> fawcett@bu.edu 11/10/02 07:30AM >>>
Dunno about the vibrating, but my '98 5.2L has had a steady diet of new
belts (I'm on my fourth one). I've heard all sorts of reasons from crummy
OEM sourcing on their belts to perhaps a problem with the viscous coupling
that controls the fan. The current belt has lasted a couple of years now,
so I'm tending towards bad belt manufacture for the first three...
Anyway, the symtoms are almost exactly the same as mine (sans the vibration)
when the belts have gone south and needed replacing.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
[mailto:dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net]
Sent: Sun 11/10/2002 7:44 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Cc:
Subject: DML: Bad serpentine belt?
.My '99 V-6 with 33,000 miles started sounding pretty bad when it
starts up
cold. In neutral it sounds ok, but when put in drive or reverse it
sounds
like groaning and grinding. I thought it might be the transmission,
but
yesterday I checked and the noise is coming from the belt-fan area.
The fan
seems to be ok. The belt runs smooth in neutral, but when the truck
is
shifted into gear the belt starts to vibrate like it's very loose
and the
noise starts. When the truck gets warmed up the noise goes away.
Does this
sound like a bad belt to y'all? Visually the belt is in good shape
and it
seems tight enough until we've shifted.
Thanks,
Cal
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