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sb01box · 07-19-2012, 04:22 PM

thanks much for all your inputs.
it turned out to be locked alternator pulley playing havoc with the serpentine belt tensioner.
examined the pulley, no free wheeling. replaced the pulley, checked all 3 rollers and just got back from 14 mine drive. no more noise.

07-19-2012, 04:22 PM	#13
sb01box Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 308	thanks much for all your inputs. it turned out to be locked alternator pulley playing havoc with the serpentine belt tensioner. examined the pulley, no free wheeling. replaced the pulley, checked all 3 rollers and just got back from 14 mine drive. no more noise.