2000 base 2.7L with 118k miles.
started hearing what sounds like bearings going bad from the belt area and pulled the cover to try and pinpoint it.
here's a video of the noise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSXYJ4XiuTM
sounds to me like a belt tensioner, it looks like its coming from the center area not the left (alternator), right (AC), or below (water pump - replaced 10k miles ago)
what do you guys think?
also, is there a tensioner kit i could buy? i'd rather change all of them (dont think they've ever been changed). belt was replaced 1k miles ago, it starter shredding itself to bits and i caught it before it completely snapped.. phew!
i know i can also just change the bearings for less but not sure how much of a hassle that is since i dont really have more than basic tools.
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