What’s this sound? Grinding from around Water pump and alternator. Weird.

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(it seems to be at low speeds and idle, that or I just can’t hear it while driving over my exhaust and normal vehicle sounds)

it also doesn’t sound like it’s effected by RPM’s but again I can’t tell that well.

 

It sounds a little like timing chain slop but it also sounds like the fan hitting the shroud. Does the fan rotate okay by hand? (Engine off of course.)

 

Sounds like a loose pulley.

 

it rotates fine it seems to me and I didn’t even think about timing chain slop that’s a good point.

 

I thought this too. Might have to check all of them and stuff soon.

 

Take off the belt, and roll/wiggle everything.....

 

Well, sadly I was forced to drive it to work yesterday and checking my motor today, my coolant was low (it wasn’t before) my belt is fraying, towards the motor and there’s a thick white line through it. Assuming a pulley isn’t aligned like you guys assumed. However, I’m leaking coolant and oil. I think it’s pulley and timing cover

 

Are those cracks I see in the first pic, by the bolt holes??

 

honestly I was so stressed out I didn’t even check to see if that was a crack and didn’t notice until you just mentioned it. Ima go check rn


(No, it’s not a crack, just the perspective of the photo luckily)


I just took my belt off and my water pump pulley is wobbling. It’s loose I think

 

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