2005 Caravan 3.3 V6 Engine noise
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I have a weird noise from the engine of my Caravan. It's a 3.3 V6 with only 70'000 km's.
At idle you can hear a distinct erratic light rattle/cracking sound. I have taken it to my local Dodge dealer & they road tested it and without any delay they told me that the noise is the normal operation of the lifters, apparently they have heard a few cases of this ??
The noise is loudest if you listen by the right front wheel. I have removed the Auxiliary belt to see if it was a noisy water pump....etc but the noise was still there. It's weird that my 2001 3.3 Caravan did not make a sound & I have not heard it from other Caravans ??
Are Dodge trying to palm me off or has anybody heard of this type of complaint ?
Thanks
At idle you can hear a distinct erratic light rattle/cracking sound. I have taken it to my local Dodge dealer & they road tested it and without any delay they told me that the noise is the normal operation of the lifters, apparently they have heard a few cases of this ??
The noise is loudest if you listen by the right front wheel. I have removed the Auxiliary belt to see if it was a noisy water pump....etc but the noise was still there. It's weird that my 2001 3.3 Caravan did not make a sound & I have not heard it from other Caravans ??
Are Dodge trying to palm me off or has anybody heard of this type of complaint ?
Thanks
Bim
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But wouldn't removing the belt so he could test to see if sound continued eliminate the pulley from revolving on the alt. thus eliminate the pulley from being the problem?
I had similar sound if not exact one. mechanic told me its the valve cover that is resonating sound. I didn't buy that, i thought it was the pulley on alt. also. i replaced it and sound was gone.
I had similar sound if not exact one. mechanic told me its the valve cover that is resonating sound. I didn't buy that, i thought it was the pulley on alt. also. i replaced it and sound was gone.
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squeeking noise
My 2005 Grand Caravan makes a squeeking noise common for the drive belt or alternator. I changed the belt and tension-er arm, it still makes the noise. I think I have tracked it down to the vibration pulley, is this a common thing?
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engine noise
I have had to replace the idler/tensioner pulley on all 3 I have owned. Never caused a problem except that awful noise. Easy repair though.
I have a weird noise from the engine of my Caravan. It's a 3.3 V6 with only 70'000 km's.
At idle you can hear a distinct erratic light rattle/cracking sound. I have taken it to my local Dodge dealer & they road tested it and without any delay they told me that the noise is the normal operation of the lifters, apparently they have heard a few cases of this ??
The noise is loudest if you listen by the right front wheel. I have removed the Auxiliary belt to see if it was a noisy water pump....etc but the noise was still there. It's weird that my 2001 3.3 Caravan did not make a sound & I have not heard it from other Caravans ??
Are Dodge trying to palm me off or has anybody heard of this type of complaint ?
Thanks
At idle you can hear a distinct erratic light rattle/cracking sound. I have taken it to my local Dodge dealer & they road tested it and without any delay they told me that the noise is the normal operation of the lifters, apparently they have heard a few cases of this ??
The noise is loudest if you listen by the right front wheel. I have removed the Auxiliary belt to see if it was a noisy water pump....etc but the noise was still there. It's weird that my 2001 3.3 Caravan did not make a sound & I have not heard it from other Caravans ??
Are Dodge trying to palm me off or has anybody heard of this type of complaint ?
Thanks
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easy fix
I have had to replace the idler/tensioner pullpulley on all three i have owned. Never caused a problem except that awful noise. If the bearing locks up it will burn the belt.
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BeCarefulwiththat one
I had one do that. Just a noisy lifter...i thought...till it stopped oiling one cylinder and destroyed the engine. Apparently there is one oil passage back there that clogs and causes that lifter to run dry.
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Did you listen to the audio that I recorded in my post within this thread?
That was the pulley sound that I was getting bad. That was my pullye on alt.
I took off the alt. but the pulley was to difficult without the tool and the tool was too expensiive.
I went to an alt. shop they removed the pulley. I brought my own pulley with clutch. I didn't buy the gates pulley. bought the good year one. it too has clutch. been working for quite long time, no problems no more sound.
That was the pulley sound that I was getting bad. That was my pullye on alt.
I took off the alt. but the pulley was to difficult without the tool and the tool was too expensiive.
I went to an alt. shop they removed the pulley. I brought my own pulley with clutch. I didn't buy the gates pulley. bought the good year one. it too has clutch. been working for quite long time, no problems no more sound.
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2005 Dodge Caravan
I have a weird noise from the engine of my Caravan. It's a 3.3 V6 with only 70'000 km's.
At idle you can hear a distinct erratic light rattle/cracking sound. I have taken it to my local Dodge dealer & they road tested it and without any delay they told me that the noise is the normal operation of the lifters, apparently they have heard a few cases of this ??
The noise is loudest if you listen by the right front wheel. I have removed the Auxiliary belt to see if it was a noisy water pump....etc but the noise was still there. It's weird that my 2001 3.3 Caravan did not make a sound & I have not heard it from other Caravans ??
Are Dodge trying to palm me off or has anybody heard of this type of complaint ?
Thanks
At idle you can hear a distinct erratic light rattle/cracking sound. I have taken it to my local Dodge dealer & they road tested it and without any delay they told me that the noise is the normal operation of the lifters, apparently they have heard a few cases of this ??
The noise is loudest if you listen by the right front wheel. I have removed the Auxiliary belt to see if it was a noisy water pump....etc but the noise was still there. It's weird that my 2001 3.3 Caravan did not make a sound & I have not heard it from other Caravans ??
Are Dodge trying to palm me off or has anybody heard of this type of complaint ?
Thanks
