So, now that I've missed three days of my vacation due to this front end squeak/chirp, I'm getting more than a bit P****d!
In a futile effort to eliminate the problem, a buddy and I attempted to burn the hay stack down to find the needle . . . so to speak. We replaced the idler pulley, harmonic ballancer, and S belt. That sound remained.
At this point (after missing 2 days of fishing:flamemad, I decided to take the jeep to a competent mechanic. (this, by the way, was demanded by my girl who had taken to calling us the two stooges--ah, maybe justifiably)
Mechanic put on the stethoscope and said 99% sure its the alternator. I said, that is wierd, but told him do what you got to do, I got some bass to catch.
All good right? Wrong! Mechanic comes back: "I got good news and Bad news. The good: You just got yourself a brand new altinator for free :kissyou:
The bad: the sound is comming from behind the timing belt cover:twak: "
I only have 111,000 miles on the jeep. I thought timing chains lasted the life of the vehicle. And the sound happened all of a sudden. What gives? What factors could lead to premature death of a timing chain? (The Harmonic ballancer did not eat through or really damage the cover at all)
Could this guy be wrong?
In a futile effort to eliminate the problem, a buddy and I attempted to burn the hay stack down to find the needle . . . so to speak. We replaced the idler pulley, harmonic ballancer, and S belt. That sound remained.
At this point (after missing 2 days of fishing:flamemad, I decided to take the jeep to a competent mechanic. (this, by the way, was demanded by my girl who had taken to calling us the two stooges--ah, maybe justifiably)
Mechanic put on the stethoscope and said 99% sure its the alternator. I said, that is wierd, but told him do what you got to do, I got some bass to catch.
All good right? Wrong! Mechanic comes back: "I got good news and Bad news. The good: You just got yourself a brand new altinator for free :kissyou:
The bad: the sound is comming from behind the timing belt cover:twak: "
I only have 111,000 miles on the jeep. I thought timing chains lasted the life of the vehicle. And the sound happened all of a sudden. What gives? What factors could lead to premature death of a timing chain? (The Harmonic ballancer did not eat through or really damage the cover at all)
Could this guy be wrong?