Blaine B.
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Northwest Indiana
So, tonight......something started ticking. Then it started squeaking. Then that turned into a tremendous squeal.
Apparently my water pump pully cracked. I've never seen nor heard of anything like this before!
Also, the belt is rubbing on the inside. It wasn't like that this morning, so it must have just happened when the water pump pully cracked.
I checked all of the other pullys, they seem to be all tight. Harmonic balancer looks to be fine too. The belt rides correctly on all pullys, but is offset on the water pump pully. I assume that's because it's cracked. What could have caused this? I'm including some pictures so you can take a look. I assume it just cracked due to age perhaps? I replaced the water pump a year ago (like, exactly a year ago.....maybe 2 days past a year!).
Also I am getting a little noise that sounds like power steering pump. I assume it's just the belt because it doesn't matter if I turn the steering wheel or not, it just gets a little louder when I raise the RPM's. I also assume it's related to the water pump pully.
So I suppose I'll just replace the pully. Take a look at my pics and see if you can find anything else wrong, because I can't. I'll also include video so you can hear the terrible squealing. I didn't think a crack pully would make so much noise, considering it's still spinning and all. Let me know what you think, I haven't torn into this one bit yet.
Water pump pully
Harmonic balancer
And, the video.
http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b210/bbugaski/Automotive/?action=view¤t=Squeal.flv
Apparently my water pump pully cracked. I've never seen nor heard of anything like this before!
Also, the belt is rubbing on the inside. It wasn't like that this morning, so it must have just happened when the water pump pully cracked.
I checked all of the other pullys, they seem to be all tight. Harmonic balancer looks to be fine too. The belt rides correctly on all pullys, but is offset on the water pump pully. I assume that's because it's cracked. What could have caused this? I'm including some pictures so you can take a look. I assume it just cracked due to age perhaps? I replaced the water pump a year ago (like, exactly a year ago.....maybe 2 days past a year!).
Also I am getting a little noise that sounds like power steering pump. I assume it's just the belt because it doesn't matter if I turn the steering wheel or not, it just gets a little louder when I raise the RPM's. I also assume it's related to the water pump pully.
So I suppose I'll just replace the pully. Take a look at my pics and see if you can find anything else wrong, because I can't. I'll also include video so you can hear the terrible squealing. I didn't think a crack pully would make so much noise, considering it's still spinning and all. Let me know what you think, I haven't torn into this one bit yet.
Water pump pully
Harmonic balancer
And, the video.
http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b210/bbugaski/Automotive/?action=view¤t=Squeal.flv
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