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Is my belt tentioner going south?


somick
12-01-2012, 06:47 PM
4 cylinder, 2004 Camry LE with 117,000 miles.

I was looking into my wife's complaint about a weird sound coming from the passenger side front but did not hear anything. So I popped the hood and looked at my serpentine belt:

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I do not remember seeing this before.

I can also see the same pattern on both pulleys that the flat side of the belt rides on.

I replaced the water pump 20,000 miles ago. So I removed the belt but did not feel any play in the pulley.

I started the car and using mechanics stethoscope checked the sound near every pulley I could reach. The belt tentioner sounded much louder, plus the sound was not even and I heard some light knocks.

Did anybody have this problem?

Regards,

Sam

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