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timing belt noise #327539 April 02, 2010 05:52 pm UTC April 02, 2010 05:52 pm UTC
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 426 Kitchener, Ontario J jerry white OP Serious Member
jerry white OP Serious Member J Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 426 Kitchener, Ontario	My car has a weird noise coming from the timing belt area,the timing belt is pretty new maybe 17000 kms.The tensioner is 11yrs old about 100000 km on it,the belt seems a little loose.Also the car idles a little rough,I'm wondering if it could be my balance shaft belts.

Re: timing belt noise [Re: jerry white] #327540 April 02, 2010 05:57 pm UTC April 02, 2010 05:57 pm UTC
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,322 Loc: Loc: Rob Strelecki morum foderator
Rob Strelecki morum foderator Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,322 Loc: Loc:	Stop driving it and get that tensioner replaced! The rough idle is probably a vacuum leak or some other problem not related to the valve timing. Unless the rpm is steady while it's shaking - then perhaps you've lost the balance belt if it's as old as the tensioner. I've seen motor mounts torn apart from a balance belt being stripped... 1993 Eagle Talon TSi FWD 13.8 @ 106 :::: 14.1 @ 117

Re: timing belt noise [Re: Rob Strelecki] #327545 April 02, 2010 06:31 pm UTC April 02, 2010 06:31 pm UTC
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 426 Kitchener, Ontario J jerry white OP Serious Member
jerry white OP Serious Member J Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 426 Kitchener, Ontario	The rpm is dead steady while it is shaking.It might be a combo of tensioner and balance shaft belt what do you think?

Re: timing belt noise [Re: jerry white] #327549 April 02, 2010 08:33 pm UTC April 02, 2010 08:33 pm UTC
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,322 Loc: Loc: Rob Strelecki morum foderator
Rob Strelecki morum foderator Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,322 Loc: Loc:	Oh yeah and is it around 700rpm or higher? That's a normal idle.. Anything lower could make it shake (missfire). You need to take it apart either way.

Re: timing belt noise [Re: Rob Strelecki] #327704 April 05, 2010 12:05 pm UTC April 05, 2010 12:05 pm UTC
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 8 Victoria BC J Jonathan Beaton Newbie on Probation
Jonathan Beaton Newbie on Probation J Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 8 Victoria BC	Whenever you replace your timing belt replace the seals and bearings as well. mechanics are not just trying to make more money when they say this should all be replaced at once. I had a customer decline seals and tensioners on their pathfinder. The belt only lasted a year before they bought a new engine.

Re: timing belt noise [Re: Jonathan Beaton] #328013 April 09, 2010 03:26 pm UTC April 09, 2010 03:26 pm UTC
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,239 Ontario Malcolm Harris Serious Member
Malcolm Harris Serious Member Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,239 Ontario	^^ I don't think seals and tensioners would finish of the motor unless there was a tensioner/pully failer, the Nissan motor was on its way out already. A mechanic tells you to replace the seals tensioners, pullies and water pump because he is in there and you don't want to do it again @ twice the labour charge and inconvinence so you change that stuff well its right in front of you as preventitive maintance, and you would feel pretty stupid if something leaked or failed even 6 months later, IMO. I happened to check my t-belt and b-belt the other night and low and behold the b-belt was loose, eek, fixed that quick cause it is usually the cause of a t-belt failure our valve collision.

Re: timing belt noise [Re: Malcolm Harris] #328073 April 10, 2010 02:15 am UTC April 10, 2010 02:15 am UTC
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 10,749 Belleville, Ontario Ryan Laliberte No-Lift-To-Shift.... Stock. :)
Ryan Laliberte No-Lift-To-Shift.... Stock. :) Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 10,749 Belleville, Ontario	You still have a BS Belt? AWDAuto 1996 TSi AWD Automagic 12.24 @ 113 - Small 16G FP Green HTA - 11.42/123 Team Pump Gas and Meth RTMRacing - Your Canadian source for DSM Parts "Every moment you live is pregnant with the next moment of your life" --Jim Carrey Last Login: September 28, 2021

Re: timing belt noise [Re: Ryan Laliberte] #328075 April 10, 2010 02:21 am UTC April 10, 2010 02:21 am UTC
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,537 Belleville, Ontario Jay McClelland Insane Member
Jay McClelland Insane Member Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,537 Belleville, Ontario	Originally Posted by Ryan Laliberte You still have a BS Belt? Whats wrong with Balance shaft belts? 2g awd, Back to dsms here I come.

Re: timing belt noise [Re: Jay McClelland] #328089 April 10, 2010 02:38 pm UTC April 10, 2010 02:38 pm UTC
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 426 Kitchener, Ontario J jerry white OP Serious Member
jerry white OP Serious Member J Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 426 Kitchener, Ontario	I found out what the noise was,it was my harmonic damper it seperated and was rubbing on the timing cover.

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