[V8] V8 steam engine
Ed Kellock
ekellock at gmail.com
Mon Jan 3 15:57:11 PST 2011
I think I remember someone suggesting that the fan can be removed by
removing the whole assembly from the front of the timing belt cover. The 3
bolts hold the bearing to the cover.
I haven't done this and am only trying to recall what others might have
reported. You might be able to digest this better having the job in front
of you. It might be easier to try Seamus' suggestion of putting the belt
back on.
Also, if it would help at all, the electric fan next to the viscous fan
housing can be unbolted and moved out of the way a bit.
Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Kalbskopf [mailto:gbmarc at cox.net]
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 4:27 PM
To: Ed Kellock
Cc: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] V8 steam engine
OK, so I pulled the serpentine belt off and .. .da dah! bliss,
the sound stopped.
So that narrows it down to the alternator, or the viscous fan, because
it's definitely something physically close to the passenger side
timing belt cover.
The alternator spins freely, the fan sounds rough.
So I tried removing the fan. It's a pig. The nut is supposed to be a
left hand thread, but I can't keep the pulley still while I put
tremendous force on the big nut.
I'm holding the big nut with an adjustable wrench because I don't have
an open-ended anywhere near that size, and of course there's simply no
room.
Once the fan is off, does that pulley come off with those 3 little
bolts?
I was hoping to re-install the serpentine belt without the viscous
fan, and see if the noise was gone, but right now I'm stuck and it's
freezing!
Mark.
On Jan 2, 2011, at 7:37 PM, Ed Kellock wrote:
> Pull the accessory drive belt and run the engine. This will isolate
> the
> timing belt rollers, bearings, water pump, etc. and possibly yield
> some good
> news.
>
> Ed
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of
> Mark Kalbskopf
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 12:56 PM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] V8 steam engine
>
>
> OK, 210K miles on the car and the timing belt, idler bearings etc were
> last replaced at 160K.
> For some time I've had a noise coming from the timing belt area, upper
> left when I face the engine from the front.
> It sounded like a roller bearing or something. Well, I've been
> ignoring it until now, but its beginning to sound like a steam engine
> with a regular chugging and various rough /grinding noises.
> Is this the idler pulley and adjusting rollers going bad, or does
> whatever the camshaft spins in, go bad?
>
> (And I was trying so hard to get the car through until the end of her
> last year at college!)
>
> Anyone want to buy a V8 steam engine?
>
> Mark.
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