What might be wrong?
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Burning Brakes
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What might be wrong?
I went out to check my oil and noticed my serpentine belt was half off, and my accessory belt was all off, i have oil dripps under my car now too. what could have caused this and what kind of damage could this have done? thanks for the help guys.
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Crank pulley bolt has probably backed off.
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hmm, ok well its a 99, FRC and i will get back to you on the oil I don't have a low pro jack to jack it up with so i gotta find a way to get it in the air. Oh and its got about 84000 on the clock
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I agree with the harmonic balancer. If you look at it while its running, you'll probably see its wobbling. Time to replace it before you have a huge problem.
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The main pulley, also known as the crank pulley. There will be a disc like object behind the crank pulley. This is the harmonic balancer. Look at the crank pulley while it is idling. Check to see if it is wobbling.
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I have GMPP on my Z so when the belt started jumping off the pulleys I first replaced the belt but the new one continued to jump off the pulleys so I took it in for service. They found some sort of sticky material on the crank pulley which was causing the belt to jump. They cleaned the pulley and all has been fine since.
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talked to the dealer and they say its the bolt for the balancer and crank pully, so they are gonna replace the bolt and belts and balancer. they also made sure that no other engine parts were harmed. so i should get my car back today or early tomorrow.