Put the new 140amp alternator on but now have a clicking noise. I'm thinking belt tensioner?



(That'* driverKim behind the wheel )

For a second there it sounded like a bad HB. But your tensioner did look a bit shaky.

Thats one of the tensioner assemblies..sounds like one thats for sure

Yeah, I didn't think it was coming from that area though, down below. the Harmonic Balancer is still original, so I'm expecting it to go out once I fix all the other issues '

hm...

I think this will be my 4th one I've replaced

Does it go away when it'* warmed up? It really sounds like the HB to me. Can you get the belt to move enough to turn pulleys some?


Shall we call her DriverMom?

I've only had it run for about a minute at a time. It tends to make a louder coupla clicks when the car is just turned off.

lol, drivermom, that sounds good.

Louder clunks when you turn it off? Even more like the HB.

yeah, there wasn't any signs of it failing when I parked the car 4 months ago :?

John, that sounds VERY much like a HB in the early death stages. When you rev the engine and hold it up a bit, does the sound go away?

Didn't someone warn you about that and tell you to replace it regardless? About 3 or 4 months ago?



Say Hi to Mom for me, and tell her I'll bring some good gourmet coffee next time to replace the 44 pounds I devoured while Dad was hospitalized.

That is most definitely an external noise. Not internal to the engine.