mp88
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- '98 Sport
98 Sport, 4.0 SOHC, no mods
Ok somebody is going to kick my butt with a previously started thread, but I wasn't able to find it with the search.
So here goes:
From the second my X starts to the second she shuts down there is a constant ticking, borderline rattle coming somewhere from the front of my engine. When I bring the rpm's up, the rattle gets faster. I'm thinking it might be a loose pulley (one broke off my old Exploder, so I'm a bit paranoid). The tick doesn't match up with the pistons firing, so it would be a little far cry to call it a knock right about now.
So to diagnose the whole loose pulley theory I'd like to take my belt off and start the engine up for say, a minute. Is that safe?
I mean, when the pulley snapped off my old '94, I drove 8 miles home (the rest of the way 1:30AM), my temp sensor (which had never worked before) was on red, when I pulled in I could hear the antifreeze boiling.
So what are your takes on this?
*still waiting for that first person to smack me in the face with a link stamped "jack@$$"*
Ok somebody is going to kick my butt with a previously started thread, but I wasn't able to find it with the search.
So here goes:
From the second my X starts to the second she shuts down there is a constant ticking, borderline rattle coming somewhere from the front of my engine. When I bring the rpm's up, the rattle gets faster. I'm thinking it might be a loose pulley (one broke off my old Exploder, so I'm a bit paranoid). The tick doesn't match up with the pistons firing, so it would be a little far cry to call it a knock right about now.
So to diagnose the whole loose pulley theory I'd like to take my belt off and start the engine up for say, a minute. Is that safe?
I mean, when the pulley snapped off my old '94, I drove 8 miles home (the rest of the way 1:30AM), my temp sensor (which had never worked before) was on red, when I pulled in I could hear the antifreeze boiling.
So what are your takes on this?
*still waiting for that first person to smack me in the face with a link stamped "jack@$$"*