Betsy98Sport
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- San Diego, CA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 07 Ford Explorer Eddie B
So long story short. Engine overheated on a long trip. New head gasket set. New cylinder heads just to be sure. New timing chains and sprockets and tensioners. New water pump. All gaskets throughout engine top to bottom pretty much replaced since it came with the head gasket kit. By the way, this involves having to remove the engine and work on it on the stand.
Once it was all fixed up, Ive probably drove about 800 to 900 miles, and then one morning my wife hears a noise in the engine compartment. One of the belt ribs was torn off. The one closest to the engine. I did notice that the belt tensioner was pretty shaky so I concluded that it was the problem. I replaced the belt tensioner and the belt. Things seem to be running fine until the next morning when my wife called and she heard a rattling noise, and strangely enough, the AC line was rubbing up against the fan. This wasn’t too much of a big deal since I was easily able to move that out-of-the-way. The belt unfortunately tore again.
But the big issue I noticed was that the belt was one rib off and pushed towards the engine as if the crankshaft pulley (harmonic balancer) was too far forward. Also come to find out I accidentally routed the belt the wrong direction after doing the engine rebuild but it had seem to run fine up until this point.
I also noticed that the harmonic balancer seemed a little wobbly, and the rubber seem deteriorated and cracked. I only replaced that four years ago. So I wasn’t expecting that to go so soon. I did end up getting a warranty replacement on the balancer but the belt is still off track.
Check out the video I have linked here and give me your thoughts. This is our family driver unfortunately so this definitely complicates things for the next few days.
Once it was all fixed up, Ive probably drove about 800 to 900 miles, and then one morning my wife hears a noise in the engine compartment. One of the belt ribs was torn off. The one closest to the engine. I did notice that the belt tensioner was pretty shaky so I concluded that it was the problem. I replaced the belt tensioner and the belt. Things seem to be running fine until the next morning when my wife called and she heard a rattling noise, and strangely enough, the AC line was rubbing up against the fan. This wasn’t too much of a big deal since I was easily able to move that out-of-the-way. The belt unfortunately tore again.
But the big issue I noticed was that the belt was one rib off and pushed towards the engine as if the crankshaft pulley (harmonic balancer) was too far forward. Also come to find out I accidentally routed the belt the wrong direction after doing the engine rebuild but it had seem to run fine up until this point.
I also noticed that the harmonic balancer seemed a little wobbly, and the rubber seem deteriorated and cracked. I only replaced that four years ago. So I wasn’t expecting that to go so soon. I did end up getting a warranty replacement on the balancer but the belt is still off track.
Check out the video I have linked here and give me your thoughts. This is our family driver unfortunately so this definitely complicates things for the next few days.