I'm not sure how long it has been going on... my guess is 3-5 weeks(500miles?
). I searched the other threads and can't seem to get anything that fits. I initially thought it was a rattle b/c a cover or pan was loose. To me it sounded like the rattles my old Civic had. Hubby said no. He primarily diagnosed it as a bad bearing in the alternator. (He even used a stethescope to listen to it)He did an R&R (ripout and replace)... still made the noise. Boy was he peeved! So he put the old alt back on and returned the part. His buddy and the auto parts guy seem to think it's the tensioner on the serpentine belt. Is this possible? My hubby has jumped to the conclusion that it's the water pump but I'm not convinced!
Thought I'd come here to get an idea from my genvibe crowd
Oh, she's just under 80,000 miles and 5.5 years old! This is the first problem we've had to deal with other than standard maitenence!
