Originally Posted by ProjectMayhem
Just FYI my car is extremely quiet no ticks, i had a slight bearing noise you could only notice once you opened the hood. Turned out after i took off my belt today and spun all the pulley's around that the idle pulley was starting to wear/fail on my 178 pulley setup.
19k mileage, lifter tick is not normal but not really a reliability issue just annoying.
sorry to jack the thread but felt it was important. if you find any pulley with bearing wear replace it immediately!!! dont wait for seizure to cost thousands of dollars for a 40$ pulley. heres a great thread with part numbers and video. while changing my s/c pulley i inspected all the pulleys. 3 pulleys inc. the s/c pulley all had signs of bearing failure. my cost for 3 bearings was under 100$ and im sure saved me $$$$ if any 1 of them failed lunching the water pump s/c shaft or ping ponged around the engine bay
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