Tensioner ran for some time without holding the load on alternator pulley within alignment spec.. thus damaged alternator bearings, and the alternator internals are no longer in alignment. Logical cause and effect.
On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 9:55 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Just finished up this tensioner project on my dads e300. When running at > idle it had a strange intermittent metallic noise almost like timing chain > slapping around. I noticed it. Before I started the job. I also noticed > with the belt loose it did not make the noise. I figured it was the fubar > tensioner. Back together it’s still doing in. Scratching my head sounds > like it’s coming from the passenger side of the engine. Looking further I > noticed the alternator pulley seems to be moving in and out just a slight > amount. This must be the noise. I have had the bearings and pulleys go out > on a couple of 606’s before requiring a tow. Am I correct this should not > be moving like this? > > https://youtube.com/shorts/QIXnf5_ULDQ?feature=share > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
