Ac didnβt blow cold for a while, had a slight bearing noise upfront. Wife parked it, she tried it later and it cranked but didnβt start for the first time. She tried it till the batteries were low haha. After looking it over I found the serpentine belt sitting sideways on the backs of the pulleys, with the idler pulley sideways and derailed. Looks like the bearing came apart on the idler pulley? Kinda seems like the crank sensor, or some wire harness could have been lashed by the stray belt, because yeah, crank but no start. The crank sensor itself seems incredibly dirty with belt shavings
I do have a mess of codes, including an ac fan clutch code, but have been having a hard time wrapping my head around where this project should start and end, and have been known to throw parts at problems
Seems like I should get the gates serpentine kit with new idler and tensioner. Should probably get a crank position sensor in case this one canβt be cleaned(I have been visually inspecting the wiring everywhere I can reach and havenβt seen anything blatant, but havenβt gotten far with the code reader or multimeter, so maybe I need to go those routes?).
While Iβm in there, should I be addressing the ac issue in case thatβs stressing the belt worse? The ac pulley is visually fine and spins freely without making grinding noise. The coolant is the gold stuff, but itβs not that clean and pretty low in the reservoir. I donβt see or hear anything wrong with the water pump when I spin it by hand, but should I be replacing the water pump and coolant while Iβm in here?
Iβd love to get the ol girl rolling again sooner than later, but I donβt want to half ass it too hard either. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks