Well iheard a funny noise and i smelt burning belt so i popped the hood and this pulley is sticking and the belt is slipping. It dosent stick the whole time it will hang then continue normally.





What is that?

 

Im a newbi to motors and all but what would happen if that belt broke would it bend valves and and all that. I hear people saying that all the time.

 

Do you have aftermarket aluminum underdrive pulley's?

 

No. Check out my rust!!

 

ttt

 

ummm, are you sure the pulley is "sticking"?


that looks like the a/c compressor to me lol(kinda a bad angle). It is normal for it to kick on and off as the compressor needs it to.

Did you have your a/c on? If you did, the belt should keep moving but the clutch will kick out and the compressor will stop/start as needed

 

yes the a/c was on. i watched it "stick" like 10 times on 1 minute lol

 

No this is the serpintine belt, not the timing belt... All the serpintine belt does is power you accessories, alternator, smog pump, A/C, Etc... Is that the A/C compressor? I can't tell in the picture? If it is, it has a clutch system, it will turn on and off, it's the compressor cycling... I doubt the pulley is stopping and starting, you have to think, it's spinning fast at all times, so if the pulley did stop it would probably break the belt or throw it off instantly... Good luck either way...

 

Possibly a bad clutch in your AC Compressor.. The thing is, in the newer AC Units, they have a RPM Safety on them, that shuts the compressor off above a certain RPM, since AC Compressors aren't designed to be spun that fast....

Do you run your AC Regularly??

And is it just me, or do the nasty grooves around the 3 studs coming out look really bad, like the pulley has gone through hell??


JT

 

yea they do look awful. I dont run it that often. i was goin to run it today because my mom was with me and she dosent like the windows down.