98 mercury grand marques 4.6 v8 130000mi on cold start engine makes loud hammer tapping or slapping noise. Not constant but intermittent. Noise stops when serpentine is removed replaced idler pulley and tensioning pulley and had shop check a/c comp and it is ok. Also power steering pump and alt.seems ok. Could the harmonic pulley make that kind of noise? What could it be? Also when the noise happens I can see that something is locking up as the tensioning pulley arm hunts Thanks John
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Do you have the defrost on when it is doing this? Turn it off and see if it goes away. I'm still thinking A/C compressor.
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