1998 Ford Expedition "tensioner going bad" Questions

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...bad battery, or your serpentine belt is loose. go to autozone and let them do a load test on battery and alternator. additionally if sepentine belt tensioner is loose then you may need to buy another ...

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...LIKE ALTERNATOR GOING OUT.BUT CHECK ALTERNATOR ELECTRICAL WIRES.MAKE SURE THEY ARE INTACT AND NOT DAMAGED.CHECK ALTERNATOR FUSES AND DRIVE BELT.MAKE BELT TENSIONER IS BAD CAUSING DRIVE BELT TO

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1998 expedition yesturday was low on fuel got gas drove with headlights on got 4 miles down road vehicle died thought was bad gas 3hrs later vehicle would run but abs light and brake light would flash

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...going out. I changed the alternator and put all serpentine belt on correctly. Now when I turn the car on the tension pulley seems to have a little bit of give in it and it makes a whirring sound. The ...

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...going bad. A good way to find out is to run the engine and using an auto stethoscope listen to each function (pulley) individually while it is whining. Most of the time it is a Idle (stationary) ...

...tensioner go bad at this point? At 100k Miles, the timing belt is due for replacement anyhow. I recommend replacing the tensioner and the water pump, while its apart. If the tensioner goes bad, the ...

...tensioner is going bad and allows the belt to jump around on the groove pulleys it will tear the belt. My tensioner was making sounds like you describe and I did not locate the sound and deal with it ...

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...tensioner has gone bad, It's not common for any bolts to go loose but it's common for the tension arm assembly to break apart and vibrate from side to side. The tensoner pulley does vibrate as the ...

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...this case have both the tensioner and belt replaced. there is the odd chance that the a/c compressor is going bad and locking up. any good mechanic can quickly tell you the problem in under 10 ...

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...heat/ac is turned on your belt tensioner is going bad.replace tensioner and serpentine belt this could be a bad problem if it is not repaired soon.the belt drives the ac water pump and ...

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