MY 97 SL2 1.9 IS MAKING A CHATTERING/SLAPPING NOISE UNDER LOAD AND DURING TURNS. WHEN I AM CRUISING THE NOISE IS NOT THERE.


THOUGHT IT WAS TENSIONER BECAUSE IT WAS BAD REPLACED IT AND LOWER MOUNT THAT WAS WORE OUT WHICH I THOUGHT WOULD MAKE THE NOISE DUE TO METAL TO METAL CONTACT.

 

CAR IS A 1 OWNER WITH 35K, AND EUREKA, IT WAS THE BELT AS WELL. THE BAD TENSIONER WAS CAUSED BY A WEAK BELT WHICH WAS CAUSING SLOP AND EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE TENSIONER. THE BELT SHOWED NO CRACKS WHICH LEAD ME TO BELIEVE IT WAS OK. I TOOK IT OFF TO INSPECT IT AND I SAW THREADS BETWEEN THE GROOVES, YOU COULD ACTUALLY FOLD IT IN HALF!


I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE THE LOWER MOUNT, WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW GO BAD AND CAN MAKE METAL TO METAL NOISE, CHECKED IT OUT AND IT WAS BAD AND REPLACED THAT! I HOPE THIS HELPS ANYONE AND LUCKY FOR ME THE IDLER PULLEY IS STILL GOOD. LOWER MOUNT IS EASY TO DO AS WELL AND ONLY 35 AT AUTOZONE WITH A LIFE TIME WARRANTY!

 

Great Glad you are back on the road