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Re: 08 /11k miles cold start noise on belt side Posted by Mark in Marine [Email] (#1837) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Mark in Marine) on Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:40:26 In Reply to: 08 /11k miles cold start noise on belt side, dho, Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:34:39 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
You are close to due for a new tensioner (with pulley) and an idler pulley. I bought an '06 with almost exactly this mileage last December, and I needed to change out the tensioner and pulley in January. I had changed oil for my daughter and I heard the noise on startup - tensioner seemed to be original.
Of course that doesn't mean that is causing the noise. I would have the hood up next cold start and use a mechanics stethoscope (or substitute) and touch it to the passenger side of the valve cover to see if the noise is chain slapping the hardened chain guide in the valve cover.
Good luck on ID'ing this and let us know how it turns out.
Mark in Marine
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