adallak Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 The engine is noisier at idle than it was before. When I just bought the car a year ago, I could barely tell if the engine was running. I can tell it now. I have recently replaced the serpentine belt and the tensioner hoping it would help, but it did not. The tensioner was squeaking, by the way. No squeaks anymore, but the engine vibrates slightly and makes that muffled clut-clut-clut noise. I have noticed the harmonic balancer was kind of eccentric. Is it possible? How can I fix it? Here is a video of another engine, but the balancer wobbles pretty much the same way mine does. The saddest thing in life is wasted talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 The only fix is to replace the balancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Do not ignore this as a nuisance. My wife's Pontiac T1000, an ex-Hertz car sold to us as just an ordinary used car by a now-defunct GM dealer, went bowling with it's damper wheel while she was on the way home from work on Route 128 (IH 95) near Boston. The damper wheel went hopping into the underbrush, and my wife went, alone, trudging along the shoulder of the freeway in the dark. You don't want to go there. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adallak Posted October 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Thanks Ranger and Jim, Just ordered one. Did not know it was so serious, but after learning a balancer contains a rubber part... will replace ASAP! The saddest thing in life is wasted talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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