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diagnose alternator noise S60 2003

posted by  riverbend on  Fri Aug 16 19:13 CST 2019
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My niece dropped off her 2003 S60 for a noisy serpentine belt idler. Carefully poking around with a stick it seems like the vibration and noise is coming from the alternator. How do I determine if it the alternator bearings or the freewheel clutch that has gone bad ?
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Greg








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diagnose alternator noise S60 2003

posted by  james_a_sousa on  Sun Aug 18 21:21 CST 2019
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You are a brave man for taking the responsibility for your niece's 16 year old car with a noise.

when you have the belt off, try to check everything touched by the belt.

I actually like my dealer and would send her to their shop.








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diagnose alternator noise S60 2003

posted by  riverbend on  Sun Aug 25 18:58 CST 2019
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It is not a big deal. I have been looking after 'old' cars my whole life. My niece is broke and the dealer charges somewhere north of $120 per hour. Besides, there is no fun in having someone else work on my cars. There is a '67 Volvo in my shop that is getting reacquainted with twin SUs...

Greg








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diagnose alternator noise S60 2003

posted by  KlausC on  Mon Aug 26 09:29 CST 2019
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The dealer is north of $135/hour and they would charge 1 hour to do the diagnosis and 2+ to put in a new pulley + $115 for the part.

When those twin SU's are put in Xena, take a test drive by my house and let me see!! I loved that car.
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diagnose alternator noise S60 2003

posted by  KlausC on  Fri Aug 16 20:08 CST 2019
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All I can suggest is unhooking the belt and check for play in the clutch.
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diagnose alternator noise S60 2003

posted by  riverbend on  Sun Aug 25 18:52 CST 2019
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Good call Klaus. I took the belt off and the play in the pulley was significant. If it was obvious that it was the problem.
Thanks
Greg







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