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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 04:26 PM
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New noise!

I have a 2003 Excursion 4x4 Limited V10 with 129,000 miles and there is a new noise in the engine compartment. I had a whir that everyone who heard it said it was the power steering pump going bad, but the fluid level was always good and not real dirty. So I did not want to just throw part at it I thought I would research it further. My father-in-law borrowed it to go pick up grain and when he got home he noticed another noise that sounds like the fan hitting something. I went to check it out and thought it maybe the fan clutch going out so I rotated the fan but never felt it hitting anything. There was also some resistance while turning the fan so I ruled out fan clutch. So I am back to square one. The whir has morphed into a tapping sound so I am now suspecting a bad idler pulley or bearing. What do you all think?
 
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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 06:53 AM
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Loosen belt and spin idler pulley. Easy to do.
 
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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 08:13 AM
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I started to do that last night but it got dark on me and I needed a step ladder to get in to the tensioner pulley. Will try again this evening. Thanks.
 
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Old Jun 25, 2016 | 03:27 PM
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Well it turned out to be the tensioner pulley. It was about to fall out, ball bearings were missing. Thanks for all the help.
 
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