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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?
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.