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    What is this

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    Its from the front and only does it during cold start warm up then goes away after 10, 15 minutes when cars is fully good to go



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    is it your license plate frame rattling?
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    have you tried moving the intake flapper actuator "lever" ?

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    Serpentine belt tensioner or roller. Its either low on tension or bearing is going out.

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    That's what I figured any estimates on how much to fix and difficulty. Any diys

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    You have to put the car in the service position first. I used the JHM auto tension kit with a new belt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarrenOman View Post
    You have to put the car in the service position first. I used the JHM auto tension kit with a new belt.
    How and what does service position do exactly and it sounds like the front belt right would be more of a tick coming from the back if it was chain?

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    Service position moves the core support forward so you have a bit of room to get to the serpentine belt. Don't have to drain coolant or anything to just do the serpentine belt. My belt started making noise, and I'm in the process of fixing that right now (waiting on parts at this point). Getting it to service position takes maybe 45-60 minutes at most. Nothing difficult either, which is nice. I ended up taking my whole core support off because I also need a new AC compressor and I decided I'd do that myself while I was in there.

    Edit: Here's what mine sounded like, and what my belt looked like for reference





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    Quote Originally Posted by REVOofRustler View Post
    Service position moves the core support forward so you have a bit of room to get to the serpentine belt. Don't have to drain coolant or anything to just do the serpentine belt. My belt started making noise, and I'm in the process of fixing that right now (waiting on parts at this point). Getting it to service position takes maybe 45-60 minutes at most. Nothing difficult either, which is nice. I ended up taking my whole core support off because I also need a new AC compressor and I decided I'd do that myself while I was in there.

    Edit: Here's what mine sounded like, and what my belt looked like for reference





    Thanks for the info

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