Thread: clattering metal noise sound clip inside

best thing to do is save the money, pick the tensioner up from your local parts store and swap it in, is right on the back of the head next to where a DEs oil filter would be...once you have the new part youll know what to look for , takes 5 mins to do

edit: ive put 1000s of miles on my car rattling..infact it still is..and i dog the isht outta it

just my .02 but it doesnt sound like the tensioner to me.. or the alternator.. but the guy with the idea to take the belt off is right, its a free way to test if its the alt.. theres no sense in shot gunning money at problems..

Sound like the altenator might be cracked or loose. One of my customers had that same problem. It drove me nuts trying to find where it was coming from.

I have that going on right now. Been that way for a while now. Altenator bolt is broken. When I first heard that sound I started freaking out. Then I remembered the previous owner had just changed the alt a few hours prior to me buying the car. He fubared the bolt when he put the new alt in, or taking the old one out.

Ok, I feel a little better now. I was hoping the alternator was going out instead of the motor. The battery light, abs, and brake light came on and the last time I seen that was when the alternator was bad. The wierd thing is that the alternator is still showing 14+ volts when idling.

where are the main bolts any way?

just take the damn belt off and start the car up... if the sound is still there then its not the alt..

after u do that report back

im telling u when my de did this i was freaking out i called my boi that worked at nissan he told me check for da pills n i told him all good he came by and he heard it and he was like take the belt off i did started it up and everything was good just try it n then get back to us

Removed the belt and the sound is GONE!!! Wow!! Now I have to do research on how to remove the alternator...Looks rough due to limited space.

Thank You

not that hard. one bolt on the bottom and one bolt on the top

my clacking wasn't the alternator or the tensioner - replaced the tensioner with the new style, and took of the alty belt - next attempt is the ps pump belt - we'll see what happens.