Advil4u

Ok so I found out what was causing all that noise the harmonic balacer (crank shaft pulley) had went bad came out in two pices anyways I replaced it about 1 wk ago and this morning I start the car and I get this weird noise sounding like a rod knock so I took off the belt to make sure it wasnt the ac or power steering pump or water pump som as I turned it on noise was gone so with the car off a grabbed the harmonic balancer and this brand new one is also lose wtf can be causing this these pulleys aint cheap they about 230 $ any input is greatly appreciatted

SiCcNeSs

Get a ATI you wont regret it..

Advil4u

Ati? Is this a brand? Thanks in advance

Advil4u

I am getting ready to junk this dam car I got my new pulley And it took a crap 2 weeks later I got a replacement saturday installed it drove for about 100 miles and sounds like the new one also is taking a crap its starting to show simtums wat can cause this balancer to keep going out

lexus1995g

hi did you ever find out what the problem with the gs300 because im haveing the same problem with my 95 gs300

ttaylor993

I have never heard of this problem before. But, if you are going thru pulleys like that, then I would think that it is something related to the crank itself. There is a rectangular key that fits into the crank to make sure the pulley and the crank gear can go on only one way. That key does come out. Are you sure that it's in and fits tightly? Also, there is a clip that holds the timing gear snug on the crank close to the engine. Otherwise, it may slip on the crank back and forth between the oil pump and the back of the pulley. That could cause some noise as well. I am assuming you had the crank timing gear off. Was the clip put back? It screws into the engine on the lower right side of the gear; at about 5 o'clock.