The tensioner belt pulley is not expensive at all. It cost's as low as $15.00...shouldn't be to bad to replace either. Easy in...easy out

 

so does the outside part of your a/c pulley spin, because it should be spinning.

 

I just mean in general, not the repair price... My other money pit is a 89 sec 560. Between the two needing crap done turbo is looking further and further away

 

Nope...if it warms up outside ill try and see if I can get it to move, but as it sits with the motor running it doesn't spin at all

 

Minor update...after a few treatments of wd40 penetrating the areas that should spin and then cleaning the area after last week the pulley spins as of today when I started it?could it be time for a tensioner pulley, or could all the noise be from the fact that its been below freezing for the last month and a half here?

 

Question...I was shopping and noticed that the pulley itself is roughly 15, but there is also an option of buying the full assembly for about 120. When these things go out and start making noise is it typically the fully itself or something in the assembly

 

Most of the time it is the pulley bearings themselves. Anything else that makes any noise in the assembly should be corrected with WD-40 or liquid Wrench I would think...

 

Good to know...the cheaper the better.

 

Not in all cases is cheaper better...I'd rather spend 10 grand on a used Lexus than a brand new Kia Rio. But in this case, cheaper IS better.

 

yeah if you managed to free it up just keep it well lubricated and hope for the best.
you would have to take it apart to replace the pulley, at that point it may just be the same to take it apart and clean the original one especially if it spins again without making noise. if it makes bad noises from that pulley specifically then a new pulley is in order

 

Touche. Shoulda said cheaper is better than buying un needed parts

 

So today with the car running everything spins, but the noise is loud. Guess it is the tension pulley

 

^^Most likely your tensioner pulley. I'd just buy the 15 buck pulley and replace it to get it done and over with.