2001 Eclipse. Steering pulley seized and had pump and belt replaced. Three days later, chirping sound. Turn a/c on no change. Increases with speed and doesn't go away when car warms up.
Returned to shop they said a/c pulley bearings bad so compressor will need to be replaced. They said they cleaned steering fluid off everything but it still made noise. (if it was a pulley would they have caught it before replacing belt?)
Wondering (hoping against odds) if it might actually be tension pulley. If it is can it be temporarily quieted with white lithium grease (or other grease of some sort) sprayed toward center (carefully without getting on belt) from outside pulley. (Assuming I can rig a way to only spray pulley, seeing it is very tough to get to)
If it is a/c pulley, can it be sprayed in similar way?
And last, is there a bypass available. Shop said maybe, then looked at car and said no. (could they not tell just by knowing make, model and year of car?)
Last, I have a hose I can try to listen to pulleys with. I am going to try that to identify which pulley it is if it isn't belt. I never did it but will give it a go.
I spent all I could on steering pump and belt. There is no more money except for grease. Good news, we have a good bus system. :mecry2:
Returned to shop they said a/c pulley bearings bad so compressor will need to be replaced. They said they cleaned steering fluid off everything but it still made noise. (if it was a pulley would they have caught it before replacing belt?)
Wondering (hoping against odds) if it might actually be tension pulley. If it is can it be temporarily quieted with white lithium grease (or other grease of some sort) sprayed toward center (carefully without getting on belt) from outside pulley. (Assuming I can rig a way to only spray pulley, seeing it is very tough to get to)
If it is a/c pulley, can it be sprayed in similar way?
And last, is there a bypass available. Shop said maybe, then looked at car and said no. (could they not tell just by knowing make, model and year of car?)
Last, I have a hose I can try to listen to pulleys with. I am going to try that to identify which pulley it is if it isn't belt. I never did it but will give it a go.
I spent all I could on steering pump and belt. There is no more money except for grease. Good news, we have a good bus system. :mecry2: