I've got a 1990 SC, that has a pinging noise coming from under the hood, it gets faster during acceleration and can still be hear when idle. A gentleman in my building who happens to be a truck driver and claims he knows a little bit about engines, seems to think the super charger bearing has seized.
Is it safe to remove the belt from the super charger, and run the engine without? the Super charger is on its own belt looped around an idler pulley(?) and a tensioner, separate from the serpentine belt, which also goes around the idler (I'm assuming to drive the SC).
Is it safe to remove the belt from the super charger, and run the engine without? the Super charger is on its own belt looped around an idler pulley(?) and a tensioner, separate from the serpentine belt, which also goes around the idler (I'm assuming to drive the SC).
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