Accessory Belt Clanking at Idle

[ryanl]

Has anyone had an annoying clanking sound come from the accessory belt area during idle? I have uploaded a quick video of the sound to youtube:

http://youtu.be/KwIlWRbIFqs

If anyone knows what is causing this, or how to fix this, I would greatly appreciate the help! It's a 2003 MSP with 211,000km.

Thanks!
-RyanL

 

[Keno1542]

looks like pulley wobble, bearing is going out

 

[hornsfan10609]

Could be the water pump, PS pump, AC compressor or even the pulleys for the timing belt. It is loud enough to be easy to locate though

 

[Keno1542]

looking at the video again, it looks like the ps pulley seems to have a noticeable wobble to it, the belt is def wobbling

 

[ryanl]

So I finally got around to looking into this further, and it turns out that it was the magnetic clutch on the AC Compressor.

There is a metal plate on the compressor side that the magnet engages to, the three pins holding this plate to the compressor had popped off leaving the plate to bounce around whenever the AC was off (ie magnet not engaged).