Crankshaft pulley AGAIN!

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Crankshaft pulley AGAIN!

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Right, this is getting silly now. I'm about to change the cranshaft pulley on my 2.2 yet again. It was knocking when i bought it so i replaced with an aftermarket one bought from a well known motor factors, 8 months down the line this started knocking so i thought i'd replace with an OE Citroen pulley (£115!) :shock: now 14 months down the line this is knocking its tits off so it needs replacing. What i want to know is why it keeps failing on me? The serpentine belt, pulley and tensioner were all replaced with an OE kit when i bought the car and they are all functioning fine so why does the crankshaft pulley keep going? :argue:
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Re: Crankshaft pulley AGAIN!

Post by old'uns »

if it's any consolation, on my old 2.0 8v i replaced 3 times as many pulleys as belts, regardless of how much they were.
the shortest time one lasted was 4000m, around 4 months if i recall, replaced under warranty but still a pain.
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