Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:46:19 -0500 From: "The Malt Hound" <goalie22nospamail.com> wrote in message news:dSOFd.6110$ft6.2395nospamsvr31.news.prodigy.com... > The owner is adamant that there are no fluid, oil, trans fluid, etc. leaks > whatsoever. Looking in his driveway and under the car after driving it, I > didn't see anything. I read something about when replacing crank pulley, > there is a point where you replace some oil pump O-Rings, and reseat the > pump, etc? Shouldn't there be an oil leak of some type that goes along > with this problem? No. The problem he is describing is the inner and out parts of the crankshaft pulley (aka harmonic balancer) assembly. The pulley fits on the end of the crankshaft and there is a seal that fits in the timing chain cover that mates to this assembly, but the rubber he is talking about is sandwiched between the two press fit parts of the pulley. But before you go overboard here, just get some white-out (typing correction fluid) and paint a line across the face (like the diameter) of the 2 piece pully assembly. Drive it and make it squeek. Stop the engine and see if the white-out line is no longer continuous. If it is still continuous it is not slipping. If the line no longer lines up on the inner and outer portions you have diagnosed your problem. -Fred W