I am new here so please bare with me. Ok. From the start this is what led up to the point that I am at now.
My Impala stopped blowing cold air about 2 or 3 months ago. I didn't worry about it too much. I figured that I had a small leak somewhere and the freon had escaped. About a months ago a squeaking noise was coming from my serpentine belt. I noticed that it seemed like the compressor pulley was sticking a little bit when the air was on. So I stopped messing with the air all together.
I went to work one day and when I came back to my car that evening it would click but not turn over. Of course my first thought was that my starter had went out. So I go out and spend the money to get a new starter. I put it in and the car still clicks but won't turn over. I have my wife try to start the car while i watch all the pulleys. I see the alternator pulley trying to turn but looking like it is stuck. So I take the belt off and spin all of the pulleys. Two of them don't spin. The crank pulley and the a/c compressor pulley. So with the belt off I try to start the car again. The first 2 times I try the starter clicks and the car doesn't start. The third time the car starts and runs until I turn it off about 30 seconds later. I had a seized a/c compressor.
Now I'm slapping myself because I wasted $200+ dollars on a starter when the old one was fine. I decide to keep the new starter due to the fact that it has a lifetime warranty and I don't feel like taking it back off. I remove my a/c compressor and swap it out for an A/C Bypass Pulley. I will get a compressor later on down the road and have a shop install it. Right now I just need it running again. So everything is looking good and I put my serpentine belt back on. Now my battery is completely dead. So I get a jump and try to start it up. It just clicks once again. So I go back to the hood and look at the alternator pulley barely turning once again. I remove the serpentine belt and while still being jumped I have mt wife try to start the car. The crank pulley turns about 1/8 of a turn every time the starter clicks. I've been working on this for a while now. Does anybody have any idea what could be making the crank not turn over all the way?
Maybe starter not engaging flywheel properly? Maybe starter not getting enough power?
Thanks for taking the time to read all of this.
My Impala stopped blowing cold air about 2 or 3 months ago. I didn't worry about it too much. I figured that I had a small leak somewhere and the freon had escaped. About a months ago a squeaking noise was coming from my serpentine belt. I noticed that it seemed like the compressor pulley was sticking a little bit when the air was on. So I stopped messing with the air all together.
I went to work one day and when I came back to my car that evening it would click but not turn over. Of course my first thought was that my starter had went out. So I go out and spend the money to get a new starter. I put it in and the car still clicks but won't turn over. I have my wife try to start the car while i watch all the pulleys. I see the alternator pulley trying to turn but looking like it is stuck. So I take the belt off and spin all of the pulleys. Two of them don't spin. The crank pulley and the a/c compressor pulley. So with the belt off I try to start the car again. The first 2 times I try the starter clicks and the car doesn't start. The third time the car starts and runs until I turn it off about 30 seconds later. I had a seized a/c compressor.
Now I'm slapping myself because I wasted $200+ dollars on a starter when the old one was fine. I decide to keep the new starter due to the fact that it has a lifetime warranty and I don't feel like taking it back off. I remove my a/c compressor and swap it out for an A/C Bypass Pulley. I will get a compressor later on down the road and have a shop install it. Right now I just need it running again. So everything is looking good and I put my serpentine belt back on. Now my battery is completely dead. So I get a jump and try to start it up. It just clicks once again. So I go back to the hood and look at the alternator pulley barely turning once again. I remove the serpentine belt and while still being jumped I have mt wife try to start the car. The crank pulley turns about 1/8 of a turn every time the starter clicks. I've been working on this for a while now. Does anybody have any idea what could be making the crank not turn over all the way?
Maybe starter not engaging flywheel properly? Maybe starter not getting enough power?
Thanks for taking the time to read all of this.
