A misalignment of the plane of the belt can occur when a pulley is not parallel to the other pulleys on the belt drive system.
Drive Belt Alignment Alignment is key to the health of an engine belt. The belt drive system is designed to create friction between the grooves on the belt and pulley to transfer power from the crankshaft to the alternator, water pump or power steering pump. If the grooves on the belt do not align with the pulleys, the friction won’t be evenly applied and can result in wear and noise.
What if there are no codes and a misfire is intermittent? This is where it gets complicated.
The area of contact between the lifters and cam lobes is the highest loaded surface inside an engine.
Many alternator problems turn out to be nothing more than a bad connection at the alternator or a bad wiring harness.
All-season coolant used inorganic acid technology and worked great for almost 30 years.
There are opportunities your shop can’t pass up just because the car or SUV has a hybrid badge on the back.
To see inductance inside the primary windings, use an amp probe placed around the positive wire for the ignition coil.
Ignition coil and plug diagnostics.
A guide to probing and poking.