Hey,guys please help or advise, I have 2007 xk that is making a weird sound when I start it and not charging light appears, I have a new battery, and have checked all the necessary fuses. Of course it was driving fine until the noise do alternators make noise when failing, please advise, any help would be greatly appreciated

 

alternator…. or belt?
And yes, bearings wear resulting in noise.

 

While idling, put a wooden stick on the alternator close to the pulley and the other end at your ear. It'll be easy to tell if that's the problem. Course the NOT CHARGING indicator is, well, an indicator.

 

With RHD you would also be required to drop the rack in order to gain access to the engine mount from there the alternator ...luckily for you guys, your wheel is on the left side !

 

Thank u all,for your info

 

Its funny how we both have 2007 models and the alternators failed at the same time. However, a run of 17yrs is pretty good for an electrical component !

 

ROckauto ordered Monday morning US time , delivered today - Sydney , Australia

 

I sure hope it isn't the one I sent back. All numbers seemed correct but the elect socket was wrong.
I use ra for pricing comparison, primarily.
Too many times the parts are wrong, different, 'returns' etc. In my situation oft times delivered to wrong address and ra wants me to search nearby front porches.
My alternator went out @ 100,000, just after I had jump started it, I feel I might be responsible for the failure....maybe not.
WJ

 

Will soon find out in a few hours although not looking forward to getting that drive belt back on , very limited space !

 

Thought Id try and sneak it through the side door first before removing racks and engine mounts ..... it worked (subframe released, under carriage brace removed,level sensor disconnected , steering knuckle marked on splines then disconnected).

I think the most difficult part of this R&R is definitely the drive belt, which is going to be a nightmare to put back on with all the SAI in the way



Jack supporting subframe

Make sure you create enough room in order to feed the drive belt and draw a diagram just incase you forget the layout

I used a 3/8 extension and breaker bar to move the idler pulley as you can see i held it in place in order to get the driver belt over the last pulley being the alternator

 

That's quite the rigamarole there Steve.

 

Sneaking that alternator through the side door was always going to be the challenge on this job as there's a big nasty sway bar in the way !