Noticed it after dropping my fiance off at work. Noticed the burning rubber smell first. Then noticed that it was whining (maybe whistling would be a better description?) while I was accelerating. Didn't notice any sound at 45 mph. Rubber smell was sporadic, it had gone away until I was slowing down to pull in the driveway.
Once I got home I popped the hood and hit the throttle to see if I could notice the sound again. Smell had come back already. No sound at idle only under load. It appears to be coming from the front of the motor. Can't tell if its the adjustable pulley (had a similar sound on my Frontier when the pulley went bad, but no rubber smell) or worse yet, timing belt. All the main belts appear to be fine.
Car has 130,000 miles on it. Found some papers in the car when I got it that indicated that the timing belt had been changed at around 100,000 miles. Had the cover off maybe 5,000 miles ago and everything looked fine. Timing belt looked brand new.
So, all that said. Is this a pretty clear indicator that My timing belt is on its last leg? We are down to just my car right now and we are supposed to be going out of town on Thursday. Any help is majorly appreciated. I can't have the Z go down on us.
Once I got home I popped the hood and hit the throttle to see if I could notice the sound again. Smell had come back already. No sound at idle only under load. It appears to be coming from the front of the motor. Can't tell if its the adjustable pulley (had a similar sound on my Frontier when the pulley went bad, but no rubber smell) or worse yet, timing belt. All the main belts appear to be fine.
Car has 130,000 miles on it. Found some papers in the car when I got it that indicated that the timing belt had been changed at around 100,000 miles. Had the cover off maybe 5,000 miles ago and everything looked fine. Timing belt looked brand new.
So, all that said. Is this a pretty clear indicator that My timing belt is on its last leg? We are down to just my car right now and we are supposed to be going out of town on Thursday. Any help is majorly appreciated. I can't have the Z go down on us.
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