Noisy Engine When In Gear Or Air Con On, 3.3 V6

[bignev]

Hope someone can shed some light on this.

2005 3.3 V6 Stow and Go.

At idle when I put it in gear (any), OR put the AC on, with both then its worse!

We get a deep "ruh ruh ruh" noise. If you increase the revs even very slightly it goes away.

A little bit of research reckons it could the "decoupler pulley" on the alternator.

Has anyone else had this?

This our 3rd GV and the other 2 didn't (or don't - still got 2!!) do this.

Only had the AC pipes replaced and regassed recently so up to then put it down to gearbox, but obvioulsy it isn't as the AC will make it do exactly the same noise.

Here's hoping guys! Cheers, Nev Brown

[bignev]

Hi there,

It's fixed.

New alternator - blooming lovely now.

A lot of American guys have posted video of the Dodge Grand Caravan or Chrysler Town and Country doing exactly what mine did.

Edited October 2, 2015 by bignev

[Msd26129]

Hi think mine is doing this was told mine is the air on pump .. Do you have links to the videos

[bignev]

Hiya,

if your air con is off and it does it in gear then it is NOT the air con, is the same way that the "mechanics" who said it was gearbox were obviously (even before I fixed it) talking poo.

Not got links, search youtube for

"Chrysler Town & Country 2005 pulley alternator noise"

And there are several others too that give you a good idea

Another post on here that refers to it is "auto box noise" currently about 1/3 way down on page 2 of 4th generation section.

Cheers

Nev