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From: Wes on 17 May 2010 12:41
I hear clicking noise in the serpentine belt area in my Camry 2005 (4
cyl). It has its original serpentine/drive belt at ~100 kilometers
(~62 k miles). I guess there is many components that the drive belt
moves, so it can be many things...

Any common issues in this regards? I have set up an appointment at
Toyota delership in a week for the serpentine belt replacement (based
on this news group info, it's about time to change it).

I have also noticed that idle RPM somtimes drops to 600 and results in
kind of car "shaking". I am not sure if these two symptoms are
connected. Possibly someone has already seen something similar.
From: badgolferman on 17 May 2010 13:01
Wes wrote:

>I hear clicking noise in the serpentine belt area in my Camry 2005 (4
>cyl). It has its original serpentine/drive belt at ~100 kilometers
>(~62 k miles). I guess there is many components that the drive belt
>moves, so it can be many things...
>
>Any common issues in this regards? I have set up an appointment at
>Toyota delership in a week for the serpentine belt replacement (based
>on this news group info, it's about time to change it).
>
>I have also noticed that idle RPM somtimes drops to 600 and results in
>kind of car "shaking". I am not sure if these two symptoms are
>connected. Possibly someone has already seen something similar.

I thought 1998 and newer Camrys recommended timing belt replacement at
80K miles. My 1997 Camry 4 is supposed to be 60K miles. The anecdotal
evidence is they tend to last another 20K miles


From: Wes on 17 May 2010 15:21
On May 17, 1:01 pm, "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolfer...(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Wes wrote:
> >I hear clicking noise in the serpentine belt area in my Camry 2005 (4
> >cyl).  It has its original serpentine/drive belt at ~100 kilometers
> >(~62 k miles).  I guess there is many components that the drive belt
> >moves, so it can be many things...
>
> >Any common issues in this regards?  I have set up an appointment at
> >Toyota delership in a week for the serpentine belt replacement (based
> >on this news group info, it's about time to change it).
>
> >I have also noticed that idle RPM somtimes drops to 600 and results in
> >kind of car "shaking".  I am not sure if these two symptoms are
> >connected.  Possibly someone has already seen something similar.
>
> I thought 1998 and newer Camrys recommended timing belt replacement at
> 80K miles.  My 1997 Camry 4 is supposed to be 60K miles.  The anecdotal
> evidence is they tend to last another 20K miles

I was referring to drive/serpentine belt, the one that moves
alternator, water pump...
From: Wes on 25 May 2010 14:43
On May 17, 3:21 pm, Wes <wbrac...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 17, 1:01 pm, "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolfer...(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Wes wrote:
> > >I hear clicking noise in the serpentine belt area in my Camry 2005 (4
> > >cyl).  It has its original serpentine/drive belt at ~100 kilometers
> > >(~62 k miles).  I guess there is many components that the drive belt
> > >moves, so it can be many things...
>
> > >Any common issues in this regards?  I have set up an appointment at
> > >Toyota delership in a week for the serpentine belt replacement (based
> > >on this news group info, it's about time to change it).
>
> > >I have also noticed that idle RPM somtimes drops to 600 and results in
> > >kind of car "shaking".  I am not sure if these two symptoms are
> > >connected.  Possibly someone has already seen something similar.
>
> > I thought 1998 and newer Camrys recommended timing belt replacement at
> > 80K miles.  My 1997 Camry 4 is supposed to be 60K miles.  The anecdotal
> > evidence is they tend to last another 20K miles
>
> I was referring to drive/serpentine belt, the one that moves
> alternator, water pump...

The drive/serpentine belt has been replaced at Toyota dealership, but
the "clicking", "diesel like engine" noise remains. The repair shop
did not indicate anything out of unusual in their written comments. I
have found a similar symptom in this news group, and one comment says
that 4 cyl engines on Camry can get pretty noisy. The noise is not
much noticable when the hood is closed, only with the hood opened. I
would appreciate any comments.
From: Wes on 26 May 2010 15:24
On May 25, 2:43 pm, Wes <wbrac...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 17, 3:21 pm, Wes <wbrac...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On May 17, 1:01 pm, "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolfer...(a)gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Wes wrote:
> > > >I hear clicking noise in the serpentine belt area in my Camry 2005 (4
> > > >cyl).  It has its original serpentine/drive belt at ~100 kilometers
> > > >(~62 k miles).  I guess there is many components that the drive belt
> > > >moves, so it can be many things...
>
> > > >Any common issues in this regards?  I have set up an appointment at
> > > >Toyota delership in a week for the serpentine belt replacement (based
> > > >on this news group info, it's about time to change it).
>
> > > >I have also noticed that idle RPM somtimes drops to 600 and results in
> > > >kind of car "shaking".  I am not sure if these two symptoms are
> > > >connected.  Possibly someone has already seen something similar.
>
> > > I thought 1998 and newer Camrys recommended timing belt replacement at
> > > 80K miles.  My 1997 Camry 4 is supposed to be 60K miles.  The anecdotal
> > > evidence is they tend to last another 20K miles
>
> > I was referring to drive/serpentine belt, the one that moves
> > alternator, water pump...
>
> The drive/serpentine belt has been replaced at Toyota dealership, but
> the "clicking", "diesel like engine" noise remains.  The repair shop
> did not indicate anything out of unusual in their written comments.  I
> have found a similar symptom in this news group, and one comment says
> that 4 cyl engines on Camry can get pretty noisy.  The noise is not
> much noticable when the hood is closed, only with the hood opened.  I
> would appreciate any comments.

After listening closer, the noise seems to be coming from under
Cylinder Head Cover.
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