1998 Oldsmobile Silhouette HARMONIC BALANCERS

Tiny
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  • 1998 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE
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CAN A BAD HARMONIC BALANCER CAUSE A CAR TO OVERHEAT.
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 AT 5:09 PM

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"HI there,

Not directly, only if it causes the belt to fail, the harmonic balancer is a vibration absorption device this removes high frequency vibrations (harmonics) from the crank shaft.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 AT 8:26 PM

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