Funky new noise?!?!
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From: Delta USA
Funky new noise?!?!
OK I will try my best to explain this so bear with me........when I start my truck she runs like a champ, but after a minute or so a weird squeak starts sounding. Now it does NOT continue while I drive only when I am sitting there idleing. I tried to narrow down the area but it is a real pain to do that with the loud exhust on my truck. Someone else suggested that it may be the Tranny, cause its a clutch, but then why would it stop after I begin moving right? It should get worse if it was the pressure plate and throw out bearing. Another person suggested the water pump, I'm not really sure how I could test that idea. So if anyone has an idea, a guess, maybe you've heard of this before, anything please let me know I'm going nuts over this thing. Thanks all! Peace! 
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From: Orlando
Funky new noise?!?!
You can test the water pump by removing the belt and running the engine although at that point just grabing the pump impeler and checking for movement/roughness will usually tell you if there is a problem.
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From: conneaut usa
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also another way to test the water pump is just to simlpy grab the top radiator hose and squeeze when you release it there should a gush of water flow through the hose.and you would be able to feel that
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From: Coppell
Funky new noise?!?!
Does the noise only happen when you are at idle, or when you are rolling slowly. A sudden appearance of a squeeky-chirping noise might be a u-joint going out, but if you are sitting still, then it wont be that.
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From: Delta USA
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Well actually it does it both sitin' still and slow rollin' but all the U joints were just replaced cause we had that idea too. As you can tell they didn't work but hey they need replacin' anyhow.
I'm gonna give the H2O pump a try this weekend........hopefully that'll be the one.....of course any other ideas that can keep me in the garage longer would be appreciated (I need the documentation to make the little woman believe I'm actually trying things) :P
I'm gonna give the H2O pump a try this weekend........hopefully that'll be the one.....of course any other ideas that can keep me in the garage longer would be appreciated (I need the documentation to make the little woman believe I'm actually trying things) :P
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From: Fortville USA
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I'd check the belts...sometimes either tension or foreign materials on it will cause the belts to squeak. If it's only doing it at idle..or slow rolling...I'd guess that as the rpm's came up, the belt tension would increase and cause the noise to go away.
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From: Delta USA
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Yep, checked the belt it was good to go after I replaced it........actually it is still pretty new so I'll make sure it didn't get a wee bit of expantion in it.....
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