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Hey TRS,
First post, Excited to join this community. Been perusing around and it looks very interesting/informative. On to my question:
The engine seems to emit a high pitched, fairly frequent (~2-3 times/second) squeak when it is idling. I say "seems to" because when I rev the engine the squeak goes away, but the increased volume of the engine could just be covering up the sound. However, I have revved the engine very slightly (so as to keep the engine noise to a minimum) in a quiet place, and the squeak disappears, so I am fairly confident this is happening only in idle. The squeak occurs regardless of whether or not the driveshaft is engaged.
I've been having this problem almost a year now. The squeak has increased in intensity and frequency over that time period. E.g. at first, the squeak only occurred very rarely, then a bit more often, then a bit more, until now; when it occurs at all times the engine is idling excepting the first five minutes or so after the vehicle has been started. It has also gotten louder over the past month or so.
At first, before I discovered the squeak was occurring in idle, I assumed it was happening all the time and the engine was just covering up the noise when it was revved. As a result, I have replaced the drive belt, the idler pulley, and the belt tensioner all in the last month. In addition, I noticed that the power steering pump pulley seemed to have some play when the engine was running (it was wobbling side to side), so I replaced the power steering pump and the pulley two weekends ago. There is no longer any play in the pulley, but the squeak is still happening!
So TRS, I am stumped. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and keep on keepin on.
First post, Excited to join this community. Been perusing around and it looks very interesting/informative. On to my question:
The engine seems to emit a high pitched, fairly frequent (~2-3 times/second) squeak when it is idling. I say "seems to" because when I rev the engine the squeak goes away, but the increased volume of the engine could just be covering up the sound. However, I have revved the engine very slightly (so as to keep the engine noise to a minimum) in a quiet place, and the squeak disappears, so I am fairly confident this is happening only in idle. The squeak occurs regardless of whether or not the driveshaft is engaged.
I've been having this problem almost a year now. The squeak has increased in intensity and frequency over that time period. E.g. at first, the squeak only occurred very rarely, then a bit more often, then a bit more, until now; when it occurs at all times the engine is idling excepting the first five minutes or so after the vehicle has been started. It has also gotten louder over the past month or so.
At first, before I discovered the squeak was occurring in idle, I assumed it was happening all the time and the engine was just covering up the noise when it was revved. As a result, I have replaced the drive belt, the idler pulley, and the belt tensioner all in the last month. In addition, I noticed that the power steering pump pulley seemed to have some play when the engine was running (it was wobbling side to side), so I replaced the power steering pump and the pulley two weekends ago. There is no longer any play in the pulley, but the squeak is still happening!
So TRS, I am stumped. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and keep on keepin on.
