a hissing engine
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RIP April 14, 2008
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From: the land where cars repeatedly hit my bumper when I'm in the store...
a hissing engine okay so I ran my engine through a bunch of water recently, got her back up and running. but the engine now hisses, and evidences a slight ping more than before. the ping sounds like a pin being tapped against a little bell and occurs many times a second. it's been doing it since I've owned the car, though much quieter, so I figure no big deal hopefully. the hiss though, is weird. It sounds like its coming from the pulleys, but they are all lined up, and turning as they should. i doont think its the belts, as the hiss isnt squeaky like when the belts get wet. its like low pitch snake hiss, or like steam escaping from a boiler. in terms of gages, the car is perfect. temp, idle, vibration, coolant, oil pressure, etc. but when I get on the throttle, as she goes up in rpms, the hiss gets louder. No change in pitch, just louder. and it gets PRETTY damn loud by the time I am up in the 3k range.
do you think this could be because of the water? I looked in at the pulleys and it appears that their grooves now have a little bit of reddish rust sitting on their surface that comes into contact with the belts. maybe corrosion, I doont know what it is, but it doesnt deform or anything, its just on top, not sticking out either, rather just like a layer. Do you think this could be the cause? I mean I never really looked before the water since I had no reason too.
also I am taking her into berrel on tuesday so maybe they can give me some answers...
well anyway let me know what you think. thanks!
brad
do you think this could be because of the water? I looked in at the pulleys and it appears that their grooves now have a little bit of reddish rust sitting on their surface that comes into contact with the belts. maybe corrosion, I doont know what it is, but it doesnt deform or anything, its just on top, not sticking out either, rather just like a layer. Do you think this could be the cause? I mean I never really looked before the water since I had no reason too.
also I am taking her into berrel on tuesday so maybe they can give me some answers...
well anyway let me know what you think. thanks!
brad
I dont know exactly, but mine sounded like it was hissing and it was a leak from the EGR, were it connects to the intake manifold. hope that helps. as far as a ping. that could be a pushrod or somthing. but you wont be sure till you tear it down.hope this helps.
Wesley
Wesley
