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engine is whining like a gear drive

Old Apr 8, 2010 | 08:43 PM
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i put my new cam in and after awhile is starts whining like a gear drive and feels like it misses a little and runs funny. could my opti be bad or hhave i spun a bearing or something?

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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 12:46 PM
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anyone heard of this? im goin to try putting an old opti on and try it out. it seems to only do it when its warm
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 12:50 PM
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is it a powersteering whine or belt whiine??????
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Originally Posted by old93camaro
is it a powersteering whine or belt whiine??????
thats what i was hoping it was at first, but i dont havev power steering and when my belt does slip it is a squeel. this is more of aa hard whine.
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Do you still have the A/C compressor on?
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no all i have is an alternator and it has about 1k miles on it,
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 02:14 PM
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Take the belt off.

See how it sounds a quick try and will eliminate the alternator and then leave the water pump, water pump shaft and heaven forbid....

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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 04:20 PM
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Iv'e heard sometimes a spun bearing will make a whining noise. I hope that's not your case.
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Originally Posted by 06blackGTO
Iv'e heard sometimes a spun bearing will make a whining noise. I hope that's not your case.
ya i do to, but i have good oil pressure and ive been ripping on it seeing if its ready to take to the track and it hasnt seized up or anything. im wondering if it is something to do with the alternator and crank pulley not bein lined up good. ill take the belt off and see if it goes away.
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My 58mm Holley TB makes a high pitch whine. Did you install a new TB at the same time of the cam swap?
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My 58mm Holley TB makes a high pitch whine. Did you install a new TB at the same time of the cam swap?
no, im still running a ported 52 mm. i havnt gotten around to putting the 58 on the car. but it does sound like it is coming throu the thottle body. if i didnt know better tho i would sware it had a gear drive lol. i dont get it
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Did you replace the small gear for the water pump? Sometimes they are a matched set. Your old one can be worn a little and not mesh with the new cam gear and starts whining.
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Originally Posted by Vettestir
Did you replace the small gear for the water pump? Sometimes they are a matched set. Your old one can be worn a little and not mesh with the new cam gear and starts whining.
nope i have an electric water pump
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Did you take the belt off or are you still waiting for someone to tell you a Kabookie dance will fix it?

Did you take the gear off when you put electric water pump or leave it on? If it is on and with belt off it still whines you will have a candidate. Keep looking here and it will be next week and you will be no closer to a fix.

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Oil pump drive not seated right is my guess. Good luck!
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Did you have the intake ported when you installed the cam?If you did,this might sound crazy but it happend to me.I was doing a head and cam swap on my buddys camaro,he bought a fully ported intake from Arkansas porting,I got everything put back together,sounded real good until it warmed up.Thought maybe spun a bearing,nope pulled the intake off and removed the oil valley pan on the bottome of the intake and found that whoever did the porting on the intake DID NOT PUT THE PLUGS BACK IN There are 6 pipe plugs in the bottom.Just a thought.It was building pressure in the bottom of the motor and made it sound like a squealing pig.Good luck,keep us posted
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Originally Posted by AChotrod
Oil pump drive not seated right is my guess. Good luck!
i never thought of this, it felt like it droped into place pretty easy tho. i have not had time to take the belt off and try it, been pretty busy. but im almost posiitive this is more of a metal whine and not the belt. but to rule it out i will ttake the belt off. i dont have anything left of the waterpump drive. the hole is plugged on the timing cover.
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Originally Posted by kalebm22
i never thought of this, it felt like it droped into place pretty easy tho. i have not had time to take the belt off and try it, been pretty busy. but im almost posiitive this is more of a metal whine and not the belt. but to rule it out i will ttake the belt off. i dont have anything left of the waterpump drive. the hole is plugged on the timing cover.
The oil pump shaft and cam gear really only go in one way. It's either right or very wrong. It sounds like you need to pull the timing cover off and have a look.
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