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August 17th 06, 03:48 PM
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Fan belt making weird revving up/down sounds.
My car recently started whining- it seems to be the fan belt up front.
You can hear the pitch get higher and lower based on how much gas you give it. Is this a sign of a dying belt...or worse? 2002 FE V8 XLT Thanks! 
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August 19th 06, 01:00 AM
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Fan belt making weird revving up/down sounds.
On 17 Aug 2006 07:48:21 -0700, Some Dude > wrote:
> You can hear the pitch get higher and lower based on how much gas you > give it. Is this a sign of a dying belt...or worse? Probably. Ever replaced the belt? Buy one. Take the old one off. Start the engine (don't run it very long) to check if noise gone. Hope so... Install new belt. Check for the noise again. Still gone? Happy day. Otherwise... sdb -- Wanted: Omnibook 800 & accessories, cheap, working or not sdbuse1 on mailhost bigfoot.com
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August 19th 06, 11:22 PM
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Fan belt making weird revving up/down sounds.
Its not the belt- I think it may be the alternator- thats the direction
i'm heading in...the sound is definitely coming from the alternator (or extremely near it). sylvan butler wrote: > On 17 Aug 2006 07:48:21 -0700, Some Dude > wrote: > > You can hear the pitch get higher and lower based on how much gas you > > give it. Is this a sign of a dying belt...or worse? > > Probably. Ever replaced the belt? Buy one. Take the old one off. > Start the engine (don't run it very long) to check if noise gone. Hope > so... Install new belt. Check for the noise again. Still gone? Happy > day. Otherwise... > > sdb > > -- > Wanted: Omnibook 800 & accessories, cheap, working or not > sdbuse1 on mailhost bigfoot.com
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August 23rd 06, 08:47 PM
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Fan belt making weird revving up/down sounds.
Check out the idler and tensioner pulleys.
Carl "sylvan butler" > wrote in message rnal... > On 17 Aug 2006 07:48:21 -0700, Some Dude > wrote: >> You can hear the pitch get higher and lower based on how much gas you >> give it. Is this a sign of a dying belt...or worse? > > Probably. Ever replaced the belt? Buy one. Take the old one off. > Start the engine (don't run it very long) to check if noise gone. Hope > so... Install new belt. Check for the noise again. Still gone? Happy > day. Otherwise... > > sdb > > -- > Wanted: Omnibook 800 & accessories, cheap, working or not > sdbuse1 on mailhost bigfoot.com
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September 1st 06, 02:32 PM
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Fan belt making weird revving up/down sounds.
For future googlers this one turned out to be a failing power steering.
Needed replacement. All fixed. Carl wrote: > Check out the idler and tensioner pulleys. > > Carl > > "sylvan butler" > wrote in message > rnal... > > On 17 Aug 2006 07:48:21 -0700, Some Dude > wrote: > >> You can hear the pitch get higher and lower based on how much gas you > >> give it. Is this a sign of a dying belt...or worse? > > > > Probably. Ever replaced the belt? Buy one. Take the old one off. > > Start the engine (don't run it very long) to check if noise gone. Hope > > so... Install new belt. Check for the noise again. Still gone? Happy > > day. Otherwise... > > > > sdb > > > > -- > > Wanted: Omnibook 800 & accessories, cheap, working or not > > sdbuse1 on mailhost bigfoot.com
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September 2nd 06, 04:54 AM
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Fan belt making weird revving up/down sounds.
Thanks for the follow up.
Carl "Some Dude" > wrote in message ups.com... > For future googlers this one turned out to be a failing power steering. > Needed replacement. All fixed. > > > > Carl wrote: >> Check out the idler and tensioner pulleys. >> >> Carl >> >> "sylvan butler" > wrote in >> message >> rnal... >> > On 17 Aug 2006 07:48:21 -0700, Some Dude > wrote: >> >> You can hear the pitch get higher and lower based on how much gas you >> >> give it. Is this a sign of a dying belt...or worse? >> > >> > Probably. Ever replaced the belt? Buy one. Take the old one off. >> > Start the engine (don't run it very long) to check if noise gone. Hope >> > so... Install new belt. Check for the noise again. Still gone? >> > Happy >> > day. Otherwise... >> > >> > sdb >> > >> > -- >> > Wanted: Omnibook 800 & accessories, cheap, working or not >> > sdbuse1 on mailhost bigfoot.com >
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