I agree with HOP. About a week ago I posted that one of the quickest ways
to age and ruin a serpentine belt is to get anti-freeze on it and not clean
it off immediately. Sometimes, even cleaning it off doesn't help. This
certainly sounds like what may have happened in your case. If they didn't
change out your belt I would try that first.
Ron
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of HOP
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 12:00 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Re: Another weird noise post, but please help
I'd start w/ the belt...
Hop.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Yates" <onebad4x4dak@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 1:36 PM
Subject: DML: Another weird noise post, but please help
> Seems like there's a lot of posts that involve weird noises
> coming from the engine . . . well, add this one to the list.
> Here's the story:
>
> I rear-ended somebody back in December--pushed the bumper into
> the radiator and the radiator into the fan; drained all the
> coolant onto the pavement. I had it towed because of that.
> Skipping to the point, after I got it back from the body shop I
> have been hearing a weird sort of chirping noise from what
> sounds like the front of the engine. I guess I should have
> taken it back to the body shop, but I thought that maybe it was
> just a squeaky pulley or something and I could fix it. Plus, I
> didn't want to be without my truck any longer. The weird part
> about this noise is that it only happens when the truck is in
> motion, not idling (makes it a real pain to track down, huh?),
> and also the noise disapears after the engine has warmed up. I
> thought these symptoms were indicative of a noisy fan, but as I
> said, it doesn't happen at idle. The fan doesn't disengage at
> idle right? From what I've noticed, it generally runs for at a
> least a couple minutes when you first start up the truck . . .
> right? What could this noise be? My main concern is that
> something else is damaged that got missed . . . like the water
> pump maybe????? Sorry for the long post, but I'd appreciate the
> help.
>
> Thanks!
>
> =====
> Later,
> JY
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