Quantcast

WHAT'S CAUSING THIS CAR TO MAKE A NOISE?

damnyoumaggot 2012/09/23 16:22:44
Related Topics: Car, Doctor
It sounds like....
Maybe it's....
damnyoumaggot! I'm a doctor not a gearhead?
You!
Add Photos & Videos

+16

Read More: https://twitter.com/damnyoumaggot

Add a comment above

Top Opinion

  • Dave0626 2012/09/23 17:21:11 (edited)
    It sounds like....
    Dave0626
    +6
    I believe it's your timing belt tensioner on it's way out. Possibly both the belt and the tensioner needs to be replaced. When the belt is slack, it slaps against the timing belt cover.The timing belt also runs the water pump, it may be that the bearing is failing or that the timing belt tensioner or idle pullies are failing.

    To find the exact location of the rattling noise, try using a long screw driver with the handle to your ear and touching engine areas with the tip. But be sure not to have anything hanging off your neck that may get snagged. ...That would be bad.
    >> See Replies

Sort By
  • Most Raves
  • Least Raves
  • Oldest
  • Newest
Opinions

  • Marek 2012/10/20 00:35:01
    damnyoumaggot! I'm a doctor not a gearhead?
    Marek
    +1
    I am an electronics guy not really a doctor. If it was an electric car I could be of some use but as it is I ask my son to fix any problems with the car
    reply
  • kfallslady 2012/10/03 01:05:40
    It sounds like....
    kfallslady
    +1
    wow I'm sure.... sounds bad though. could be the big belt
    reply
  • Huki68 2012/10/03 00:48:05 (edited)
    It sounds like....
    Huki68
    +1
    Alternator, or ac compresor. sounds like metal with metal

    Take a long tube and put it in your ear and the other side in the car where you may think the noise comes from, you can be able to indentify where the noise is coming from...



    do you know if the fan is bend? it maybe touching some metal, OMG could be so many things
    reply
  • Kat ♪ 2012/10/03 00:45:01
    It sounds like....
    Kat ♪
    +1
    Somethings mis-aligned or the clutch fan thing on the ac we had one go recently.
    reply
  • Deere Guy 2012/10/03 00:40:33 (edited)
    Maybe it's....
    Deere Guy
    +1
    Sounds like the bearings are gone in the alternator or the A/C compressor.....or possibly the water pump......
    reply
  • Ray the Dog! 2012/10/02 02:02:42
    It sounds like....
    Ray the Dog!
    +1
    It sounds very much like a worn fly wheel to me that is not disengaging from the starter motor properly on start -up.
    reply
  • seadog6608PWCM 2012/09/28 15:43:24
  • damnyou... seadog6... 2012/09/28 17:42:10
    damnyoumaggot
    +2
    Our cat Gremmy, gets his name from that film....

    gremmy the cat
    reply
  • seadog6... damnyou... 2012/09/28 19:21:07
  • Deere Guy damnyou... 2012/10/03 00:42:38
    Deere Guy
    +1
    Cute kitty:-)
    reply
  • damnyou... Deere Guy 2012/10/07 14:29:13
    damnyoumaggot
    +1
    ...and mean.
    reply
  • Deere Guy damnyou... 2012/10/07 17:19:15
    Deere Guy
    +1
    Mean?.....Really?
    reply
  • damnyou... Deere Guy 2012/10/07 19:07:05
    damnyoumaggot
    +1
    Yep. Bitey, clawy.
    reply
  • Deere Guy damnyou... 2012/10/07 20:42:08
    Deere Guy
    +1
    We had a simese once that would scratch and bite....but have a grey and white tabby, that just a big ole teddy bear.....never bites or scratches...
    reply
  • damnyou... Deere Guy 2012/10/08 13:31:25
    damnyoumaggot
    +1
    I can't really blame our cat, I've played with him, so much ever since he was a kitten, he thinks that to bite is to love. He won't play rough w/ the kids but he'll get riled up with me & the Mrs.
    reply
  • Deere Guy damnyou... 2012/10/08 14:10:47 (edited)
    Deere Guy
    +1
    Yeah he probably thinks he's a kitten....they can play rough at times......rather like our Siamese....we played with him a little rough when he was a kitten....and they're very much a creature of habit......and they don't forget either....
    reply
  • CMackley ~POTL~PWCM~JLA 2012/09/26 18:11:03
    It sounds like....
    CMackley ~POTL~PWCM~JLA
    +4
    A possum is stuck in the radiator fan shroud and the fan is hitting its tail. When the engine is accellerated, the tail is blown away from the fan and the noise ceases.

    Glad I could help.
    reply
  • Chi~Cat CMackle... 2012/09/27 04:07:13
    Chi~Cat
    +4
    LOL....my! ; )
    reply
  • This is W³ 2012/09/26 05:28:15
    damnyoumaggot! I'm a doctor not a gearhead?
    This is W³
    +3
    Sounds like you need to contact Click & Clack, the Tapper brothers at http://www.cartalk.com
    reply
  • JoeM 2012/09/25 16:07:47
    It sounds like....
    JoeM
    +3
    If you noticed the noise did not speed up at the same rate as the engine RPM. It sounds like a clutched item, such as a clutched radiator fan or an air conditioning unit. With that much noise I would suspect you should be able to find a "wiggle" in one of those units.

    I also noticed that your bendix on the starter did not engage, or disengage properly. IF the driving cog is not completely disengaging, you could be getting a noise from that. OR this could be a separate problem you should plan on addressing.
    reply
  • Chi~Cat 2012/09/25 15:29:44
    It sounds like....
    Chi~Cat
    +2
    a liberal hit/lie below the belt.

    (heck, I threw in the Saxon just for fun~)!
    reply
  • STU~PWCM~JLA~POTL~AFCL 2012/09/25 07:59:25
    Maybe it's....
    STU~PWCM~JLA~POTL~AFCL
    +3
    Not loud enough to be exhaust system related, and car started up right away so its not an ignition problem. Have you had your belts (fan and timing) and fluids (hose leaks) checked? It sounds like metal against metal.
    reply
  • STU~PWC... STU~PWC... 2012/09/25 08:01:34
    STU~PWCM~JLA~POTL~AFCL
    +3
    Another thought - also check bearings and oil level - this can also relate to a metal-on-metal sound.
    reply
  • cj 2012/09/24 16:19:54
    It sounds like....
    cj
    +2
    the owner is causing it to make noise....
    reply
  • damnyou... cj 2012/09/24 23:09:34
    damnyoumaggot
    +2
    Care to elaborate? cj....
    reply
  • cj damnyou... 2012/09/25 12:07:36
    cj
    +2
    nope. just me being an arse and giving the same response my dad used to tell me....
    reply
  • damnyou... cj 2012/09/25 12:08:45
    damnyoumaggot
    +2
    Gotcha. Thanks for elaborating...:~)
    reply
  • shadow76 2012/09/24 09:17:26
    It sounds like....
    shadow76
    +2
    Too expensive gas!
    reply
  • Ramon 2012/09/24 09:12:35
    damnyoumaggot! I'm a doctor not a gearhead?
    Ramon
    +4
    funny noise
    reply
  • goatman112003 2012/09/24 04:10:55
    It sounds like....
    goatman112003
    +1
    A bad bearing in either the steering pump or the alternator. Use a piece of old garden hose as a home made stethoscope and isolate the sound. .
    reply
  • Catch224u 2012/09/24 00:11:05
    Maybe it's....
    Catch224u
    +1
    Does it run ok other than noise? It might be a bearing gone in the alternator
    reply
  • Prairie Wind 2012/09/24 00:11:00
    damnyoumaggot! I'm a doctor not a gearhead?
    Prairie Wind
    +2
    Maybe Maggot ... it just wants that ole spark back in its life and be a Government Motors VOLT? Don't get zapped on the Korean battery, just chooom, chooom the battery fumes after its gone 30 miles? Grins for the week ... hope you get it fixed free!
    reply
  • Philo-OOO For 3 weeks! 2012/09/23 22:44:14
    damnyoumaggot! I'm a doctor not a gearhead?
    Philo-OOO For 3 weeks!
    +5
    reply
  • ☆Hitler... Philo-O... 2012/09/24 03:02:26
    ☆Hitler was a community organiz☆
    +3
    LOLz...I didnt realize McCoy said it that often
    reply
  • shadow76 ☆Hitler... 2012/09/24 09:21:19
    shadow76
    +3
    That and the other thing, "He's dead Jim!" Apparently not a good one!
    reply
  • Hirnungah Mancandy 2012/09/23 19:26:53
    Maybe it's....
    Hirnungah Mancandy
    +1
    loose piston rod ?
    reply
  • Rocko 2012/09/23 18:21:52
    Maybe it's....
    Rocko
    +1
    flywheel cover is damaged lol no idea sorry
    reply
  • Brian ☮ R P ☮ 2012 ☮ 2012/09/23 18:12:03
    It sounds like....
    Brian ☮ R P ☮ 2012 ☮
    +2
    Starter solenoid not disengaging properly, causing the starter pinion to hang up on the ring gear. Or possibly a bent/loose torque converter flex plate/flywheel ring gear.
    reply
  • dear•LT13☻ 2012/09/23 18:11:30
    It sounds like....
    dear•LT13☻
    +1
    possibly bad pulley or tensioner in your serpentine belt or possibly (worse) timing belt tensioner...
    reply
  • SK-LIBERTY OVER EQUALITY 2012/09/23 18:08:43
    damnyoumaggot! I'm a doctor not a gearhead?
    SK-LIBERTY OVER EQUALITY
    +2
    I think Dave06.. has the best possible answer. Doesn't sound like rods since it didn't change when you revved the engine.
    reply
1 2 Next » Last »

See Votes by State

The map above displays the winning answer by region.

Living

2013/06/19 17:18:49

Hot Questions on SodaHead
More Hot Questions

More Community More Originals