Does this sound normal?
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Does this sound normal?
I probably should have asked this a while back, since I've heard it for a while.
I finally reached the breaking point. The car sounds fairly loud on a cold start up. Granted the engine revs higher when cold, but even when warmed up I still hear this sound. It sounds like it's from behind the engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYA1NE_uArs
Appreciate any advice or telling me I'm crazy...
EDIT: Should have mentioned I have a GS430
I finally reached the breaking point. The car sounds fairly loud on a cold start up. Granted the engine revs higher when cold, but even when warmed up I still hear this sound. It sounds like it's from behind the engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYA1NE_uArs
Appreciate any advice or telling me I'm crazy...
EDIT: Should have mentioned I have a GS430
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I probably should have asked this a while back, since I've heard it for a while.
I finally reached the breaking point. The car sounds fairly loud on a cold start up. Granted the engine revs higher when cold, but even when warmed up I still hear this sound. It sounds like it's from behind the engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYA1NE_uArs
Appreciate any advice or telling me I'm crazy...
I finally reached the breaking point. The car sounds fairly loud on a cold start up. Granted the engine revs higher when cold, but even when warmed up I still hear this sound. It sounds like it's from behind the engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYA1NE_uArs
Appreciate any advice or telling me I'm crazy...
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My car sounded somewhat like this. Turns out I needed an Idler pulley, a tensioner pulley and a serpentine belt, i got the parts fairly cheap because I work for a dealership, but without the discount it would have been around 170 for parts, after I replaced what needed to be fixed, the sound has been eliminated.
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Thanks for the advice. Could you provide part numbers for the pulleys? I'm looking on sewell's site and see a few different pulleys...
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Dane
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Update....
An update FWIW. Took my car in last week and not surprisingly the "expert mechanic" said my engine sounded normal. I told him that's impossible, because when I first bought the car it sounded quieter. Couldn't even tell if it was on. I also tried to recall when I first started hearing it and best I can remember it was when they did the drive belt, water pump and timing belt. Didn't think much of it at the time, figured belts needed to be broken in. If I had only known then what I know now....
What they did find was a leaky exhaust pipe, which was replaced. Thankfully all of this was covered under the extended warranty. Engine still sounds noisy.
Here is a video of what the engine sounds like.
I have tensioner and idler pulleys (per AM21GS400) coming in, but would appreciate any other thoughts.
What they did find was a leaky exhaust pipe, which was replaced. Thankfully all of this was covered under the extended warranty. Engine still sounds noisy.
Here is a video of what the engine sounds like.
I have tensioner and idler pulleys (per AM21GS400) coming in, but would appreciate any other thoughts.
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Baffled as to what it could be. Heck I'm starting to think I just have a loud engine.