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2002 ford truck question,can anyone help

iLoveMyExploder

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1993 Explorer XLT 4X4
ok so its not a ranger or explorer..... but maybe someone here could recognize the noise this 2002 escape is making. i posted about it on a ford escape forum- lots of people read it, but i never got any answers. those people are useless.

this 2002 escape is my father in law's truck.

when pressing the gas and taking off, there is a noise coming out from the front of the truck....

the best way i can describe this noise is... it sounds a lot like a midget under the hood blowing on a kazoo, only during acceleration.

once it gets up to speed, say maybe 2nd or 3rd gear, it seems the noise stops.

the truck has oversize fancy wheels on it, and the tires have a lot of tread, which creates a lot of road noise. when up to speed, i dont hear the noise. i dont know if it goes away or if the kazoo sound is masked by the road noise the tires make.

he says the noise has been going on for as long as he has had the truck, about 9 months. it could have been making the noise before he bought it, i dont know.

does anyone know what is causing this noise, and hopefully how to fix it?
 






Just guessing, but maybe it's the PCV valve vibrating and causing the noise?
They're inexpensive to replace, and probably due anyway...

Explorer's IAC sometimes will sound like a lonely Moose, so that might be
a possibility too...?
 






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