Garret
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- Joined
- December 29, 2001
- Messages
- 37
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- City, State
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '92 XLT
I was/am having problems with a fan belt-area squeaking on my 92 X. It is a rythmic squeaky chirping sound, fast paced, only at idle or near idle speeds. When I get on the gas up to 1800-2000 rpm it goes away. The fan belt is in ok shape (actually put an old one on as the "new" 6 month-old one was disintegrating). I just relaced the idler and tensioner pulleys, it actually sounds worse now.
Thought it might be the power steering pump as there was some in-out play on it's pulley, but after buying a rebuilt pump saw that the shaft on it had the same kind of play (no steering problems or dying pump groans from the original either) so I didn't change the pump. I turned all the other pulleys by hand and didnt find anything else suspect.
The sound seems to be coming right from the center of the radiator area, could this be a dying fan clutch or water pump? Please help, this is really getting me stressed! Thanks in advance!
Thought it might be the power steering pump as there was some in-out play on it's pulley, but after buying a rebuilt pump saw that the shaft on it had the same kind of play (no steering problems or dying pump groans from the original either) so I didn't change the pump. I turned all the other pulleys by hand and didnt find anything else suspect.
The sound seems to be coming right from the center of the radiator area, could this be a dying fan clutch or water pump? Please help, this is really getting me stressed! Thanks in advance!