timthetortoise
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- '98 Sport
My apologies if this has been asked to death, but Google didn't turn up anything too informative so if there's a thread or URL I should look at, please kindly direct me to it.
I bought my first Explorer today. It's a 1998 Sport 4.0L V6. Everything is great on it, except for one possibly serious problem. When I get above 30 MPH and step on the gas (even lightly), I get a whine that sounds like it's coming from the tires. As I speed up, the whine gets higher in pitch and by around 75 it's not as noticeable (though I know it's still there, just out of my range of hearing). I'm just wondering what the possible causes of this would be. The guy who sold it to me said he had the bearings replaced just recently. However, while going under 10 MPH, I have noticed a little bit of noise that sounds very similar to wheel bearings going bad (light, intermittent grinding). I haven't had a chance to check the power steering fluid yet, so that might be a cause - but I'm just wondering about what causes I should be trying to track down.
Keep in mind I'm by no means great with cars so if it's something that the average Joe wouldn't be able to look at and go "oh, that's bad," please give a little bit of guidance as to how I might go about figuring out what the real problem is.
Thanks in advance!
Tim
I bought my first Explorer today. It's a 1998 Sport 4.0L V6. Everything is great on it, except for one possibly serious problem. When I get above 30 MPH and step on the gas (even lightly), I get a whine that sounds like it's coming from the tires. As I speed up, the whine gets higher in pitch and by around 75 it's not as noticeable (though I know it's still there, just out of my range of hearing). I'm just wondering what the possible causes of this would be. The guy who sold it to me said he had the bearings replaced just recently. However, while going under 10 MPH, I have noticed a little bit of noise that sounds very similar to wheel bearings going bad (light, intermittent grinding). I haven't had a chance to check the power steering fluid yet, so that might be a cause - but I'm just wondering about what causes I should be trying to track down.
Keep in mind I'm by no means great with cars so if it's something that the average Joe wouldn't be able to look at and go "oh, that's bad," please give a little bit of guidance as to how I might go about figuring out what the real problem is.
Thanks in advance!
Tim