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    Squeaking From Engine?

    My car's engine has begun doing a mouse impersonation.

    I suspect either serpentine belt failing or one of the pulleys.

    Anyone else think it could be something different?

    Car's going to a mechanic in about 3 hours.

    - Mike
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    #2
    Not the same assholes that screwed it up the last time, I hope. Usually a belt but pulleys are possible. Remove belt/s and spin pulleys to try and narrow it down.


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      #3
      No no, the guy I should have gone to in the first place.

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        #4
        Good to hear!

        My initial thought would be belt too.

        '78 LTD | '87 Grand Marquis | '89 Crown Vic (RIP) | '91 Grand Marquis (RIP) | '94 Town Car (RIP) | '97 Town Car (RIP)

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          #5
          I'd suspect a belt or pulley. You would need to check the belt for wear/excessive cracking/glazing on the smooth side.

          Would also need to pull the belt off and check all pulleys for play/noise/smoothness while spinning.
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            #6
            mine's been doing the little mouse squeak for about a year now with no change. meh.

            Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
            rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)

            Originally posted by gadget73
            ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.

            Originally posted by dmccaig
            Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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              #7
              Oh. Aha. Eheh. Wow.

              Know that pickup coil the retards at Canadian Tire put in? It was installed wrong and the reluctor ring from the distributor is hitting it.

              Observe.
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                #8
                bastards. You should have your mechanic bill CT for having to fix their BS.

                Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
                rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)

                Originally posted by gadget73
                ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.

                Originally posted by dmccaig
                Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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                  #9
                  Or send Guido over so he can "walk them around the block and talk to them"!!


                  "Hope and dignity are two things NO ONE can take away from you - you have to relinquish them on your own" Miamibob

                  "NEVER trade your passion for glory"!! Sal "the Bard" (Dear Old Dad!)

                  "Cars are for driving - PERIOD! I DON'T TEXT, TWEET OR TWERK!!!!"

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                    #10
                    Were these the guys who worked on your car?

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                      #11
                      I think the dude on the right was.

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                        #12
                        Looks too smart to have been one of your guys.


                        "Hope and dignity are two things NO ONE can take away from you - you have to relinquish them on your own" Miamibob

                        "NEVER trade your passion for glory"!! Sal "the Bard" (Dear Old Dad!)

                        "Cars are for driving - PERIOD! I DON'T TEXT, TWEET OR TWERK!!!!"

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by sly View Post
                          bastards. You should have your mechanic bill CT for having to fix their BS.
                          That's the plan, in fact. Well, more precisely, I pay the mechanic, and then forward CT the invoices.

                          I'm supposed to retain all the parts but apparently you have to trade in the core when it comes to distributors.

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                            #14
                            wow, how do you even put that together wrong? It only fits one way.
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                            Originally posted by phayzer5
                            I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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                              #15
                              When you're stunned, anything is possible.

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