Turbo 95, high pitched noise coming from back of head
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Turbo 95, high pitched noise coming from back of head
So I just finished pulling my motor and replacing my oil pump in my 95, it has a rebuilt stock 95 motor with around 180k on it. The car was driving fine yesterday until all of a sudden I noticed a high pitched sound. It almost sounded like an intercooler pipe popped off from inside the car. When I pulled into my drive way the noise persisted. It sounds like its coming from the top left hand side of the engine, it is a loud scream. Car has a brand new throw out bearing and pilot bearing with less than 1k on both items.
What I know about the noise:
-comes from upper left hand side of engine bay
-not a belt, alternator, or ps pump (no ac)
-is not affected by clutch in or out
-EDIT: It does go away under engine load and varies in sound when under vacuum, goes away when in boost, so it seems to be a vacuum leak
-also sounds like it goes away when the engine tachs down
I drove the car too school today which is basically 10 minutes away, sound didn't change at all. I know tracking down noises can be tough, so thanks for your time. I checked in M.net and couldn't find anything. I'll see if I can upload a video of the noise soon.
What I know about the noise:
-comes from upper left hand side of engine bay
-not a belt, alternator, or ps pump (no ac)
-is not affected by clutch in or out
-EDIT: It does go away under engine load and varies in sound when under vacuum, goes away when in boost, so it seems to be a vacuum leak
-also sounds like it goes away when the engine tachs down
I drove the car too school today which is basically 10 minutes away, sound didn't change at all. I know tracking down noises can be tough, so thanks for your time. I checked in M.net and couldn't find anything. I'll see if I can upload a video of the noise soon.
Last edited by Forrest95M; 12-05-2016 at 04:31 PM. Reason: DOES vary depending on engine load
#8
So far I've re-seated my injectors (I though there might be a vacuum leak there), replace fuel rail, fuel filter, egr valve, fuel pressure regulator, and the thing that bolts to the front of the intake manifold (I forget the name of it of the top of my head). I get the whole track it down thing but it's SOOO god damn loud I cannot find exactly where it's coming from. I did however have some success in making it go away after I pulled my fuel pressure regulator on and put it back on but it then started to happen again after a 5 minute drive. Still open to ideas, I know noises suck to track down but I'm just looking for ideas.
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from what I can hear the sound gets increasingly louder as I move from the throttle body back towards the rear of the engine. I replaced my CAS, just because I had a spare one lying around. The sound starts a few seconds after start up and when I shut the car off it dies of with the sound of the engine, so it's definitely vacuum related. I pulled my throttle body off to try and clean it. I didn't remove the bottom part because the screw's wouldn't budge, made no difference, even though I was pretty sure that's not it anyway.
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Is there anything one can spray that has a UV dye that can be aerosalized but won't hurt the engine? Locating the leak will be so much more helpful than starting to replace things without knowing what's what.
If you have a gasket with layers (like the ones for the exhaust manifold) those loosening up a bit can possibly cause a whistling sound if air is passing through an area there. Are those all on tight? Anything in the path of air, other than the IC piping if you're not having a boost leak.
If you have a gasket with layers (like the ones for the exhaust manifold) those loosening up a bit can possibly cause a whistling sound if air is passing through an area there. Are those all on tight? Anything in the path of air, other than the IC piping if you're not having a boost leak.
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