screaming problem, help!

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

If you dont have a stehoscope (I don't need to know if you and Lacy play 
Doctor & Nurse ) try a 18" piece of garden hose.


Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: Patrick Bureau <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>
>To: Dan Smith <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: screaming problem, help!
>Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:20:48 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I know it sounds out of place but I experience something similar, and it 
>was the power steering pump that ran out of oilll (sounded like a mouse 
>being carnaly abuse by a large animal) check the oil in your bottle if you 
>have PS.
>
>if you dont have PS.xto see if the sound comes from the head or the block, 
>if the block could be a broken ring ...(bleh)
>
>Dan Smith <sad_rocc@yahoo.com> wrote:
>My 84 has developed an intense screaming noise. It started yesterday, after 
>the car had been sitting all day. I popped the hood with the car on and it 
>sounds like it's coming from right around the throttle body. When driving 
>(I had to drive it) it ranges from sounding like a tea kettle boiling to a 
>muffled belt squeal, depending on the condition the car is in (ie. idle, 
>slowing down, slowly speeding up, maintaining speed, etc). When I first 
>popped the hood, it was pretty loud but not terrible. I checked the intake 
>boots (no visable cracks) and felt around the throttle body but didn't feel 
>any suction. It sounded like what you'd get if there was a strong force 
>sucking air through a very small opening. When the car's idle dropped down 
>a little, the sound got so intense I think I have some minor hearing 
>damage. Any idea what is going on? Belts don't look like they're rubbing 
>anywhere, couldn't find any tears in the boot, tb seems ok. The only time 
>the sound isn't present is on strong
>acceleration (like having the pedal halfway down when you're pulling away 
>from a stop sign or something). It didn't seem to affect the way the car 
>drove, no warning lights are on (the oil one does work) and all temps 
>seemed to be okay.
>
>Dan
>
>
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