screaming problem, help! (fixed, with question)

[sad_rocc at yahoo.com (Dan Smith)]

Lacy actually does have a stethoscope (she was an EMT, was part of their standard gear or something and pretty expensive), though it goes nowhere near me. Either way, I sure didn't need anything to amplify the sound, I could hear it quite well. Now however, I can't hear quite as well as before out of my left ear. Imagine sticking your ear over a boiling teapot and you'll have the sound. The problem was that the idle screw and disappeared (YAY to whoever gave me that direction!!!), I happened to have an extra TB to steal one off. For some reason though, it doesn't seem to matter how much I tighten it, the car always idles at about 1k rpm. I screwed it in with my fingers so the head was sticking out a little and it loosened on me, so I screwed it in until the head is almost flush with the TB, still 1000 rpms at idle but now it stays put. Even without the screw at all I was idling around 1.5k. What's up with that?

> 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.
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> Julie Macfarlane
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> >From: Patrick Bureau 
> >To: Dan Smith , 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 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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