Chord of pain

[Ameer Antar]

3rd note: it could be the front oil seal on the crank. It's happened 
before. Air passes by the worn seal, making a whistling noise. Usually a 
timing belt change includes new front seal, belt, tensioner[pulley], and 
water pump. If you changed the front seal before, then it's not yer 
problem, but don't put grease on the belt! Any petroleum product will eat 
and destroy rubber. That's why you never grease rubber suspension bushings. 
Seen that happen too many times too.

about the noisy lifters, you can get rid of that by replacing them. The 
hyd. lifters are $7 each and all you need to do is take the valve cover and 
camshaft off to get to them.

good luck.


At 12:15 PM 9/18/00, you wrote:
>Hey Q-list:
>
>After patching my exhaust yesterday, which I'm going to try to nurse
>along for a few more weeks, I set out to do some routine maintenance,
>such as adding injector cleaner and checking my plugs.  I went to
>change the sparks and was curious as to why there wasn't any info in
>the owners manual about this relatively simple job that should be part
>of routine maintenance.  The biggest hassle was getting the little
>covers off the plugs as I'm sure you know, they are a real pain.
>Eventually I figured it out and popped the little rings up with a
>screwdriver, but it would have been nice if the owners manual would
>have provided a clue about this.
>
>After my rumbly exhaust, the second bad sound is lifter click.   I
>usually hear it when it is getting about time for me to change my
>oil.  I started hearing it this week, but I still have a month to go
>before my oil change.  So I checked the level.  It was a bit low so I
>added a half a quart to the max line.  Then it seemed to me the click
>was worse.  This is very puzzling.  The only possible explanation, I
>could think of was that I patched the exhaust yesterday, so that was
>quieter and the click only sounded louder relative to the exhaust
>noise.
>
>The third note in the my chord of pain is a little wheezing sound that
>comes from the front of the engine compartment in the area of the
>timing belt.  It sounds like a squeeking pulley, but I just had the
>thing replaced less than a year ago.  Is it possible it could just
>need a little grease?
>
>Jenny
>86 4kQ (Close to 300K) Eurotrash Princess
>
>
>
>
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