Warbling water pump??

[Konstantin Bogach]

In all three cases I made minimal tension.  A little bit less and I am afraid
the belt can slip.  Tensioner is relatively new - 2 years.
Plus, using stetoscope I hear that noise comes from pump.

Konstantin.

Ben Swann wrote:

> [I changed 3 pumps trying to get read of wp sound.  First two it was
> whining.  Third one
> sounds like warbling, maybe.  It does noise  in 1200-1400 rpm range.  At
> least I can hear
> it.  Gave up after listers responses saying they also have for years.
>
> Konstantin.]
>
> Most likely culprit is the tensioner pully making the noise (like a turkey
> gobble) because the water pump tension is too tight.  Common problem.
>  Relieve the tension just a tad, or live with the noise until the tensioner
> dies(not usual), or possibly will stop making the noise eventually(after
> about 10k miles).
>
> Ben