RE: Rattly Kind of Sound

[luis@odf.ucsd.edu (Luis Patino)]

>  
> > Rattly... Are you sure it's not the lifters?
> 
> They are brand new, as is the T-belt, H2O pump, V/C gasket, and cam.
> 
> OK, maybe not "rattly" (lifters I describe tapping, other's use rattle,
> I know), how about "loose" or even "gobbly" (yes, like a turkey, that 
> last one is a stretch, but if you've heard the sound, you'd know what 
> I mean).  It's coming from the front.
> 
> Ken
> -- 

Perhaps your power steering (hydraulic) pump? The power steering pump 
in my 4ksq makes exactly the turkey sound you describe - especially if
water or moisture gets into it. It shuts up after a while - when it 
dries out, I pressume. Lubricating its pulley-side bearing has shut it
up for now. The pump is, yes, at the very front on top of the driver's
side of the engine. Let me know if that's it.

Luis - '85 4ksq