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Subject:Strange Noise
From:WFryer
Date:Sun, 9 Apr 2000 17:56:40 -0700

My '86 Syncro is making a strange noise, and I wonder if anyone has an idea
what it is.  As I go to back out of the garage or when I am pulling in, and
just barely starting to move, you hear what sounds like a gear drive start
winding up to very high speed.  I may have only moved a few feet at a crawl,
but this noise sounds like something spinning up very fast.  And it seems to
be coming from the front - maybe the front right.  If I stop, it stops.  As
I go faster, I lose the noise.  My wife says it sounds like air being let
out of a balloon when you try to make it whistle.  It may have been making
various versions of this noise for a long time.  We used to hear a noise
that sounded like a whimpering puppy just as I slowly stopped in the
garage - when it was good and hot.  But this noise is from cold.  The noise
is definitely tied to starting to move.  Any suggestions would be
appreciated.  Thanks.

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