Try the coil wire or the capacitor on your alternator (not sure it has
one).
The distributor also has shielding that may have failed.
Try to decide if the zizz is the speed of your alternator or engine.

Stan Wilder

On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 06:49:02 EST Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> writes:
>        My radio has started picking up the whirring sounds of the
> engine.
> Where to look to remedy this problem ?  Spark plug wires ?  Spark
> plug caps ?
>  Ground cable somewhere ?  This sound was never there until just
> recently so
> something somewhere has just gone on the fritz.  And, it seems to be
> getting
> worse as time goes by.  Where to start looking is my question ?
>
> Cheers
>
> Frank Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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