** Reply to message from KBatzler <KBatzler@EMAIL.MSN.COM> on Fri, 13
Nov 1998 06:48:44 -0800

This is exactly the situation I described in my own "strange noise"
thread of last week, except that mine is more squealing than grinding
noise.  I have same loud noise in water pipe -- think maybe not
connected to the problem.  By listening through a tube I isolate the
noise to the crank pulley/oil pump area, but with a stethoscope the
oil pump sounds completely happy.  My unhappy conclusion is at the
very best a dry crankshaft oil seal (but I'm not sure that's possible
-- any knowledgeable volks out there?) and failing that a chattering
crank or camshaft bearing.  I'm going out on a limb here and
suspecting camshaft because I think a crank bearing would have failed
catastrophically by now.  I must say I *really* wish for an oil pan I
could drop right now. :(

Any other thoughts from the experts?

david

> Sounds like gear grinding. Water pump is ok (pulled off
belt...noise still
> there).  Checked around with a long screwdriver as a scope, noise
is loudest
> on coolant transfer pipe (from right cyl head to pump) but I think
this is
> acting as a noise amplifier....not the source.  Also checked oil
pump,
> pulley, a/c etc to no avail.  I hate to say it but it sounds
internal.  No
> loss of power, engine runs great and no leaks.
> Still baffled in La Quinta
>

David Beierl <dbeierl@ibm.net>
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