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Engine Noise..... Need Help?? Clueless

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DSMLIFESTYLE488

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Sep 30, 2007
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Hey tuners.... Just wanted to show a video of some noise my car does at idle. It sounds like its coming from cam gear or shaft:confused:. When you rev it up after a while the noise goes awayWTF???? Car accelerates and spools just fine. No hesitation. Still clueless to what it is:ohdamn::ohdamn::ohdamn:..... Help??? o and i dont mean the lifters..... i mean that little whirring noise.... sounds like a small wastegate noise but its not the wastegate
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Put a stethoscope(?) or a long handled screw driver on the housing of the alternator. See if its pulley is where the whistling\whining is coming from.
 
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