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Could be anything, belts, alternator, water pump, etc...in my case it was my alternator, after I got that changed, the noise went away.

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Could be anything, belts, alternator, water pump, etc...in my case it was my alternator, after I got that changed, the noise went away.

If you had read the thread first before being in a hurry to get your advertising in, you would have read that he removed all the belts and the noise was still there.

The problem turned out to be a bad compressor clutch, the noise is now gone. Somehow I thought the noise was still there with all the belts off, that threw me off. Oh well, it is fixed now thanks for the help.

Well glad you finally got it tracked down & fixed..........

Thx 4 taking the time to let us know the final outcome

If the noise is still there with all the belts removed, then your most likely looking at a bad water pump. That is the only component in there that has a bearing.

But wouldn't a warn out tensioner make a wizzing noise, it sounds closer to the tensioner than the pump.

There are no pulleys on the tensioner. It's just a nylon rubbing block. If the nylon came apart, the chain would be rattling all over the place.

Your not going to know for sure what it is until you take it apart anyway.

I bought the water pump for it and will change it out. And I will look at the tensioner to see if it has worn thru. This engine has three tensioners. Have you ever seen a tensioner that has worn thru and the timing chain was just touching bare metal and making a whining sound ?

Sure, but it won't be a whining sound. It will be a loud rattle.

You shouldn't be buying anything yet. You still have no idea what the problem is and won't until you take it apart.

Thanks for the response, I will change the water pump because I already have it now and let you know if that was the problem.

I hope you realize what your getting yourself into there. This job calls for 13 hours of flat rate and one mistake can cost you a couple thousand in bent valves. This is no car to learn on.

I have the factory service manual and it seems the hard part is hoping the chain does not skip a tooth or two when you release the chain tensioner and then turn the crankshaft counterclockwise 20 degrees to take out the old pump and put in the new one. But this is how they say to do the job. I know how easy it is to skip a tooth on a timing chain, I changed a chain on a toyota truck a few times, and when you loosen the tensioner the weight of the loose chain sometimes makes the camshaft move. But I think your right about it being the pump, it has 130,000 miles on it and most likely the bearing tolerances have opened up and small amounts of coolant are seeping in there causing the whining noise. Thanks again.

thank you both for help and advice on this matter i really appreciate it.

if it jumped time it could be worn gear/gears or is it a timing belt driven...either way i would investigate what/why
etc....
i have seen guys years ago with chain/gear driven engines that would move all the spark plugs wires at the distributor cap in the direction of the rotor,usually one position back,to compensate for the timing and then it was easier to adjust distributor.....but in this case i would check ,especially ifs its belt driven....probably doesn't have long...
teeth on belt will shear off.....
if its gear driven,again need to check...not worth breaking down....cuz it nevers happens close to home,with me i
never have tow money with me and always ,i FORGOT MY PHONE......