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#1523322 10/24/2023 7:52 PM
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Hello, have a strange noise from engine looking for suggestions of what it mite be?.
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I'd say, take the fan belt off and run it again. Sounds like it might be coming from the alternator. Hard to say from a video, but it sounds like a bearing noise, but not main or rod bearings.


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I concur... sounds like an alternator bearing. Definently not engine noise.


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Yep. Took belt off ,noise disappeared, time for a new alternator, thanks.


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It may go without saying, but I would certainly spin the pulley on both it and the water pump to confirm which is making the noise.

These are amazingly effective(O'reilly is not the only source):
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...performance-tool-stethoscope/pfm0/w80582

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My "stethoscope" for a lot of years has been either a length of garden hose or a cut off broom stick.
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