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MudBeast4X4
04-05-2001, 04:51 PM
O.K. heres the story: I was out running through some pretty deep mud with my friends about a month ago. When I came home, I notice this weird winding noise coming from the engine. Upon closer inspection(a funnel with a peice of tubing on it) I narrowed it down to the front of the engine compartment. To be more precise, one of the pullys. I have washed it, oiled it, greased it and it still wont go away. It varies with RPMs and gets worse(read:louder) when the temperature is cold outside. Please help me!

I also have had a check engine light since this noise came around. It is code 24, the TPS. The engine is a EFI 2.5 in a 95' YJ w/ AC...the noise does not differ with the AC compressor on, only I get a new clunking noise. Thanks for any help:)!

Kent
Colo.TJ
04-05-2001, 05:49 PM
Sounds like the bearings are going out. The mud probablly just exargeratted it.
MudBeast4X4
04-05-2001, 06:37 PM
What bearings would/could be out? Is this something that I could fix myself? Thanks:)


Kent
MudBeast4X4
04-06-2001, 06:52 PM
Wow!!!Seems like this board has taken off:) BTT
Jerry Bransford
04-06-2001, 09:45 PM
It sure sounds like you got mud inside the fan clutch itself. When it's cold, the fan is free-spinning so it would be noisier as it spins against itself. When it's warm out, the fan clutch is engaged-locked so the fan wouldn't be free-spinning. No guarantees, it just seems like it could be the fan clutch (cheap).