Guest Craig205 Posted March 18, 2007 Hi everone this is my first ever post so hope you can help my car has developed an intermitant ringing noise coming from the engine which slowly disapeares as the car warms up. ive cheaked components in the bay for security so im confident nothings loose, so any idears or similare experience would be a big help Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrSarty 90 1 Cars Posted March 18, 2007 'ringing' makes this very hard to understand. IF it were a whistling, then that could be down to an air leak in the inlet system which perhaps closes as metal warms up, expands and seals. Really I'm asking if it could be a whistling which would be air or a 'ringing' like you say which would most likely be mechanical such as the alternator blades perhaps brushing against something. Probably best you try and highlight where in the engine bay (or elsewhere) it's coming from, eg as facing front of car top left, which may indicate a whistle from the brake servo. Catch my drift? Rich Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smckeown 1 Posted March 18, 2007 have you lost your phone recently ? Seriously, where do you think the noise is eminating from ? head, bottom, near side, off side ? Ringing isn't something you normally associate with an engine, have you described it well ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrwn8304 0 Posted March 18, 2007 An old trick you could try for locating it is get a old spray bottle fill it with water or WD40 and spray different moving parts ie water pump and fan belt when it dissappears you found it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Craig205 Posted March 19, 2007 Thanks for the replys, i think your all right in the respect that further investigation is needed and the comment that it might be something as obvious as a lose wire hitting the altinaters vaines,. im going to try and locate the source hopefully lol. craig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
