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Help! Squeak/squeel that I can't find!


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rcar2003
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Oct 14, 2011, 3:49 PM

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Okay guys. This one is hurting my brain (perhaps I haven't had enough beer yet). I have a:
2008 Ford Explorer, 4WD V6 (4.0) with 110,000 miles.

A few days ago I noticed a pulsating squeak under the hood.
The squeak comes in intervals farther apart (roughly 120 squeaks a minute) starting at 1700rpms. By the time you get to 2000rpms the intervals are fast, at least double the squeaks at 1700rpms, if not more. By 2500rpms its a squeal.

Today I had a chance to work on it, I popped the hood and said, "idler pulley." Changed it out and nothing changed. Well, I starting scratching my head and said, "ah ha! Belt tensioner." To my surprise, after replacing it, that wasn't it either.

After those two replacements I am stumped. Could it be the belt itself? That doesn't make sense to me, it is in decent condition. It isn't missing any chunks that I can tell. Luck would have it I sprayed some WD-40 on there and it went a away for a little bit.
I am fairly certain it isn't a bearing, now. Everything is looking really good under the hood and a couple new parts later I am just stumped.

I have some pretty decent ears on my head and I initially thought the sound was coming directly from the idler puller. Well, that wasn't the case, but it still seems to be in that general area.

Any Suggestions?


Discretesignals
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Oct 14, 2011, 4:51 PM

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Take the belt off and run the engine to see if the squeak goes away. That will tell you if it has something to do with an accessory or pulley.





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rcar2003
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Oct 15, 2011, 4:25 PM

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It was the darn belt! Got a new one for $17 and no more mice squeaking! :)

So simple of an issue, I didn't even think it could be true.






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