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cockneyboy
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cossie whine
« on: Jan 12th, 2007, 10:31am » |
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morning all, my 98 cossie ultima has a whine while accelerating in all gears unless i turn the heater off then it completely dissapears, any ideas? ta
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scorpio_man
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Re: cossie whine
« Reply #1 on: Jan 12th, 2007, 10:41am » |
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hi there
does that not point to the heater fan(s)? 
take the hbc out and spray a little wd40 down on to the fans.
hth
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cockneyboy
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Re: cossie whine
« Reply #2 on: Jan 12th, 2007, 10:43am » |
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hbc? thanks scorpio
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cockneyboy
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Re: cossie whine
« Reply #4 on: Jan 12th, 2007, 10:56am » |
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thanks mate looks easy is it the same for a cossie as for the 2.3 16v
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Re: cossie whine
« Reply #5 on: Jan 12th, 2007, 11:05am » |
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hi there
yep, all the same. try the oil trick first before taking everything apart. 
hth
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cockneyboy
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Re: cossie whine
« Reply #6 on: Jan 12th, 2007, 11:07am » |
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thanks, i'll let you know if it works
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Octavian_P
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Re: cossie whine
« Reply #7 on: Jan 12th, 2007, 11:42am » |
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Does the level of whine vary with the engine speed, if yes it sounds more like an AC compressor / pulley problem.
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cockneyboy
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Re: cossie whine
« Reply #8 on: Jan 12th, 2007, 3:20pm » |
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wd40 seems to have worked, thanks everybody
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