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(Message started by: cockneyboy on Jan 12^th, 2007, 10:31am)

Title: cossie whine
Post by cockneyboy on Jan 12^th, 2007, 10:31am

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

Title: Re: cossie whine
Post by scorpio_man on Jan 12^th, 2007, 10:41am

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

Title: Re: cossie whine
Post by cockneyboy on Jan 12^th, 2007, 10:43am

hbc? thanks scorpio

Title: Re: cossie whine
Post by scorpio_man on Jan 12^th, 2007, 10:44am

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/fanrepair.htm

hth

Title: Re: cossie whine
Post by cockneyboy on Jan 12^th, 2007, 10:56am

thanks mate looks easy is it the same for a cossie as for the 2.3 16v

Title: Re: cossie whine
Post by scorpio_man on Jan 12^th, 2007, 11:05am

hi there

yep, all the same. try the oil trick first before taking everything apart. ;)

hth

Title: Re: cossie whine
Post by cockneyboy on Jan 12^th, 2007, 11:07am

thanks, i'll let you know if it works

Title: Re: cossie whine
Post by Octavian_P on Jan 12^th, 2007, 11:42am

Does the level of whine vary with the engine speed, if yes it sounds more like an AC compressor / pulley problem.

Title: Re: cossie whine
Post by cockneyboy on Jan 12^th, 2007, 3:20pm

wd40 seems to have worked, thanks everybody