She sounds sick...

dvon17 · Post by **dvon17** » Wed May 02, 2012 12:41 am

alright, I had to wait until I got to work for this. Does any of you guys Neon have a whining issue?

My P/S pump whines a lot and when idling I believe my tensioner pulley is warning me that it wont last much longer (all things I'm fixing asap)

I just wanna know where to start or pinpoint exactly what this noise is. It's driving me nuts man.

here's a video I took earlier before work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1vKeXoDKXc

thanks...

ThatKevin · Post by **ThatKevin** » Wed May 02, 2012 7:04 am

I have a whine as well, pretty sure it's ps too. Haven't done anything about it though :/

dvon17 · Post by **dvon17** » Wed May 02, 2012 7:13 am

ThatKevin wrote:I have a whine as well, pretty sure it's ps too. Haven't done anything about it though :/

crazy part is, the one that's on the car now is the SECOND one I put on. One came from a scrapyard

and another from a guy on DNO.

I guess I might as well order a new one from my job.

my alternator has a whine too but, that's normal, correct?

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed May 02, 2012 9:43 am

Alternator, depends on what kind of whine. Mine does not make any sound at all. If it is whining from an electrical load, possibly your battery is dying, or the VR in the PCM is not right.

On the other hand the alternator in my jeep has whined for the last ~120,000 miles. (since it was new)

My PS pump is also silent.

dvon17 · Post by **dvon17** » Thu May 03, 2012 12:34 am

I also found out today that my cat. converter is clogged...

...it rattles a lot after a long drive fmL!

anyway to know for sure? or to clean it?

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu May 03, 2012 7:08 am

Rattles how? A clogged ceramic brick wouldn't rattle, tho a cracked one might.

A good dose of Seafoam may help with one that is sooted or carboned up, but melted or cracked, it is done.

dvon17 · Post by **dvon17** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:06 am

occasional demons wrote:Rattles how? A clogged ceramic brick wouldn't rattle, tho a cracked one might.

A good dose of Seafoam may help with one that is sooted or carboned up, but melted or cracked, it is done.

I seafoamed it about 3 weeks ago. (also got a CEL afterwards.)

Um... I have these speedbumps in my complex and I normally notice it when I'm slowing down to go over them. It'll rattle as I'm slowing down and the car is down shifting and my acceleration afterwards is a little sluggish and the exhaust sounds muffled. I have a red Thrush Turbo muffler on my car and it has this really "throaty" sound to it so I can tell when that throats being choked lol.

Should I seafoam it again? Would that hurt anything?

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:16 am

Well if the brick is loose, and moving around in there, cleaning it will do nothing. Have you checked the heat shielding to be sure it is not drooping from the tunnel onto the exhaust?

A loose brick will not necessarily block flow, unless it manages to flip 90º from front to back. I had that happen on my Omni. But it sounded like a jet at anything above 35mph.

The only way you can tell is to suck it up, and remove it. Then see what it looks like from the inlet. The outlet, you won't see much unless you cut the pipe off. And usually if it melts, the outlet end is the one that will do it.

dvon17 · Post by **dvon17** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:55 am

Well, it looks like it's in pretty good condition. It doesn't glow and there's nothing touching the exhaust at all. Ugh...man. A friend suggested headers and cat back. I like the idea. But I'm sure it's pretty expensive.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Thu May 03, 2012 12:22 pm

A short tube OBX header and downpipe off of eBay is cheap. An OBX long tube header is only $220 but without a cat the car will be wickedly loud.

Could always just get a stock downpipe off of somebody, people are always putting on different downpipes on SRT's.

dvon17 · Post by **dvon17** » Fri May 04, 2012 12:15 am

INVUJerry wrote:A short tube OBX header and downpipe off of eBay is cheap. An OBX long tube header is only $220 but without a cat the car will be wickedly loud.

Could always just get a stock downpipe off of somebody, people are always putting on different downpipes on SRT's.

the downpipe would replace the cat?

I'm confused. I don't know too much about this stuff and most of it I've heard before...just don't exactly what they are lol

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri May 04, 2012 5:59 am

downpipe/cat sometimes referred to as the same thing, it can be either with or without the cat.