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Date:         Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:54:22 -0600
Reply-To:     Marshall <mjruskin@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Marshall <mjruskin@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Was: very loud Screeching noise on very cold days - turns heads -
              now: teenagers in engine compartment
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I've done it.

I found a teenage couple down there, who were locked in an embrace. I threw some snow on them, and they quickly separated.

Van still continued to squeal, so they weren't the problem.

That's why I asked the list for help. Gonna try the "wax-on-the-belt" trick next.

Marshall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:50 PM Subject: Re: very loud Screeching noise on very cold days - turns heads

> After devoting ten thousand words on this subject, it just seems like > somebody would go over there, open the engine hatch and look down in > there to see what the problem is. > My last loud screeching noise from an automobile was a cat sleeping > between the radiator and the water pump on my 92 Ford Crown Victoria. I > cranked the engine and cranked the cat around a few times before I shut > the engine down .............. good old Ford had a self diagnostic system > that displayed when the cat came out still alive but very pissed off. > > Stan Wilder > 83 Air Cooled Westfalia > > On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:28:30 -0600 John Rodgers <jhrodgers@MINDSPRING.COM> > writes: > > > Marshall wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Volks: > > >> > > >> Can you please help me with this? - opiniions gladly accepted > > >> > > >> A get an incredibly loud "screeching sound" coming from my > > general engine > > >> area at certain rpms when the engine is cold. (it's been -30 > > here). > > >> > > > > > > > Probably a belt. For a temporary fix, hold a block of parafin > > against the sides > > of the belt that ride in the "V" of the pully. will stop the noise, > > and is a > > cheap yet nice dressing for the belts. > > > > John Rodgers > > 88 GL Driver > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.


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