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Splizwarf
Jun 15, 2007
It's like there's a soup can in front of me!

StormDrain posted:



drat hose from the grease gun. After I sung it's good graces even.

You need some braided steel "performance" hose obviously. :v:

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randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

Shifty Pony posted:

The compressor in the photo is seized and will not turn. When the clutch engaged something had to give and it looks like the clutch started slipping and making huge amounts of heat from friction. I am pretty impressed that the belt didn't slip. The person probably would have stopped driving it or at least turned off the ac if it had because belt slipping noises are just plain awful.

I had something similar happen on an 88 Accord, except it gave a whole lot of smoke for about 30 seconds (and had zero power at all), then the compressor fuse popped. Anytime I sneezed in the general direction of the climate control panel it'd pop the fuse from then on (which also took out the fan and all HVAC controls), until I snipped the wire to the clutch.

I'm loving amazed the clutch in that photo didn't do the same. :stonklol:

MrYenko
Jun 18, 2012

#2 isn't ALWAYS bad...

Seat Safety Switch posted:

Yeah, if you're out walking here and it's below -10 you can A. hear Fords approaching from a mile away because their power steering is howling and B. hear any car that's over 5 years old because the belt is making the sound of a baby seal getting stabbed in the eye.

Ford power steering pump whine is the first car noise that car guys learn to identify. It's like a babies bottle.

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?
It's crazy how universal it is.

Queen_Combat
Jan 15, 2011
It reminds of my uncle when he'd come visit. He drove an 80's something f250 and your could hear the whine from blocks away. When he crashed the truck and got a Grenada, nothing changed.

NitroSpazzz
Dec 9, 2006

You don't need style when you've got strength!


Stolen from Jalopnik this morning - some people just don't understand what Run Flat means apparently



Seat Safety Switch posted:

So your AC compressor seized but the clutch is fine? Well...

Amazing

NitroSpazzz fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Feb 24, 2014

beep-beep car is go
Apr 11, 2005

I can just eyeball this, right?



We had a 89 Ford Taurus, and the mechanic told us "If [the power steering pump] isn't making noise, it's broken."

briefcasefullof
Sep 25, 2004
[This Space for Rent]
There's also the fuel pump whistle that Crown Vics and Grand Marquis have.

Preoptopus
Aug 25, 2008

Три полоски,
три по три полоски

QuarkMartial posted:

There's also the fuel pump whistle that Crown Vics and Grand Marquis have.

Sucks when trying to find an air leak in the air ride.

Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.

QuarkMartial posted:

There's also the fuel pump whistle that Crown Vics and Grand Marquis have.

Not as bad as that Chevy fuel pump in the 90s trucks.

Shifty Pony
Dec 28, 2004

Up ta somethin'


xzzy posted:

Not in cold weather areas, belts start shrieking and people just rev the throttle until it warms up enough to silence itself.

They still do this with modern serpentine belts and automatic tensioners?

MrYenko posted:

Ford power steering pump whine is the first car noise that car guys learn to identify. It's like a babies bottle.

I can even hear it in my head. The days are numbered though with everyone switching over to electric assist now.

Splizwarf
Jun 15, 2007
It's like there's a soup can in front of me!

Shifty Pony posted:

I can even hear it in my head. The days are numbered though with everyone switching over to electric assist now.

Don't worry, they can be pretty noisy too if the manufacturer doesn't care enough. :v:

e: re serp belts: auto tension can't help a cold, stiff, and probably glazed belt trying to drive a full-fielding alternator trying to fill a mostly-dead battery.

Splizwarf fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Feb 24, 2014

Maker Of Shoes
Sep 4, 2006

AWWWW YISSSSSSSSSS
DIS IS MAH JAM!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbFek8n5Mac

In my memory forever. :allears:

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009


I love the disapproving "hrm" right at the end.

Yep, that's what happens in my head when I hear that noise too.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_j8bmv6PQY

Is this the noise? I'm new to working on my own car and have a 93 Ford Explorer so I'd like to knew what the noises all sound like.

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





That sounds awfully loud to be it.

Is it bad that because I've been driving my Ranger so much, I got so used to PS pump whine that when I fired up my GMC it took me 30 seconds to remember that on a Chevy, the same sound means the fluid is low? :v:

Maker Of Shoes
Sep 4, 2006

AWWWW YISSSSSSSSSS
DIS IS MAH JAM!!!!!!
A bit higher pitched but yeah.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
My bronco used to have that terrible whine. Thanks for the memories.

Bugdrvr
Mar 7, 2003

My Ranger has never made the Ford power steering whine from temps ranging from -15f to +105f
I'm positive there is something terribly wrong but I don't know what it is.

Maker Of Shoes
Sep 4, 2006

AWWWW YISSSSSSSSSS
DIS IS MAH JAM!!!!!!

Bugdrvr posted:

My Ranger has never made the Ford power steering whine from temps ranging from -15f to +105f
I'm positive there is something terribly wrong but I don't know what it is.

Welp. It was nice knowing you. :v:

Shifty Pony
Dec 28, 2004

Up ta somethin'


My '01 F250 has it a bit, but you usually can't hear it over the 7.3 unless you turn the wheel while stationary or hit the brakes hard :v:

I want to flush the whole hydroboost system but that project is waiting for some future date.

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Bugdrvr posted:

My Ranger has never made the Ford power steering whine from temps ranging from -15f to +105f
I'm positive there is something terribly wrong but I don't know what it is.

Yours probably slipped through while the factory worker responsible for PS pump installation was checking Facebook/myspace/taking a poo poo.

Bugdrvr
Mar 7, 2003

Godholio posted:

Yours probably slipped through while the factory worker responsible for PS pump installation was checking Facebook/myspace/taking a poo poo.

I honestly have no clue.

It's gone 250k silently so it's probably building up to sound the trumpets that start the apocalypse when it finally starts making noise.

Plinkey
Aug 4, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Bugdrvr posted:

I honestly have no clue.

It's gone 250k silently so it's probably building up to sound the trumpets that start the apocalypse when it finally starts making noise.

Sounds like you lucked out, my 96 F150 lets me know that the power steering is still working when taking tight turns.

Huggable Bear King
Jan 12, 2006
H.B.K.

NitroSpazzz posted:

Stolen from Jalopnik this morning - some people just don't understand what Run Flat means apparently



how the gently caress do you keep driving on that?! it must've sounded awful...and why is it always BMW's?

Safety Dance
Sep 10, 2007

Five degrees to starboard!

"I paid $40,000 for this car, it had better go until I tell it to stop!"

This is my mother, at least, whenever her 5-series needs something expensive.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Blame the salesman that sold them the car.

"Spare? No need, these are run flats!!Sso if you get a flat just continue driving and bring it back to the dealership!"

Throatwarbler
Nov 17, 2008

by vyelkin

Safety Dance posted:

"I paid $40,000 for this car, it had better go until I tell it to stop!"

This is my mother, at least, whenever her 5-series needs something expensive.

The punchline here is that the cheapest cloth-seats-handcranked-windows 5er starts at $50k.

Safety Dance
Sep 10, 2007

Five degrees to starboard!

525i Sportwagon circa 2004 or so, with European Delivery. I think it was $40 and change.

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

Shampoo posted:

We had a 89 Ford Taurus, and the mechanic told us "If [the power steering pump] isn't making noise, it's broken."

Same with most Ford Falcon power steering pumps.

Preoptopus
Aug 25, 2008

Три полоски,
три по три полоски

Chinatown posted:

Blame the salesman that sold them the car.

"Spare? No need, these are run flats!!Sso if you get a flat just continue driving and bring it back to the dealership!"

I guarantee exactly this and they put out an insurance claim for it.

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

That power steering whine, and the very distinct 1st gear whine from later Panthers has saved my rear end more than once when :350: in areas I shouldn't have been (such as the parking lot at my old dorm).

briefcasefullof
Sep 25, 2004
[This Space for Rent]

Safety Dance posted:

"I paid $40,000 for this car, it had better go until I tell it to stop!"

This is my mother, at least, whenever her 5-series needs something expensive.

There's a BMW in a lot of a parts store nearby that was run for quite a while without oil.


Happened to be talking to a shopowner who mentioned he had a customer drive about half an hour (via interstate) to his shop with a busted radiator and no coolant. I asked, "So, how'd she take it when you told her she needed a new engine?" "Oh, not well. Not well at all :v:"

Leroy Diplowski
Aug 25, 2005

The Candyman Can :science:

Visit My Candy Shop

And SA Mart Thread
Since I'm the "car guy" in my group of friends I got asked to help a buddy buy a used car for under $1200. We found a really clean 1996 escort with a stack of service records for $900. I told my buddy to go ahead and buy it.

One week later this happens.

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bitchtard
Dec 3, 2010

I know nothing about cars electronics or computers when asked by friends and family. I do this because I love them.

Not Wolverine
Jul 1, 2007

Safety Dance posted:

"I paid $40,000 for this car, it had better go until I tell it to stop!"

This is my mother, at least, whenever her 5-series needs something expensive.

Everyone who I have asked about owning luxury cars has said "They are expensive to buy and even more expensive to maintain!"

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

Bitchtard posted:

I know nothing about cars electronics or computers when asked by friends and family. I do this because I love them.

I always tell non family to buy a brand new Subaru or a Camry.

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



You want a brand new Camry, iPhone, and Macbook. If you get something else, I can't help you.

*Buys used Aveo, free-on-two-year-contract shitphone, and $300 laptop from Best Buy*

Krakkles
May 5, 2003

Endless Mike posted:

You want a brand new Camry, iPhone, and Macbook. If you get something else, I can't help you.

*Buys used Aveo, free-on-two-year-contract shitphone, and $300 laptop from Best Buy*

... and then demands you fix them.

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Darchangel
Feb 12, 2009

Tell him about the blower!



That is art. What does that even sound like?

Huggable Bear King posted:

how the gently caress do you keep driving on that?! it must've sounded awful...and why is it always BMW's?

If you can afford that, why wouldn't you have Roadside Assistance? I mean, my bargain basement insurance has free towing and roadside...

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