Hi

 

Just after solving one noise i now have another! (if the body work was not so nice i could kick the S@*T out of it sometimes!)

 

Everytime i start the car from cold i get a fairly loud and slightly squeally/numatic drill sound that rises and drops with the revs. It does this until the has warmed up and then everything seems perfect.

 

I am thinking it could be a bearing or the water pump, has anyones Z suffered from anything like this?

 

Cheers

 

Jim

Where does the noise come from?

 

A numatic drill kinda noise sounds like one of the lifters?

...first place to check is the tension of your belts - ac and alternator etc. if not tight enough these will squeel untill all's warmed up.

 

good luck

 

Jack

It seems to becoming from around the top of the left hand bank of the engine, possibly from inside the cam cover. I have checked the belts and also flushing and changing to different oils so i don't think its the lifters. the only thing i do know is that its driving me mad!

 

Cheers for the suggestions

 

jim

Good description. :rofl:

 

It was the aircon belt on mine. Phil @ C&S changed it during water pump change and it went away- it's come back now so one of the other belts must be doing it now!

I also have this squeaky/ squealing noise, its defo not the lifters. and not the belts. I can`t find it either. Drives me mad:cry: Not much help i know, but at least your not on your own:(

How about the coupling to the viscous fan??

 

Mine used to squeek/squeel before I replaced it.

Lol! Thank God, looks like I`m not going mad after all...mine started to develop what I imagine to be the same noise a couple of days ago and haven`t been able to trace where its coming from for love nor money...wow...it`s getting like a support group...I`ll take sickle cell, tuberculosis and squealing Zeds and you can have testicular cancer, organic brain dementia and melanoma. But I`ll fight you for ascending bowel cancer...just me? Ok...I`ll get me coat.;)

 

Leigh.