What's that noise???

Hi guys!

I need y'all's help. I've had a whining noise for while now and I brought it to Ford last time and they told me it was due to my tires being bad. They quoted me about $1600 for new tires and alignment. I told them I will do it later it's too expensive. Here we go. I ordered 4 brand new tires last time and mounted them + alignment at Firestone. Unfortunately the whining/squealing noise is still present :frusty: The noise is coming from the front end of the car is now doing it every time! Cold or Hot doesn't matter. (When I start the car it's not making the noise, when I put my car in "P" and rev it's not either). It used to be when I drove from 25mph and below. but now I can hear it at 60 (a little harder due to muffler noise). You can hear it more when the windows are closed though. I thought it could be a wheel bearing but they "Supposedly" checked and didn't see anything wrong with my wheel bearings. I finally was able to take a video of the noise at low speed (I was about 15-20mph). Anybody has an idea of what could it be? If I put my car in sport and WOT when it's passing the gear it's makes like a dump valve turbo kinda noise lol (I have a V6). I have a feeling it could be my Drive belt... But wouldn't the drive belt makes that noise at idle too though? I tried to drive a little faster and pass it in Neutral and it's still making the noise. I'm lost... I did couple dealership but I had issues with them. (One rip me off "Maxwell Ford". Thank God I had a dashcam and I got my money back. Even though my car is still warranty). Leif Johnson Ford will take 3 month to look at my car. Riata refuses to give me a rental. And Bastrop Never bother to call me back or wanna take my car in... Is there anyone here that knows a little bit about mechanic and whiling to look at my car around...? :hail: I almost lemon my car because of Maxwell Ford It took them 4 try to fix my tranny and now I have this engine/wheel noise... :frusty:

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Thanks for your help!

It doesn't sound like the squeal a belt would make but it very well could be. You said your transmission was worked on, what exactly was fixed?

LG23 said:

It doesn't sound like the squeal a belt would make but it very well could be. You said your transmission was worked on, what exactly was fixed?

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I made that video last month but now it's way louder. I'm ashame of going somewhere crowded lol. I had 3 solenoid dead...

Alrighty, I might have an idea of what it could be... Let me know what y'all think about it.

Yesterday I was in downtown and on my way home my car started to heat at a redlight. It was at 203F and it jumped to 210-223-227 then light passed green and it started to cool down again. When I arrived home I let the car idle and it started again. From 199 it reached 229 and fan kicked in and lowered the temp. (It was 70F outside last night). My inlet air went from 88F to 120F as well (at the redlight and my house). This morning I made 2 videos (Link below). One will show the squeaky noise again and the other I decided to check my pulley and found out that my water pump pulley is moving/clicking when I move it with my finger. Could all of this be related to my water pump...?:shrug:

PS: 2 weeks ago I saw my level was a little bit under the minimum for my coolant. I went to Autozone grab a 50/50 coolant and adjusted the level. I don't know if this information could help...

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Probably a bad water pump. Getting hot, then cooling back down on it's own is usually a symptom of low coolant. The pump is probably leaking. Water pumps generally have a weep hole; they don't always leak enough to leave stains under the car. But, I bet you could see stains on the front of the motor if you can get a mirror and light down there.

Tobey said:

Probably a bad water pump. Getting hot, then cooling back down on it's own is usually a symptom of low coolant. The pump is probably leaking. Water pumps generally have a weep hole; they don't always leak enough to leave stains under the car. But, I bet you could see stains on the front of the motor if you can get a mirror and light down there.

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It weird I never saw any leaks and I changed recently my oil... But since that pulley is moving I'm assuming it's the water pump. Now it's another story to show that to the dealer and make them fix it... :frusty:

So... I checked everything and I can't find nothing at idle or even when my wife rev the engine. It really happens only under load from what I can tell. Also, I've noticed that my engine is heating pretty fast as idle. I never passed 220F during summer at 110+F, Right now it's about 86F outside and it goes up to 227F. 2 weeks ago I bought in Autozone some 50/50 coolant before a little trip from Austin to Houston. I didn't notice the car heat to much... Could all of this be related?

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Is it low on coolant again?

Tobey said:

Is it low on coolant again?

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No, I have a friend who told me it's fine. It's just the hot air under the hood. I just ordered the 2 belts and the belt tensioner today. I'll change all of that out and see if it'll still make that stupid noise. I hope that'll fix it. I'm just really surprise it fails so early... :shrug: I abused my 2012 Mustang and it had well over 80K. I never had any issues with it... :tsk:

Quick update: The car has 2 brand new belts and tensioner assembly. Still making that noise. I've noticed when I changed the belt that the water pump was even more loose than when I moved it before. I tried to spin it and it made like a rough little noise but no squeak. I'm dropping off the car this Thursday. Any idea if the water pump is included in the power train warranty? I have 51K and my power train is still good until 65K.

Well, Ford called and it's not the waterpump. It's my f***ing tranny "AGAIN"!!! they still don't know what's up with it but the noise is coming from it. They had 2 people who did a test drive to make sure. They will call me later on whenever the tranny specialist takes the tranny out to check it.