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elgineddie Enthusiast

elgineddie

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Hey team,

After nearly 80,000 miles of driving with an ultra annoying whine from under the hood, I am finally happy to say it's gone! I hated it and I am sure it was the cause of all my road rage. I changed the power steering pump and both tensioners to no avail. Then I found a new, OEM Delphi alternator on eBay for $100. Ten minutes later, the ol' Burban, a.k.a. The Battleship, was hummin smoothly and quietly.

 

If there is anyone out there who suffers from headaches and road rage due to a whine from under your hood, get an alternator.

 

The bad thing: Now that I have a whole new sound stream to map into my brain, I'm hearing sounds, ticks and clicks I've never heard before!

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100R1

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Hey team,

 

If there is anyone out there who suffers from headaches and road rage due to a whine from under your hood, get an alternator.

 

The bad thing: Now that I have a whole new sound stream to map into my brain, I'm hearing sounds, ticks and clicks I've never heard before!

 

 

 

 

 

Yep too much red wine does it to me all the time.

 

Glad to hear you got it fixed.

 

I got a Jeep Grand Cheroke that whines like a sob. Dang Dana rear axle. They don't call em Cheep's for nothing!

chevyracer Enthusiast

chevyracer

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Hey team,

After nearly 80,000 miles of driving with an ultra annoying whine from under the hood, I am finally happy to say it's gone! I hated it and I am sure it was the cause of all my road rage. I changed the power steering pump and both tensioners to no avail. Then I found a new, OEM Delphi alternator on eBay for $100. Ten minutes later, the ol' Burban, a.k.a. The Battleship, was hummin smoothly and quietly.

 

If there is anyone out there who suffers from headaches and road rage due to a whine from under your hood, get an alternator.

 

The bad thing: Now that I have a whole new sound stream to map into my brain, I'm hearing sounds, ticks and clicks I've never heard before!

 

 

 

I have an intermittant whine as well on my '99 Silverado. I changed all the "cheaper"

pulleys trying to figure it out but its stil there. It seems kind of crazy putting in a new alternator just to get rid of a noise until it goes bad. I will try to ride it out for now I guess....

budhayes3 Senior Enthusiast

budhayes3

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I hear ya about the ticks and clicks...got taps and slaps too! Been that way for almost 6 years now though, so I'm optimisticly considering it "characteristic" of this vehicle.

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