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"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno)
11/18/2014 at 11:27 • Filed to: None

That noise is back again. Only louder, and happening at a shorter interval.

I've ruled out that it ins't the alternator, because that was replaced less than 2 years ago. The power steering isn't low on fluid, just filled that up not very long ago. It could be a bearing in one of the engine pulleys though.

Or my water pump is actually fried and the only reason I can drive it is because it's cold enough out to keep the temp down.

WILL YOU PLEASE JUST DIE ALREADY YOU PIECE OF SHIT SO I CAN GET SOMETHING NEW.

I have audio of it (I think, I haven't listened back to my recording) but I can't upload it yet.

DISCUSSION (34)

DrScientist > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 11:32

I've ruled out that it ins't the alternator, because that was replaced less than 2 years ago.

this is not sound logic.
it's likely not the alternator, but you couldve replaced it with a faulty part.

also, can you replicate the noise? does it happen while at idle? have you heard the noise with the engine running and the hood up while trying to locate the noise?

Jcarr > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 11:32

4.3, right?

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > DrScientist
11/18/2014 at 11:35

I feel like I would've heard it waaay sooner if it was a faulty part.

It happens at low engine speeds like coasting in a parking lot. And at idle. And sometimes it happens for a second at highway speeds. Basically, almost constant at idle and low speeds, and sometimes at high speeds.

I've tried to find the noised under the hood, but to no avail.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jcarr
11/18/2014 at 11:36

Yeah. But it's not a Vortec motor.

Jcarr > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 11:37

Hard motor to kill, I'm afraid. ;)

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jcarr
11/18/2014 at 11:41

Don't gotta tell me. I've been trying to kill the damn thing since I first got my hands on it in April.

Alex B > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 11:41

It's going to explode soon.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Alex B
11/18/2014 at 11:42

But it won't. The noise will eventually go away and it'll go back to being fine. Because you can't kill a GM 4300.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 11:45

Not entirely true. We ended up putting a Jasper motor in my younger brother's Astro LT that he got with a dead one in it. Spun bearings. *Talent* on the part of the previous owner.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/18/2014 at 11:47

Previous owner did the impossible.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 11:53

under your hood:

Kinja'd!!!

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
11/18/2014 at 11:54

YES.

The GM4300 V6, the Nokia phone of engines.

crowmolly > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 11:55

Well, it's cold outside now, and the alternator needs to work harder. Not entirely out of the question for it to go bad even at 2 years old.

Brian Silvestro > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 11:56

DUDE

just remove all fluids from engine

drive until break

tell parents it broke

new car

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 11:57

Hahaha

I've told you my first truck was an 88 S10 Blazer 4.3L that I built ground up. The reason I built the engine for my first truck is the guy who sold it to us for 500 bucks because...he killed the engine.

If you really want it dead - apparently no oil will kill them.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Brian Silvestro
11/18/2014 at 12:06

DUDE.

My dad's friend had a 4.3 S10 he ran WITHOUT OIL to try to kill it. The damn thing still ran like a top.

Mine was already running without coolant and almost no transmission fluid.

THEY DON'T DIE.

Brian Silvestro > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 12:06

You'll be in your late 80s before it even hints at going away.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
11/18/2014 at 12:06

Weird, because my dad's friend ran his S10 without oil and it worked fine for months and months.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Brian Silvestro
11/18/2014 at 12:08

You're probably not wrong.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 12:15

lol

well the rings were shot on it and the pistons slapped around scarring up the cylinders and a headgasket went.

it had just a bit over 100k miles too.

It was ok though because it motivated us to bore it 60 over as well as a few other upgrades....

Brian Silvestro > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 12:20

;_;

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 12:24

"Oh you mean the green fuel nozzle is diesel? Shit..."

*accidentally leave fuel tank uncapped during a rainstorm*

OOPS HYDROLOCKED.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/18/2014 at 12:24

HOLY SHIT THE DIESEL IDEA IS GENIUS.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 12:25

This is amazing.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 12:26

inb4 it actually runs

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/18/2014 at 12:26

If there's one thing GM can do well, it's engines. Almost too well.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/18/2014 at 12:27

I would actually just burn it to the ground at that point.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 12:28

All that will be left of pre-2008 GM vehicles 100 years from now will be the engines and crumbled remains of the plastic snaps that hold the rest of the car together.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 12:29

"You mean pouring diesel on the seats and cigarette lighter causes fire? Oh, golly!"

*cue laugh track and sitcom music*

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/18/2014 at 12:29

You might be able to find a whole Silverado. That'll turn over and still run like the day it was taken off the showroom floor.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 12:31

Tell that to my sister's 99 Silverado. Will randomly refuse to start, nobody can figure out why. Replaced the filters, head gaskets were going bad so we did that, manifold gaskets as well, fuel pump replay was flaky but replacing that didn't fix it either.

Might be the fuel spider.

It's probably the fuel spider.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/18/2014 at 13:00

Definitely the fuel spider.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/18/2014 at 13:39

Don't worry, it will kill you first...

DipodomysDeserti > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/18/2014 at 22:09

But pouring diesel everywhere really won't cause a fire...