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Old 11-27-2011, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JimFreeh View Post
If you suspect the fan, perhaps your engine mounts have collapsed, letting the fan hit the shroud under certain conditions.

Re testing the fan: With the engine warmed up, rev the engine up past 1500-1800 rpm, and as the engine revs up, listen for the fan to couple. You should hear an increase in fan noise.

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New mounts. And I did check for hitting many times And I can only observe the sound at idle anyway so I doubt the mounts - which are only about a half-year old or so. And when I rev the engine the noise goes away. Its seems to be a cold/idle issue.
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