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Re: Engine Noise

To: Robert Norway <examiner@nexusprime.org>
Subject: Re: Engine Noise
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 12:25:49 -0900 (PDT)
Cc: Triumph Questions <triumphs@autox.team.net>
On Thu, 9 May 1996, Robert Norway wrote:

> HELP!! I've got a big problem with my '76 Spit. 
> 
> All of a sudden, I started hearing a rumbling noise from under the 
> bonnet...At first I thougt 'Damn, main bearings, crank, timing chain,
> etc', but then I thougt maybe water pump...So I ordered a new 
> pump and two weeks later, today, I put it in. Guess what??? NO FIX!!! 
> Still had the noise.

Does your Spit have the dreaded fan clutch? They can make some pretty 
horrible noises, as can the alternator, as someone else suggested.

--Andy

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