Check the timing pointer. When the harmonic balancer
goes out it can contact the pointer and cause a scraping
noise.
Andy
> List,
>
> I wish I could include a sound file to this question, but what could
> produce a loud scraping noise in the engine? I removed the fan belt and
> the noise is still there. So that would remove the water pump and the
> alternator as potential sound producers. The sound is associated with
> engine speed. My guess is a spun bearing, but I don't know what that
> would sound like. I was planning to go the the ZONE meeting this
> Sunday, but it is looking like I'll do it in the truck.
>
> Dana
>
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> HYSEQ, Inc.
> Cell Biology Group
> 675 Almanor Ave.
> Sunnyvale, CA 94086
> (408) 746-4567
> noji@sbh.com
>
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