99 Maxima Short whine when started
#1
99 Maxima Short whine when started
Hi people.
Question, my 99 G Maxima, has 165k on it, just in the last week, when cold in morning and you start the engine,
You get a quick short whine/moan from engine bay somewhere, also - sometimes, not all the time but if you dont give it a quick rev it will die instead of going to normal idle straight away , othertimes its fine.
I am suspicious of the starter motor, but also of the alternator, who knows maybe its both, car seems to run fine after that initial thing and I have not seen the battery light on at all while driving. I dont think its a belt as it sounds different to to that kind of noise.
Any opinions would be appreciated!
Question, my 99 G Maxima, has 165k on it, just in the last week, when cold in morning and you start the engine,
You get a quick short whine/moan from engine bay somewhere, also - sometimes, not all the time but if you dont give it a quick rev it will die instead of going to normal idle straight away , othertimes its fine.
I am suspicious of the starter motor, but also of the alternator, who knows maybe its both, car seems to run fine after that initial thing and I have not seen the battery light on at all while driving. I dont think its a belt as it sounds different to to that kind of noise.
Any opinions would be appreciated!
#3
Do you think it could be your water pump going? They always go with a whine, or maybe your ac clutch? Take a good look with the motor running same thing happened to me with my A/C clutch long story short it melted the plastic between my crank nd the crank pulley, it fell right off when the belt snapped, (it was a squeak from the ac clutch getting stuck)
#5
Do you think it could be your water pump going? They always go with a whine, or maybe your ac clutch? Take a good look with the motor running same thing happened to me with my A/C clutch long story short it melted the plastic between my crank nd the crank pulley, it fell right off when the belt snapped, (it was a squeak from the ac clutch getting stuck)
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