Chirping noise??
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4th Gear Member
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Minnesota
Chirping noise??
Alright long story short...
I was just driving my car and got out and heard a bird chirping... then pulled up to my house and still heard the dang bird chirping... popped my hood and I couldn't pin-point where it was coming from but somewhere under my hood it sounds like a bird is going "chirp, chirp, chirp. *pause for a half second*, chirp, chirp, chirp. *pause*" and so on...
Any idea's what this is/ could be...???
I was just driving my car and got out and heard a bird chirping... then pulled up to my house and still heard the dang bird chirping... popped my hood and I couldn't pin-point where it was coming from but somewhere under my hood it sounds like a bird is going "chirp, chirp, chirp. *pause for a half second*, chirp, chirp, chirp. *pause*" and so on...
Any idea's what this is/ could be...???
5th Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,215
From: Delaware
it does this when you are moving only or when your car is off ?
last week I literally had a bird stuck in my grille.... crazy part is, he wasn't there when I parked my car after driving, when I went back there he was. He must have flown very hard in to it.
last week I literally had a bird stuck in my grille.... crazy part is, he wasn't there when I parked my car after driving, when I went back there he was. He must have flown very hard in to it.
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Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 12,259
From: Acworth, GA
Max, sounds like valve ticking possibly?
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From: Minnesota
It does it at idle and while driving. At idle it goes Chirp, chirp, chirp with maybe a very short pause in between eachone (maybe .5-1 second pause then a longer pause for ~1.5 seconds) but while moving the chirps are a lot faster with almost no pause, just chirpchirpchirpchirpchirp...
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From: PA to KY ('07) to IL ('09) to MS ('10) to FL ('11)
Belt, pulley or accessory bearing. Eliminate the belt and pulley channels with belt dressing or whatever. Also keep an eye out for the beginning of a water pump leak (or am I talking old school since I can't recall the location of the water pump on a 4.0 S197?).
