Front end noise

Tiny
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  • 2002 FORD TAURUS
  • 1.6L
  • V6
  • 4WD
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My engine is making a noise it’s like coins in a jar type of noise and I’ve checked the transmission fluid and the engine oil and they both are fine. I took it to the shop and I thought it was something with the brakes but that doesn’t make sense because it’s when I could start the car not when I push on the brakes, any ideas on what it could be?
Friday, July 5th, 2019 AT 4:09 PM

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Tiny
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Hi Alexis,

Unfortunately, I am not sure what this could be. Can you give a little more detail on when it does this or better yet, get a recording of the noise and post it here. That may help us get on the same page. Thanks
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Friday, July 5th, 2019 AT 4:43 PM
Tiny
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Sadly on a cold start the sound would be much louder, but this isn’t it on a cold start. It is the kind of higher ringing you can hear.
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Friday, July 5th, 2019 AT 4:49 PM
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Unfortunately I can't make it out to well. But does it make the noise if you take the serpentine belt off and start the engine?
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Friday, July 5th, 2019 AT 4:52 PM
Tiny
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I do not have the tools to do that and wouldn’t want to do it myself in fear of breaking something. I’ll give it a cold start in the morning so you can hear the sound more.
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Friday, July 5th, 2019 AT 4:54 PM
Tiny
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Here we go I got a good sound of it.
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Friday, July 5th, 2019 AT 5:11 PM
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Okay. That is better. I would have the belt removed and see if it does it. That sounds like a bearing to me. The other thing you can do is spray some WD40 on the pulleys as they are spinning and see if it quiets down. This will indicate a pulley is failing and the noise is the metal on metal of the bearing.
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Friday, July 5th, 2019 AT 5:13 PM
Tiny
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Okay, I’ll see what I can do.
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Friday, July 5th, 2019 AT 5:36 PM
Tiny
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It was the A/C compressor for future reference.
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Thursday, July 18th, 2019 AT 9:01 AM
Tiny
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Great info. Thanks for the feedback. Glad you got it figured out. Thanks for using 2CarPros.
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Thursday, July 18th, 2019 AT 7:50 PM

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