2004 E55 engine whine
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2011 CTSV auto, 06 E55 white pano, 87 Grand national, 63 split window
2004 E55 engine whine
I forgot to mention this to you guys about the car. It makes a whining noise when running, I can't even explain it..just simply a whine. Sounds like a belt tensioner or one of the pullies is gone bad. I brought it to my buddies friend who actually works for mercedes and rents his shop at night for his personal customers...anyway...when I brought it to him he actually said WOW this is quiet! 
He said, You wouldn't believe the whines that I have heard! So, me being a lil thickheaded...I had my friend remove all the pullies and we started it...guess what? Same f***in noise. What on earth is it and can it be quieted down?
He said, You wouldn't believe the whines that I have heard! So, me being a lil thickheaded...I had my friend remove all the pullies and we started it...guess what? Same f***in noise. What on earth is it and can it be quieted down?
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Oil pumps on the v8 kompressors are noisy. Especially on start up. It is normal. Pulleys make noise at times but if you ran it without belts, it's obviously not a pulley.
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Mine is a whiny bi**h too. Bad on startup, that's the trans fluid pump I remember GTER saying, but mine kind of sounds whiny he whole time as well, belt or no belt. Whatever, if it blows up I'll fix it.
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Get some exhaust work and headers and you will never hear it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIz4BeEn2pU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIz4BeEn2pU
LOL
I can hear the header "tick" sometimes from mine but don't really ever notice a whine I don't think. Who knows, I ignore the little things.So Nomad did you figure out if you had a stock crank pulley or not?
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