Weird noise when accelerating.
03-22-2009, 10:46 PM
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Weird noise when accelerating.
Today I was out driving with my friend and his Ranger. Well, we ended up racing through the outside of town just having fun ya know? We ended up switching trucks for a few minutes and as we stopped at a stop sign, he lit up the tires, and I followed suit with his truck, no harm done right? Wrong.
Now I have a freaking "putting" sound when I accelerate. At low speeds It sounds the same but when I get going it's just awful. 
Even though I didn't give much on the subject, any clue to what it is?
Now I have a freaking "putting" sound when I accelerate. At low speeds It sounds the same but when I get going it's just awful. Even though I didn't give much on the subject, any clue to what it is?
03-23-2009, 12:23 PM
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In all honesty it sounds like it is coming from the exhaust.. And when I shut the truck off it makes a small "Vrooo" noise from the passenger side engine bay. There is also a noise, I can't explain it, that comes from the same area when I'm driving. It's always been there so I did not think anything of it before, but it's a lot louder now. The truck does not have as much gitty-up and go, like it's hesitating.
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03-23-2009, 03:51 PM
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Check the spark plug engine coil. My truck did the same thing. It started to stutter and at first the check engine light wasnt on but after a while it got worst and the light came on. Took it to my mechanic and he put the computer on it and it said my #2 coil was bad. It was only $60 bucks at Napa auto parts, and my truck drives fine now. So I say check the coils. I have a 8cly and each coil is independent so you have to use the computer to see which is bad. But if the check engine light is NOT on then I dont know what to tell ya!!!! Good Luck!!!!
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03-24-2009, 07:48 AM
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Well, thanks for the input. I wiggled my fat butt underneath her and was checking things out. And I at -least- have a messed up front universal. I'll check out the other things after I get done replacing that. Hopefully that's all of her problems. The noise I was hearing when shutting off the Truck was my vacuum pump shutting down. So that should be okay.