Hey all! I'm having a little trouble with my car, it started a couple days ago... I drive an 03 premium v6 auto with all stock under the hood except for a K&N air filter. It's got 74,544 miles on it, everything is original. Anyway, when I crank it up, it sounds like there's something loose that's turning and you can hear a squeak(think nails on a chalkboard) it comes and goes and is worse on start up.
To me it sounds a lot like belt noise, but the belt seems to be rotating fine under the hood. I also thought I might have a flywheel loose. Anyway, when driving it yesterday I heard the sound and then when excelerating it felt like it kicked out of gear but then jerked right back into it and went on. After I took it home I left it with the hood up to idle while watching the belt turn and listening to see if I could possibly pinpoint the problem, after five minutes of idle the engine stopped as if it didn't have any gas, but it cranked right back up. It's the weekend so I can't have it checked out until tomorrow, I've got 500 miles left on the extended warranty, so I'm taking it to the dealer. Does anyone have any idea as to what this could be?
To me it sounds a lot like belt noise, but the belt seems to be rotating fine under the hood. I also thought I might have a flywheel loose. Anyway, when driving it yesterday I heard the sound and then when excelerating it felt like it kicked out of gear but then jerked right back into it and went on. After I took it home I left it with the hood up to idle while watching the belt turn and listening to see if I could possibly pinpoint the problem, after five minutes of idle the engine stopped as if it didn't have any gas, but it cranked right back up. It's the weekend so I can't have it checked out until tomorrow, I've got 500 miles left on the extended warranty, so I'm taking it to the dealer. Does anyone have any idea as to what this could be?