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Weird Squeal at high rpms

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bad2th3bone86

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Hello i have an 86 Lx and i was recently confronted with a few issues...

1. When the car is running while parked in my driveway for some reason that is beyond me(my 1st mustang still learning) i feel a continuos flow of air coming from right beind the drivers side wheel. I looked at my exausht and it doesnt seem to be disconnected anywhere but i'm guessing it must be from exausht because when i hit the throttle more air is pushed out.

2. When i hit the throttle as it reaches higher rpms there is a high pitched squeal. I feel as though the car isnt running the way it should be(slower)

HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!
 

fivespeedstang

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it could be the fan maybe the radiator flues are full of dead bugs
 

bluevenom867

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fivespeedstang said:
it could be the fan maybe the radiator flues are full of dead bugs
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Yea,the air is probably comnig from the fan.

The sqeal,describ it more. It could be the water pump bearings,that would also cause drag on the belt making it lose some power.
 

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Def fan blowing the air

The squeal could be a bunch of things, any misc bearing from the accessories, throw out bearing, loose belt?

Check your belt to make sure it's not glazed over or chewed up. Then I would yank off your serpentine belt and start spinning pulleys to see if any of them don't spin freely (obviously the crank pulley won't spin).

If you have a 5 speed, push the clutch in and out to see if the squeal goes away while idling.
 
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