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Originally Posted by Go88
Remove the serpentine drive belt and start vehicle momentarily and see if noise goes away, this will eliminate belt noise or any compinet driven by yje belt. If noise goes away, I would look to the belt as the cause, but pay special attention to the crankshaft pulley as they tend to come apart on this vehicle. A power steering pump could also be the problem. As far as checking the trans fluid, not really a big deal. On the trans pan you will find a nut that is attached to an internal stand pipe, inside this nut you will find a torx plug that needs to be removed, once removed fluid should drip out indicating that fluid is at the top of the stand-pipe indicating full. You could also be hearing a frozen cooling fan clutch,once again noise would go away with belt removal, with engine not running you should be able to manually spin the cooling fan, it shoul spin a few times. I hope this info helps...I am a ford tech, have worked at the same dealer for 22 years.
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great way to troubleshoot, thank you! belt off, no whine. checked each component on the belt, idler pulley was frozen up. really appreciate the tip.
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