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Anonymous Posted on Jul 28, 2015

What could be causing the growling noise coming from the belt driven accessories when the car is idling and not moving?

The car has 80,000 miles on it and it started making the noise a couple of weeks ago. It seems to have gotten a little bit louder, but I still can't pinpoint it. The obvious first thought is the power steering pump because it changes tones when you turn the steering wheel back and forth, but the fluid level is fine and it has not been leaking. The reason that I am doubting that it is the PS pump is because the noise stops when I turn off the A/C or increase the rpm above an idle. Also, it sounds like it is coming from higher and more centered than the A/C compressor or the PS pump. A rebuilt PS pump isn't too expensive, but it looks like a bear to change, so I don't want to start trial and error. Any suggestions or things to test?

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See my prior answer about using hose to listen to locate exact point of noise. This works better than you can imagine.

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