I could be off here... but I don't remember ANY vacuum pumps on the miata setup, vacuum is sourced from the manifold without any pumps used. Its then used by the FPR, a few other small usages and the Brake booster. Get a better description of the issue, something is being lost in translation or you guys got hosed.
-Dave On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Mark Cookson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for all the great suggestions. Mom took the car in for a timing > belt change this morning (didn't know she was bring it in so soon) and they > found the problem. Apparently there are two vacuum pumps on the car and one > of them was leaking while charging up the system (or something like that). > Getting that replaced was about $800 since it's nowhere near the timing > belt, it's somewhere on the back of the engine. The car is whine free now > (and I bet her brakes work better too). > > Cheers, > Mark > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 6:45 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> the whining sound could be the alternator bearing on the pulley, or the >> differential. My guess is that something is too tight or dry when cold, >> then gets lubed or expands in the heat, quieting the noise. New belts are >> sometimes overtightened when put on the alternator and drive pulleys, and >> this puts pressure on the pulley bearings and may actually cause them to >> wear prematurely. Proper alignment is necessary between alternator pulley >> (or other items using pulleys) and the drive pulley. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy >> Football >> today<http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020> >> . >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > >
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