Wild Bill

Hi All,
Haven't done much on the list or with my shark lately, just been too busy. We are buying a new home, so I have been busy fixing up the old one to sell. Good news is the new house has a much larger garage in which to pamper the mechanical mistress.

Anyway, I have not driven the car in about two weeks. Decided to fire her up for a quick spin and to give her a bath. On start up, there was a very loud groaning, grinding sound under the hood. Only about 2 or 3 seconds worth, but it got my attention to be sure. Car started normally and continued to idle fine after the noise abruptly stopped. Checked under the hood and everything looked fine. No belt problems, no new noises and no death smoke. Went ahead with the quick spin and had no problems at all.

My first thought was air pump. Don't know why I think this but I thought I would check with the esteemed members of the list for an opinion. Is this something that I should be concerned about and investigate further? If so, what do I look for?

TIA

Regards,
Bill

SharkSkin

Pull off the air pump hose up near the valve cover and look inside. It should be pretty clean. If there is loose junk in there, address the problem or you may junk up your diverter valve or worse, your check valve. If the check valve doesn't seat properly it will hasten the demise of the diverter valve and pump. There are some pics on my site in the "Shark Attack" section, round 6 if you want to see where the parts live. Round 9 shows the check valve R&R though it's for an early car.

Dave H.

could also be your starter...

marton

could be your wallet, price of gas now

marton

more sensible suggestion, have you an auto and have you ever checked the flex plate?

marton

aha in you signature it says 5 spd so I guess auto was a bad idea

Daryl

My guess, it's the the power steering pump. May be low on fluid. Let us know when you find the problem.

geekapalooza

What about an A/C Compressor on the verge of failure / seizing up?

Wild Bill

As it turns out all is well... just a minor booboo with the only thing damaged being my pride!

Upon further inspection in the light of day today, I found that the 17mm front mounting bolt for the A/C compressor had come loose. It had come completely unthreaded and was able to ride up against the A/C drive belt. Tightened the offending bolt back up. Checked to make sure the belt was okay and I am good to go... I recently refurbished the A/C system and must of forgotten to snug this difficult to reach bolt.

No harm, no foul I guess you can say. Anyway, thanks for the input. Nice web site David btw.

Regards,
Bill

Normy

-I don't think you should be too concerned Bill. I make a "brief loud groaning noise" when I wake up as well, and I'm in great physical shape~

Best of luck!

N!

SharkSkin

Thanks Bill... glad to hear it was so minor.

Wild Bill

Dave, again thanks. It's people like you who go out of their way to share that makes the enjoyment of these cars all the better. Wish I was html savy and I would share some of my mechanical exploits... loose bolts omitted of course!

Normy, dude, you crack me up! But thanks for sharing in your own special way.

Regards,
Bill

SharkSkin

Nice of you to say so, Bill. I had much the same sentiment when I first came here but I was a little frustrated with the lack of specific info for the OBs. So, I decided to share what little I knew about mine. My shark insists on teaching me everything about it... my next two Shark Attacks are already scripted... what's a guy to do, other than charge up the camera, roll up the sleeves, and have at it?

As for HTML, it's really easy. The code for a basic page is just a text file with an .htm or .html file extension and the following contents as a minimum(plus example text and image).

...from there you just add and tweak until it looks the way you want. Fancier stuff requires an editor or some learning.... but there's TONS of info available... you can make a decent looking site with very little html skill. Just organize it well and it will fall into place.