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"Jessica via CarKB.com" <u16217@uwe> wrote in message
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> Ray O wrote:[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>>>>Have the timing belt checked. It may be getting loose.
>>>>> Ok thanks! I'll keep it posted on here![/color]
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>>>
>>> I thought that version of Corolla had a timing chain, not a belt?[/color]
>>
>>It sure does! To the original poster, forget the timing belt advice from
>>me.
>>
>>Next steps:
>>
>>Does the car make noise when moving or when sitting still? How about in
>>drive or reverse and sitting still? Does the noise change with engine
>>speed
>>or with vehicle speed?
>>
>>Can you hear the noise with the hood open? If so, from where? Behind the
>>timing cover?[/color]
> The car makes noise mostly when still...in drive, idle, and reverse the
> most
> but not when in netural. Once I get driving down the road it still makes
> the
> noise for a while and quiets down after the car gets warmer but is still
> making the noise. It sounds like a grumbling noise when sitting in the car
> but when I have the hood open it sounds like a vibration. When I go
> faster,
> vehicle speed, the noise is hardly there at all. With the engine speed,
> just
> sitting still, the sounds fades away a little bit as well. The noise seems
> to
> be coming from the belt/alternator area but I can't seem to pin point it.
>
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Some late model Corollas had drivetrain noises that concerned some people.
The best way to tell if that is the noise is to take it to a dealership and
have someone there listen to it.

If the noise is coming from under the timing cover then a loose timing chain
tensioner is a possibility.
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Ray O
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