Mike,
# 4 is very likely Anti Freeze
# 5 may be the alternator fan. I have a similar noise that ges away if I
take the belt off. I traced it to the alt fan by careful listening and a
few skinned knuckles.
Just another thought - very likely yes.
Larry
>>>>On 9/22/00 5:41 PM so and so (Graziano, Michael) said. (And I quote:)
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>4. Peculiar smell: After driving the car, I get a peculiar smell coming
>from the engine compartment. Kinda sweet and pungent. No, there's no
>Chinese food stuck anywhere. Doesn't smell exactly electrical, but could
>be related to the alternator problem above. It's not oil, that for sure.
>And my oil pressure is pretty steady at 25-35psi hot, and 90psi cold (both
>at idle).
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>5. The whine: I have a whine in the engine bay. It varied with engine
>speed, not gearbox or wheel speed. Depressing the clutch has no effect.
>Besides belts, any ideas what might whine with engine speed. It's not
>the dizzy. Alternator bearings possibly linked to above?
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>Another thought that JUST occurred to me. Would I get symptoms 3-5 if the
>belt wasn't seating perfectly in either the alternator, or one of the
>other pulleys? I'm not getting a loud belts whine. In fact, you can
>hardly hear it.
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>sigh....
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>Mike
>'78 Midget
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