Wayne, The sound your hearing is most likely the top A/C adjustment idler pulley. These are known to come off from time to time. It's not that big of a deal but it sounds horrible before it comes off. To check and make sure, remove your A/C belt and start it up to see if the sound goes away. Alot of owners, when this happens, get a shorter belt to compensate for the missing pulley. I lost mine twice and went that route. However, I finally replaced it after the overhaul 9 months ago and it was still on there when I took the engine out. Hope this helps, Duke www.geocities.com/at88mph_1999 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Deloreanernst@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 11:23 PM Subject: [DML] high rpm idling > It also has kind of a dry bearing sound. Almost like scraping or something, > coming from the engine. I'm afraid to ask... any ideas what this is? I know > my muffler heat sheild is warped and frayed close to the water pump. Could > that have anything to do with it? > > -Wayne > "Living the Dream!" > VIN...11174 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/dmcnews > http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications > > > >