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Banging noise from under hood
Monday morning when I started up my car ( 92 LeBaron V-6)I heard what sounded like a banging noise emanating from the front passenger side of my hood.I drove away and the noise disappeared.Today while waiting to cross a traffic light I heard it again.At first I thought it must be a jackhammer doing construction work in the field across from where I was idling.Again when the light turned green I pulled away and the noise stopped.Any thoughts on what this might be?I'll get the car to my mechanic on Saturday but I am wondering if I might be doing some long term damage by driving it til then.
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Her idler tensioner was going bad and making a knocking noise (unrelated to the banging)
Well he had to take the belt off and it seemed to be coming apart. It was very fraied (sp?). A big chunk was disconnected from the belt itself and on idle it would bang against the top of the hood
Replaced belt noise gone
C'mon. it's a joke
I suspect some gadget is loose though why I only hear it when I am idling beats me.Of course when I take the car in on Saturday it will be quiet as a lamb
could also be a clutch bearing screwup if you've got a manual.
Anyway cost me $ 30 to get it fixed so I am certainly not complaining