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Old 03-22-2008
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Weird Sound

During the summer when it gets nice and hot outside my truck sometimes begins to make a very loud low humm...It's really loud and seems to come from my cold air intake, but its not the intake because it made that sound before I got my K&N...Does anyone know what that sound is all about?
 
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IAC or Idle Air Controller. I told everyone I had a choir boy trapped under my hood for some comic relief. You can try taking it off and lubing it, I tried that but to no avail.
 
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Yea i guess that makes since thanks man....but is it bad for it to make that sounds?
 
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Iam thinking Fan. I put an aftermarket high flow fan blade on my 95 and when the engine warms up it makes a VERY LOUD low hum.
 
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Ok yea sounds like my problem, its a very loud low hum, but i haven't put an after market fan on my truck....
 
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My factory fan still hummed but the after market made it louder
 
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