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No, I never got around to doing the full job. Only update I have is that the chirp went away for the summer months and has now started to return with colder weather. Same as I saw before.

Same happened to me in Memphis a couple years ago. They didn't know my German Shep was sleeping in the back...

I will check. Thank you.

@2001LC Thank you for that explanation, I didn't know enough about the TBelt change to know that those are connected. I will try this. Its unfortunate -- the TBelt was done less than 15k miles ago. But better to do it right. I assume if I'm going to all the labor to get in there, I might as...

Thank you, always a big help. The last Tbelt service was done with OEM parts, but was done third party and doubt that they did the T belt pulleys, as you mentioned. I did the fan clutch yesterday evening. Unsurprisingly, since the chirp occurs with or without the accessory belt, the chirp is...

@rexington14 I cleaned the throttle body. It was in need. Here's some pics. Before. I didn't get a pic behind it, but there was significant carbon buildup. After, looking a good bit better. But, this did not fix the issue. Though I may have recovered a horse or two from the motor, based...

The truck painted me a fool this morning and did not repeat the issue. It's done it on every cold start for the last 2 months. It was about 34F outside, not as cold as it has been. I looked through my phone and found an old video of it doing it. Unfortunately I'm talking during the video and...

Gave it another go this evening about 6 hours after last driving it. Coolant started at 30 degrees C and worked up to 75 before I gave up after 10 minutes, and no squeak the whole time. I reckon the block needs to be fully chilled through as well as the coolant, which may be another clue. I'll...

Gents, Trying to diagnose a squeak from the front of the motor that sounds like a pulley or belt, but still occurs when the accessory belt is removed. Details: Does not happen immediately on start. Usually takes 1-2 minutes before the sound starts. For me today, the sound started when the...

@Bisho that worked like a charm. I did this the other night and it went smoothly. I may still add some some sealant around it to make it more air tight, but it holds strong and fit the hose well. Notes for anyone who does this in the future: I used a 3/8" -> 3/8" joiner from Home Depot. They...

Now I see this this thread on the same topic, sorry to duplicate. Looks like others had success as well with simply an aluminum arrow shaft and JB Weld.

Excellent. I'll likely take that route. I'll just be careful to remove any platic shavings from inside the chamber. Will have to think about how best to do that given the geometry of the chamber and access from the front-side main hoses.

Okay, I'll look into that. Just to check, I assume a plastic oriented JB Weld wouldn't do the trick? Just to try and avoid drilling. I don't know if there's a specific type of JB I need to use for this plastic.

Recently I was checking on a squeaking pulley and pulled off the air intake to get more elbow room. Through an unfortunate series of events, I broke off the nipple that the EVAP hose connects to. See photos below. I tried gorilla glueing it back in place, which held and was air-tight, but it...

[[EDIT: this thread is so long that I looked through most of the pages but failed to see that 2001LC had commented with the way to get these springs to insert correctly here...and it was at the top of this page :bang:. Since search terms failed for me via mud's search feature and Google, I'm...