Engine Swishy Noise

[jaysdead40]

When the engine is at low idle I can hear a swishing, whiring, sound from the front motor area. It's noticable even with the hood closed. When the RPM kicks up, AC etc. it's either gone or not noticable. Any of you over achiever, cruiser knowledge types got any ideas. Rig is 93 FZJ80 with 176,000.

Jay

 

[cruiserman]

It's belt noise.

 

[jaysdead40]

Normal belt noise, or oh crap I need to call CDan, belt noise. New belts were installed at 155,000.

 

[Mars]

Probably fine, my belts do the same kind of whurring. Possibly a fan clutch going bad? Mine did, and when it did there was a much more pronounced, not mechanical but actual 'windy' whooshing sound, of the fan spinning like crazy all the time.

 

[jaysdead40]

Fan clutch was replaced at the same time as the belts and radiator. Do I need to just practice ignoring it?

 

[fzj80kidpen]

Be sure to get OEM belts
I used to have gates belts and it sounded like a turbo in there.
Fresh OEM were much quiter.