When i start the car it sounds like theres a tweety bird chirping through my engine bay. Could it be a timing belt? Anyone know what this sound could be?

 

maybe a bird is stuck in there? what mods u have

 

ha.. if it is a bird my dinner options will be solved. For real though, i have no mods so ???

 

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My car makes a similar sound. It isn't very loud but in my parking garage it is a lot more noticable. I think the easiest way to describe mine is it sounds like rolling a glass bottle on a table. Not vrey loud but it does have me thinking.

 

come on gear heads....wtf would i hear a chirping noise coming from my engine at start up....not to mention i saw smoke coming out my exhaust.

 

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I have the same problem. It sounds like a squeaky pulley. It was solved once by my mechanic by using a chemical the kind of softens up the belt. It went away for a while but now is back again.

 

I'm pretty sure the VQ35DE uses a timing chain and not a belt....

 

No timing Belt !!!! What u are prob hearing is the main drive belt slipping-----Why ? U ask. Two reasons---

1. The belts cold, and as u drive it warms up and becomes "stickier"

2. U have just pulled ur Battery down by starting the Motor, and the demand for the alternator to replenish that lost voltage is causing a load. The harder ur alt. has to work, the harder it is to turn the rotor due to the increased magnetic field---Hence---Belt slippage, til it reachs its full charge and the Alt can relaxe a little.

Get a new belt like a Gator Belt and tighten it like a guitar string. Tweety will leave and nest elsewhere.

 

BTW----This is a quick fix that doesnt solve the prob,only hides it ---- A bar of soap on the contact area of the spinning belt does the same thing, and smells Spring Time Fresh.

 

i think this happens when ur car is cold
it happens to mine but after i drive for a bit and park, come back and restart, its very smooth

 

I get the same thing. I was planning on changing the belts anyway, I'll try these gator belts and see if it works. i'll let you know if it solves the problem.

 

I guess tweety bird came to visit my engine yesterday morning! I started out and all of a sudden,," I thodt I saw a puddy tat",,,Jking,,,,No, it started to chuurrrpp,,,,chuurrrrpp,,,then would go away, I sounds like the post above,,,where the belt is cold,,,and as it warms up the sound goes away.....This was my first time to hear it and I immed starting laughing cause I thought of this thread....LOL

 

AH ---Tweety found a new nest