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[suprakid91]

haha no. no wacky tabacky for me... gotta get another job. i am going to use smoke form cardboard or a cigarette. but i don't wanna wast mine. ha. i still dont know where its coming from though. its really odd. i have never heard anything like it on any engine.

[Grandavi]

When I rebuilt the engine in a 1972 Corolla (my first car) I did an excellent job except for one thing. If you have ever rebuilt a motor and replaced the bearings, you will know what Im talking about...
I overbored the motor (being 16 I though.. more CC.. more power) and pretty well replaced everything inside the motor (except the valves, I just reground them) Slapped it all together and took it out.
Being 16... again... what's the first thing a guy would do? Race the car! Got it up to 92 MPH and started to hear a very loud knock. Took it in to a mechanic and he said... oil pump shot. So, I pulled the engine (loved that Corolla everything was small) and flipped it over. Oil pump was fine.

The one thing I did wrong (other than being 16 and racing a freshly rebuilt engine) was I put the thrust bearings in backwards. Easy mistake to make if its your first engine... but had to say goodbye to the engine because that little mistake destroyed the crank and the block... lol. Live and learn.

So, I'm wondering, maybe that squeal isn't a leak. (just a thought)

Oh yeah.. when I was 22, UPS showed up with my brain... (about time!!!).

[Supra Greg]

All you did was head gasket ?

Pull plugs pour some transmission fluid in each cly... crank motor over let it coat the cly walls... You might have dry cly...

also a hose with a small cut will sound like a bird chirping... acts like a musical instrument reed

also pull all the belts off... and run...

Pin point the noise...

p/s: also a transmission funnle... them long ones.. stick the small end in ear :} makes good listning device

[suprakid91]

yes all i did was the head gasket. i am positive i put everything back in the right spot. i only have one small bolt that is left and i dont know where it goes. i also dont think that bolt that is missing is making any difference. i am going to try a copper pipe to listen to the engine. my car also doesnt idle. at all. it just dies whenever i take my foot off the gas. so maybe the whistle and the no idle have something in common? im stumped. i wanna get it running by thursday.

[Grandavi]

not idling sounds like a vacuum issue. (when combined with your whistle) Therefore, you have to look at what lines go into the intake system. (that would be my first guess).

Here is where it starts:
MK3 TSRM On-Line

Naturally.. again.. your down to hunting hose by hose...

[suprakid91]

things just add upp... i finally got a timing light and now the bulb is burn out. but the light is from 1988.... so i can only expect it i guess. oh well. ill just keep lookin or i will break down and buy one. i still haven't found any hoses that are worn or cracked or have holes. im stumped. this cars just keep throwin curve balls.

[Grandavi]

Well.. dont lose hope. The beauty of the car is that its mechanical (for the most part.. lol). So, therefore... a leads to b which in turn leads to c etc...

When you get stumped, you got 2 choices... (imo), ask a professional/expert or... start at a... then go to b... etc...

In the end, its usually forehead smacking time in most cases as it turns out to be that "obvious" thing that just slipped by. Me? Im old... I do the professional/expert route. My time is just to valuable. or.. worse case scenario... just remove everything you just put back on.. and do it very carefully, checking each part and step. Lots of work perhaps.. but if you cant find it any other way, it may be your only choice.
(again.. Im not a mechanic.. I just work on my car)