Loud squeak from under hood

[VX_PA]

Last week I drove from PA to NC to spend Christmas with my wife's family. So as I'm driving, I kept hearing a loud squeak from under the hood. It's mostly while cornering and hitting rough spots on the road, kinda like the whole engine shifts because I feel the weight difference. I haven't had a chance to try to diagnose the problem myself, but I know it never made that sound before I had my engine replaced. Now I will have to take it back to the dealer so that they can fix it. I can't tell where exactly it is coming from, but hopefully it's an easy fix. I'd probably be better off having monkeys service my VX.

BTW, I saw a White VX on Sunday Dec. 28 going south on I-81 near Wythesville, VA. Anyone here??

[AREA 51]

Did you try lubing and/or adjusting the hood latch and front corner hood height adjusters/bumpers?

[VX_PA]

That's what I was hoping it would be, but I checked that as soon as I arrived in NC. It's not either the latch or the rubber adjusters. I don't know if it could be a motor mount or something else that is loose on the engine. I'll try to check it more after work tonight.

[AREA 51]

Don't forget to check shocks, swaybars and their bushings and links.

[powered by isuzu]

i had the same squeaking from under the hood of my vx whenever i was on a bumpy road. Put a wad of grease on the hood latch and presto........squeak go by by. Hope this helps. ;Dy;

[MZ-N10]

yea i had some squeeeeekin under the hood too....then i replace teh hood...no more squeeking...
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the wad of grease trick was easier and less expensive.;eekg;

[VX_PA]

Well it only took me a month to get the time to really spend some quality time with my VX checking things out. To be truthful I have been putting it off due to work and traveling alot. The heater fan motor was whining like crazy and totally annoying me so I ripped it out and lubed the crap out of it so it would stop making noise, after completing that task I figured I should take the time to find the squeak under the hood.

I popped the hood and greased the latch (just in case) and greased the rubber contacts or bumpers for the hood (again just in case). I didn't think that those were the culprits so I started methodically shaking different engine parts trying to find a squeak. Radiator moved some but didn't make a sound, battery was tight in the box, engine wouldn't move much and didn't make a noise, and the fuse box was secure. Then I thought of shaking the air intake, squeak, squeak, squeak. Ah ha, it turned out to be the mount holding the intake assembly from sagging onto the wheel well. I have to mention that I have a K&N cone filter so this won't be a problem for anyone running the stock air box. I used an exhuast hanger used for heavy-duty trucks, mounted it upside down to hold the intake up. It has a rubber mount that keeps the metal to metal from touching and making noise, also to stop vibration. Well the rubber mount was squeaking against the metal hanger, so I just lubbed it up and now it's quiet too.

It's so much better driving without annoying squeak and squeal sounds. ;Dy;