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Old Nov 25, 2013 | 06:04 PM
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Been hearing it a lot lately, it is something new. Any idea what this mystery noise is?
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Old Nov 25, 2013 | 06:08 PM
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Low on coolant for sure.
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Old Nov 25, 2013 | 06:51 PM
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mine does the same thing occasionally if I am sitting in it and it is ideling while fully warmed up. I probly just need to remove the reservoir cap and try to get more air out of the system. I have no negative cooling issues
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Old Nov 25, 2013 | 07:06 PM
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Low coolant light isn't on, truck runs cool. I'll check the level again tomorrow. Funny thing is, this started once the weather got colder. I bought the truck in July, the noise started about a week ago.
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Old Nov 25, 2013 | 07:56 PM
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It low coolant. Put the cap and check it. Let it warm up and check it. You will see my friend.
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Old Nov 25, 2013 | 07:56 PM
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Mine did that when I would be using defrost on cold mornings. Ever since I had my coolant flushed it stopped.
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Old Nov 25, 2013 | 08:04 PM
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You are hearing air bubble in the coolant rushing in the heater core. If you rev the engine in neutral you will hear it too.
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Old Nov 25, 2013 | 10:35 PM
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I swore up and down I had the same issue... Turned out it was my gauges making the noise. Very weird. Mine was faint though.
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Old Nov 25, 2013 | 10:50 PM
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Same here. I just here it at idle and when I rev it it kinda goes away. My defog and heaters rent wrking.. Wonder what it is. As soon as the weather gets better I'll dig under the hood
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Old Nov 25, 2013 | 11:29 PM
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Mine did this too, it was just because of low coolant. It would happen even when the low coolant light wasnt on.
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