My wagon has a really loud, high pitched, engine whine. It's been doing it for a while. The whine increases as the engine revs up in all gears, including park and neutral. I replaced the power steering pump since it was going bad and a likely source of the whining, but that didn't help. The car has 90K miles on it. Is it the timing belt?

 

Is it an Escort? Is it turbo? What size engine?

 

Sorry - forgot to tell you about the car! It's a '94 Taurus GL. It's got a 3.0L V6. It's the regular engine, not the 24 valve one.

 

Could be dry alternator bearings. You could try greasing them.

 

Hey thanks - you were right on target. I took it to my mechanic's shop and two of his men listened to it and said gave the same diagnosis. Bearings are shot - so I'm getting a new alternator put on it in the morning.

 

Hey thanks - you were right on target. I took it to my mechanic's shop and two of his men listened to it and said gave the same diagnosis. Bearings are shot - so I'm getting a new alternator put on it in the morning.