As some of you already know, yesterday I replaced the power steering pump, serpt belt, 2 PS hoses, PS reservoir etc. Did a test run last night once I got everything back together and everything was fine. Today I removed the air intake assembly and cleaned it out with water and simple green, did not wet the MAF. Also replaced throttle body heater plate. While doing so the plastic hose that has coolant in it that connects to the throttle body plate snapped so I fitted a rubber fuel line from the throttle body all the way the coolant tank. Put everything back together and at first the truck ideled strange and was a bit smokey then she went back to normal and the smoke in the engine bay gone. But I notice a loud ticking noise coming from what seems to be the fan. But I see no evidence to support this idea. Turn the truck off and inspect the fan and cannot see any marks on the blades indicating contact with plastic and when i manually rotate the fan it does not come into contact with anything. It sounds as though a moving object is hitting a plastic object while the truck is running. Im concerned about the fan breaking.

Please help.

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Water is an engine's worst enemy. I sure hope you didn't have a lot of left over water in the intake tube. You didn't spray water in the intake right?

I would take a long screw driver up to your ear and try and narrow down the location. It sounds like it could be coming from your new pump but be careful when you put the screw driver down there with it running. Check the valve covers also to see if it's coming from inside.

Also the fan expands a little when it's moving fast so just because it's not hitting anything when you move it by hand doesn't mean it's not making contact with the engine running. Check very carefully.

 

solved: the 3 bolts that secure the PS pump pulley to the PS pump were lose. Had to remove the fan to visually inspect everything when I noticed it. Maybe I forgot to tighten them up when i installed the new belt, or maybe they came lose. IF they come lose again Ill use locktit. Thanks all for your help.

regarding the air intake, I soaked everything save the MAF section. The rest of the hoses and the plastic assembly were cleaned with water and simple green. But i left everything out for a couple hours and made dam sure most all the water was out of the plastic assembly before i installed it.

 

Those 3 pulley bolts can be hard to get good and tighten with a hand ratchet. An air ratchet is what I use to get it tight. I've also used a strap wrench to hold to pulley while I tighten the bolt before I bought an air ratchet. However you do it be sure to get it good and tight or all hell will break loose when it let's go. A strap wrench should be in every mechanics tool box. They are great for taking off oil filters too.

 

I think I've had good luck using those strap wrenches on everything but a oil filter. Never have used one successfully to remove a oil filter.