Motor Question..

[Drake13]

I have a 98 Mazda Protege ES with 109k on it. Lately I noticed while the car is idling in park the engine makes a gargling sound. When it does this the RPM's stay normal and everything else appears to be normal.. just makes the gargling sound for about 1-2 second then stops. Then it will do it again shortly afterwords. Anyone have an idea what could be wrong? Or what is about to go wrong ?

 

[Drake13]

Bump..

 

[91Protege]

Usually when you hear gargling thats coolant, is your coolant low? Do a coolant change?

 

[Drake13]

Usually when you hear gargling thats coolant, is your coolant low? Do a coolant change?

good questions, I'll check it out tonight and see what's up. Does anyone else have any ideas?

 

[Drake13]

I checked the coolent level and it appeared to be fine. I did notice the sound is definitely coming from the left side of the engine (pully side). Anyone have any thoughts? Timing belt? bad pulley?

 

[kdamize]

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try checking your alternator. if your battery is faulty the belts might be making some noise.

 

[sephiroth]

A/c compressor or possible something to do with the emissions recirc sounds like.