Wining noise/rumble

Today it was -17 degrees celsius when I went to start up my car. As I began to start it up it was fighting very hard to start up but after a few seconds it did - thats' great. But once it started up there was a very loud whining noise coming from the engine bay and the car began to shake a a bit. As I gave it some gas to rev it up it shook A LOT more. Anyone have any idea why it would shake and whine? I opened the hood to see if I could pin point where it was coming from but had no luck - the sound/shake continued for quite some time. Yes I know it is cold but what would the cold weather due to cause this? I haven't had any problems like this before with any other vehicles. I want to try to get this problem figured out because it is suppose to get colder and colder as the week progresses.


Also even when it's not that cold there is always a whining sound when I start the car up but this sound seems like it's coming from the heaters - even when the heaters are completely turned off. Any ideas?

Thanks.

-Tanner

 

Whats a cold start injector and where is it located?

Also where is the plug (on the engine) for the block heater? I was going to plug it in; but when I found the plug and follow the wiring it was just wrapped around my radiator and plugged into nothing. It does have that little red plug at the end which I assume plugs into the block heater.

Thanks again.

EDIT: If it does this again tomorrow morning I'll make a video.

 

:shock: I hope not. But yeah, I'll definitely make a video tomorrow.

 

Here's a video of my car starting up today. Sounds like it's going to die.

http://s284.photobucket.com/albums/ll36 ... 0147dd.pbr

 

Yeah I am planning to put a gte in at some point. When ever I can find a cheap one I guess.

 

As for the stuttering it does go away once the car warms up. I just put new plugs in back in september or october and I gaped them to 0.44mm I believe. I'll check the oil level tomorrow as well as re-gap/clean the plugs, check the wires and check the cap and rotor. It's weird because the car just started acting up ever since it got really cold out - when the whining noise has been going on for a little while now. Hopefully there is nothing seriously wrong because it's my only mode of transportation except city transit - I would also hate to walk to school (I live about an hour away) when it's -20+ outside and even colder with the windchill.

As for dropping the pan, I couldn't do that yet because I only have the little jack that comes with the car and I don't trust those things at all. Like when I painted my rims I stacked wood underneath the control arms just to be safe.

Thanks for all the help. I'll report back tomorrow after I check everything.

 

Well the only thing I had time to check was the oil level and it was between high and low so I put some in but that wasn't the problem because when I started it up again it stuttered as it revved up again - though once it warmed up the stuttering was gone.

BTW where is the block heater? I've found the plug that you plug into an outlet but the other end isn't plugged into anything for some reason. The cord for my block heater plug is really long and just wrapped around my radiator. If pics are needed to show what I mean then I'll happily take some.

Thanks again.

-Tanner.

EDIT:

I decided to go take some pics of the un-plugged block heater cord I am talking about.

 

Sweet I'll have to check that this week.

Also every morning it is still rumbling to shit when I start it up. Just wondering if it has something to due with the oil - well I added some yesterday the oil was very thick as it ran out the bottle so I was thinking when the car has been sitting all night the oil pump is having a hard time circulating the oil throughout the engine so maybe that is causing the rumble? I have 20w-50 in there right now and it has been in the -20's during the night for quite some time. So should I change to a thinner oil for the winter? It can't be the plugs/wires because once the car warms up it runs fine, it's just when it's first started. As for the whining well that just seems to get louder and louder. I didn't even want to keep it running this morning after I started it because the whining noise was that loud - felt bad for my car

Thanks for all the help.

-Tanner.

 

Hah, well the 20w-50 oil has been in there since I got the car - I've obviously just been added some here and there. I guess I should get out there and put some new oil in. Thanks Rick.

...Hopefully that'll solve the problem.

Also should I go back to 20w-50 when spring/summer arrives? Every other vehicle I've driven has always had 20w-30 in it; not sure why my car has 20w-50 in it.

 

So should I go 10w-30 or 5w-30?

EDIT: To be honest I am not "too" worried about my engine because I am already looking into getting a 3S-GTE from a ST185 or something.