i have a 96 ex and my motor makes the weird whining airy sound....sounds like its by the crankshaft maybe the pulley?? i have no clue and ideas?

thanx

 

does it only make the noise while the clutch is engaged and when your driving?? if you push the clutch pedal in all the way does the noise stop??

 

I have that but it stop when the motor warm up.

 

ive noticed it when my car is sitting idling...and the other day my friend was driving my car and when he pulled up you could just hear something whining

 

i want to say that this sounds to me like your input shaft bearing - but its important to know this; you say when you sit at idle you hear the noise..if you press the clutch pedal to the floor, does the noise stop??

 

no the noise is constant i tested to see if it was whem the clutch was engaged or not but ot made no difference.....

 

Noisy belt maybe.

 

I also had a whining noise coming from the same location you are talking about. I replaced the Idler pulley and the whining noise was gone, the grease in the pulley dried up.

If you replace the pulley dont get it from Auto Zone cause its plastic. Buy it from Advanced Auto Parts or the stealership because they are metal.

 

could be the alternator

 

Could be any bearing in the accessories (PS, Alt., AC compressor), could be a belt tensioner (AC or timing belt), could be the water pump, could be a vacuum leak in a strange place.

You have lots of options

 

i was listening again and while under the hood sounded like it was coming from the altenator

 

yeah mine did the same thing