'98 S70: Screeching when Reving at Cold Start

[bmdubya1198]

The noises of a Volvo. My car lifters can be as quiet as can be, then noisy as can be. Hot or cold , it seems to come and go. No worries, it is normal.
I understand your concern about the "screeching". Drove me nuts. I replaced serp tensenion pulley just to be sure. Now i live with the ticking and screeching. At least my dash is quiet. I just went after an oil leak (rear ex cam seal). The weather was nice. No oil on driveway, just burning smell from ex manifold.

I have to deal with all three... screeching, ticking (less common), and my horribly creaky dash. That's probably the one and only thing I truly hate about my car. Otherwise I love it, and plan to drive the wheels off of it. I drive it hard and change the oil frequently.

[bmdubya1198]

Pulled the serpentine belt off this morning and started it. The sound didn't go away. I have my money on the oil cooler t-stat. Probably the OP's problem as well.

[abscate]

Both of eriks' farms and all of Dubs' money - someone has to go all in......

[erikv11]

The suspense is high on this one!

[bmdubya1198]

Both of eriks' farms and all of Dubs' money - someone has to go all in......

The suspense is high on this one!

I'm about ready to go grab an oil thermostat from the JY and tear it down (as much as I can at least) to see what's going on here. Someone needs to get to the bottom of this. There is a reason for everything!

[Sommerfeldt]

I'm not going to get into an oil discussion here, but thought I'd mention that all my tickety-clicks went away after about 1000 miles on Mobil 1 0-40. Jussayin'.

- S

[bmdubya1198]

I'm not going to get into an oil discussion here, but thought I'd mention that all my tickety-clicks went away after about 1000 miles on Mobil 1 0-40. Jussayin'.

- S

Interesting, that's what my cousin is running as well, and when we changed the oil to that it went away almost completely for probably a week. We cut the exhaust around the same time, so the loud exhaust covers up the lifter tick, but I swear it's still there.
I just changed to Castrol 0w40 about 300 miles ago and it runs much smoother when up to temperature, but I hear the lifter tick a little more often when I first start the car (like I said, it only goes for about 2 seconds max most of the time). This could also be due to the Bosch filter I switched to from my usual Mann W917. I plan to go back to the Mann next oil change, and maybe switch to Penzoil Euro 0w40 depending on what's cheap at Wally World. I just know I like it better than the 10w30 I was running.

[abscate]

I'm not going to get into an oil discussion here, but thought I'd mention that all my tickety-clicks went away after about 1000 miles on Mobil 1 0-40. Jussayin'.

- S

That will stop your e-brake from squeaking too....

[bmdubya1198]

I'm not going to get into an oil discussion here, but thought I'd mention that all my tickety-clicks went away after about 1000 miles on Mobil 1 0-40. Jussayin'.

- S

That will stop your e-brake from squeaking too....

I'll try anything to get my e-brake to shut up!

[WhatAmIDoing]

Update: So I borrowed some more tools to get the belt off on Tuesday. Before I did so, I wanted to start the car and see if the noise was present (had not heard it for a while), and if it's not one problem it's another. Turned the key, motor turned over and fired right up, but then it couldn't make it to idle. It lugged on for a few seconds before I turned the key back off. New topic incoming.

Will this noise ever be solved?