my engine is louder than my exhaust. is there something i should check for in the engine bay that might need to be replaced? i can post a video later of the sound of it.

 

Stock exhaust?
check for cracks in manifold. Or your connection at your down pipe.

 

no, its a magnaflow.

 

just a really loud engine bay?
Is say a cracked headder.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6hWn...sm2sbd9SQ2I%3D

 

Sounds like maybe a pulley or pump is going bad, it's very whiney/screamy

 

my jeep just hit 75k so everything in the engine is the original part.

 

The oil level is good right? Try to narrow down where the noise is coming from. Could be water pump, alternator, powersteering pump, or anything else driven by the belt

 

Don't forget the belt tensioner.

 

yeah, the oil level is fine. anyway that i could know if its any of those? dont want to end up replacing all of them. it sounds like it is coming from the front left side where the ac, fan, and alt are.

 

i might try that first since thats simple and easy fix if thats what it is.

 

remove belt and try it see if it get quieter also alot of fan noise clutch fan still spin free or locked up ...

 

spin every thing when belts off alt bearing maybe

 

Theres a trick I learned from my dad. If you take a screw driver and put the head of it on the body of the a/c compressor, power steering pump, etc. and then put your ear on the other end of the screw driver you can actually hear the bearings inside and then you'll know if there bad or not.

 

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