hello,

I am new here and just recently bought a used 1995 jeep cherrokee sport. It is 4 door 2 wheel drive, 6 cylinder, manual tranny.

there are a couple leaks that I will be fixing. the valve cover gasket and oil pan gasket.

but there is also a squeak noise coming from within the valve cover. I thought at first it was the belt, but it is not unfortunately. do you guys think it could be that one of the valves needs to be adjusted/torqued to the correct settings or could it be a valve rod causing the squeak?

 

also i could be wrong on the squeak coming from in the valve cover. just know its not the belt and sounds like its coming from the middle of the engine (back to front not within). I've read on another thread that it could be a water pump pulley issue but there was no follow up on if it solved the issue or not. thanks guys in advanced. any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

 

any ideas?

 

I'm having the same issue. Did you figure out what was wrong?

 

Your best bet is to remove the belt (this eliminates wp, pulleys etc) Start with the belt off and see if your noise has stopped/changed etc.
Good luck