Performer Started Sounding Like A Machine Gun!

[bensurdi]

Got a call from one of my tech's and he said that my performer was sounding like a machine gun! He ran outside and turned the machine off and cannot figure out where the sound is coming from because it's so loud.

Any ideas as to what that might be? I was thinking the blower may be done for?

 

[Jim Martin]

could be...she might of dropped a bearing and the lobs are flopping around in there......

 

[Jimbo]

Is the tech cleaning in the 'hood?'

 

[ACE]

Blower or more likely the engine. How many hours on that machine gun?

 

[Ron Werner]

blower would be more "banging" than a machine gun.
I had gears go on mine. I didn't need to guess where they noise was coming from.

 

[MerCrewser]

waterpump threw a rod......

 

[bensurdi]

Water pump... dang.

Which one is worse to replace, water pump or a blower?

 

[dealtimeman]

blower by far!

 

[Farenheit251]

My machine sounded just like a machine gun when the f;ex hose connecting the muffler came loose.

 

[Dolly Llama]

it could be one of a 100 things from minor to major

"sounds like a machine gun" is hardly anything to go on as far as trying to diagnose over the internet.... :roll:


..L.T.A.

 

[John Olson]

Hold your computer up to your machine so we can hear it..

Sorry couldn't resist. :mrgreen:

Let us know what it was after you get it into the shop so that we will know what is wrong when someone says it sounds like a machine gun.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Quick process of elimination:

check oil
listen

turn off pump
listen

pull belts from blower
listen

 

[joe harper]

That is TOOOO...easy Lee... :wink:

I assume this a Nissan A-12 or A-15...if the fluids have been maintained... :roll:

You could NOT get it to KNOCK....with a 10lb...Sledgehammer"... :shock:
These motors will cRuiSe through 10,000 hours if maintained... :!:

Check your Waste tank...There could be "ScHwInn BiCyClE"..in there with a CloThEs-Pin
& a Baseball Card ...attached to the spoke of the WhEEL... :mrgreen:

Breakdowns are NO fun...

BUT...As Lee says...Check each system for the NoiSe... :wink:

 

[XTREME1]

Check to see if the spark plugs are arcing out that will make the machine pop here and there and also blow you air filter out

 

[orangeforce123]

I have a blower and a pump to a proche legend.