strange noise

[erikvr]

My wife's car is an 97 Impreza L, 2.2L car. I like it. She hit a pothole yesterday and right after that began a loud intermittant squealing. Not like a bad belt that is high pitched but a bit deeper and meaner, but not deep like an engine grind or growl. So when it comes on and I drive, if I put it into neutral and hit the gas, the noise stays the same. However, when I coast to a stop it also slows down and stops making noise when I come to a stop. Sometimes it takes some time for the noise to come back. Seems like it's under the hood on the driver's side, but of course when the noise dissapears upon stoping, one can't open the hood and figure out where it's coming from.I noticed that when I test drove it today to get clues, that the spedometer went to the max 120, but the tach did not change. I think that rules out the loose alternato bolt?

[1997reduxe]

How are your brakes?

[erikvr]

Just had them done recently. And the real puzzler for me in this equation is that the spedometer goes to the max (120) when the noise happens, although the speed and rpms stay the same. So something is making that thing go whacky.

[crash321]

Your squeak would be in relation to the rotation of your wheels, inspect the wheel that hit the pothole, you will likely find that the wheel got bent. Jack it up and rotate the wheel. Do you feel it when you turn in the steering wheel, also even though you just had your brakes done, you make have knocked something loose like a dust shield on the front wheel and it could be rubbing on a rotating member of your drivetrain (most likely rotor).

[nipper]

Check your dirve axles, wheels, motor mounts etc.

 

nipper