98 Taurus rear humming noise

try moving the tires around, see it it changes

Most certain it is not a fuel pump. Sounds like a bearing going bad, but the sound is coming from the side I already changed. I will throw on the spare and see what happens.

Thomas Moats opined in news:prWdnTMxR7i08 snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Almost CERTAINLY the tire!

The giveaway is a pulsating hum, and you'll hear a hint of it at low speed on a certain type of pavement.

Once it has advanced to a given point, one edge or the other of the tread will start to scallop.. has usually been the inside edge on mine.

It's not usually a case where the tire's going to blow any moment, but it's not doing your suspension any good.

Thanks for the input guys I will work on it this weekend and report back.

It does sound like the hub, I'm very surprised it was not. I had the same problem, replaced the hub and it was fine until the next one went, darn potholes!! Hummmmmmmm

Check the antenna fro proper ground. If that doesn't work, change the in plug wires, WBMA

mike hunt

Jim P wrote:

Typical "net-scum" There is one or more in every newsgroup. They are usually very lonely pathetic idiots that have nothing better to do.

Actually, sounds funny but that happened to me as well, couldn't figure out what the noise was and my antenna was loose. Screwed it in and the sound went away. It wasn't so much a hum noise as the hub made though.

WTF are you talking about?

Thomas was chiding Mike for posting a valid reply but on the wrong thread.

Jim P opined in news:4166caea$0$378$ snipped-for-privacy@newsreader.dsl.net:

Which is exactly my point. The sound of a loose antenna mast and the sound of a hub bearing or tire are very different. You maybe able to argue they are similar, but in the end they are different. The OP's description made it clear it was a rotating noise not a wind noise induced by a antenna mast.