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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 10:47 PM
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Question What is that noise?

Any idea what the noise is?

Old Mar 18, 2008 | 12:28 AM
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Are you talking about that whistling noise? I would try running the engine with the belt off and seeing if the noise disappears. Or maybe it could be air whistling in the intake.
Old Mar 18, 2008 | 01:01 AM
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is this the first time you here it, or did you install something and then it started.
Old Mar 18, 2008 | 01:16 AM
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The first time I have heard it....started two days ago
Old Mar 18, 2008 | 01:24 AM
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any affects on performance?idle?
Old Mar 18, 2008 | 01:47 AM
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I noticed that when I'm at a stop sign the car tends to idle rough (not all the time) It feels like the car is not getting the right amount of gas. When I accelerate the noise gets louder and have a harder time accelerating
Old Mar 18, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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It sounds like you have exhaust leak on the headers or manifolds which ever ones you have, and the whistleling sound could be a vaccum leak both of which will lean out the A/F ratio and make the car run like crap . Try inspecting all your vaccum hoses real good top to bottom and replace the exhaust gaskets . Good luck !
Old Mar 19, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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If you are referring to the whistling sound, see my post yesterday (weird electrical hiccup) and the replies. I haven't found out what it is yet, but I topped off the charge on my battery, checked all of the battery connections and the noise disappeared today. But it also is raining today, so maybe that helped a bad connection somewhere. I will see tomorrow when things dry out.

If it is a bad connection, or a weak battery, it doesn't make much sense to me that it would cause the whistling sound. I'm suspicious of the alternator: perhaps the integrated capacitor is going. But why the whistle?
Old Mar 20, 2008 | 12:25 AM
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sounds like something internal, is your car a six speed? Did you miss a gear?
Old Mar 20, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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whistle is the A.I.R

other bullsquash sounds fairly normal if it's a cold start...

Exhaust leak is also possible, but who knows, it's a video...hard to tell
Old Mar 21, 2008 | 01:42 AM
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sounds like something internal, is your car a six speed? Did you miss a gear?
no automatic......wow downers grove...I use to live in Darien
Old Apr 4, 2008 | 12:01 AM
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Could it be the bearings...I noticed the car is low on oil
Old Apr 11, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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Driving the car low on oil is not good at all. You might have spun bearing.
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Originally Posted by zo6vette
Driving the car low on oil is not good at all. You might have spun bearing.

Old Apr 16, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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UPDATE

I found out that I have an exhaust leak and I need a new header gaskets (passenger side)



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