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Offline bobreece

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weird whistle
« on: 22 August 2009, 19:49 »
right my fans where whistling so got them replaced with new ones and now the noise is back. its like it comes from the clutch area aswell when i change gera its a whistley metal noise not like the normal turbo whoosh but you can only hear that whoosh when the window is down and the fans only whistle when i accelerate any ideas guys as the vw garge keeps saying there is nowt wrong but i can hear it and its getting worse/more frequent

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Re: weird whistle
« Reply #1 on: 22 August 2009, 20:01 »
well you've just confused the f*ck out of me :grin:

what does the noise sound like, where do you think its coming from.. and when does it occur?

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Re: weird whistle
« Reply #2 on: 22 August 2009, 20:10 »
noise is a whistle like one of those old plastic kids flute toys

coming from clutch pedal area and also fom fans sometimes

when accelerating the fans make the noise then when i change gear and press the clutch the other whistle noise happens its like a quick 1 second whistle the time it takes me to push clutch all the way in

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Re: weird whistle
« Reply #3 on: 22 August 2009, 20:11 »
release bearing?  :undecided:

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Re: weird whistle
« Reply #4 on: 22 August 2009, 20:22 »
whats that then?

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Re: weird whistle
« Reply #5 on: 22 August 2009, 20:26 »
whats that then?


bit inside your gearbox - costs about £40 but is normally only replaced when you put in a new clutch due to the labour involved

still can't work out what you mean about your fans  :undecided:  i never hear mine when the car is in motion  :huh:

you got manual aircon or climatronic??

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Re: weird whistle
« Reply #6 on: 22 August 2009, 20:30 »
climatronic its like something is blowing through them at a very high speed but only when i accelrate and dont say the air. i mean its seperate like somthing else hope u understand its hard to put into words m8

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Re: weird whistle
« Reply #7 on: 22 August 2009, 20:32 »
any chance you can get a recording of it??

got any smoke coming out of the back??

its possible you got a split pipe  :undecided:

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Re: weird whistle
« Reply #8 on: 22 August 2009, 20:39 »
thought it might be a leak i sometimes feel like it loses power especially after a long journey recording would be difficult m8 just imagine a high pitch tinny whistle noise

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Re: weird whistle
« Reply #9 on: 22 August 2009, 21:03 »
no smoke at all