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Offline GTI16vGaz

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hissing noise....
« on: 26 November 2003, 10:35 »
When driving the car steady it seems to have a hissing noise when changing through the gears, especailly between 3 and 4000 revs.. sound a bit like a turbo.... is this normal? the car is Standard....

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golfvr6

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Re:hissing noise....
« Reply #1 on: 26 November 2003, 10:48 »
Check for air leaks i guess.

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Re:hissing noise....
« Reply #2 on: 26 November 2003, 11:43 »
Its the hissing is coming from the air flow section in the bottom left hand corner.... do golf 16v's sound like this at standard.. any more info would be great..

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Re:hissing noise....
« Reply #3 on: 26 November 2003, 12:15 »
bottom left hand corner where?

point it out on the pic

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=22&pos=2

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Re:hissing noise....
« Reply #4 on: 26 November 2003, 13:14 »
My 8v, standard airbox and filter hisses like that. sounds phat!

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Re:hissing noise....
« Reply #5 on: 26 November 2003, 13:33 »
bottom left hand corner where?

point it out on the pic

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=22&pos=2

Its sounds like its coming from the indcution area where all the air filter is located..

Does yours do this??

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Offline Gambit

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Re:hissing noise....
« Reply #6 on: 26 November 2003, 15:57 »
nope mine makes no hissing noise

also, u can pull the resonater tube out of the base of the air box, it'll make ur car sound a lot meatier