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Old 10-22-2006, 11:05 PM
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I have not driven the TA in about 2 weeks.. but ever now and then when you go and start the car (cold start) there is this weird sound... bare with me while i try to describe it. BTW it is heard inside the cabin. It sounds like woooooooomm wooooooooommmmm sorta sound LOL i ahve no idea how to describe it.. any ideas as to what it really can be???

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Wooooom woooooooom? Are you reving the motor?
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Mine makes a "cheep cheep" sound. Honestly thought it was a bird next to the car. But it's something under the hood. I have no idea what it is. Very intermittent and not constant frequency.

Anyway... i think you should take your foot off the gas! ;p
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I love it when people try to describe car sounds in a post-makes me laugh every time.
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Originally Posted by taintedmeat
Wooooom woooooooom? Are you reving the motor?

no you can hear it at idle... ande it is a high pictched sort of sound
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Originally Posted by irnbru83
Mine makes a "cheep cheep" sound. Honestly thought it was a bird next to the car. But it's something under the hood. I have no idea what it is. Very intermittent and not constant frequency.

Anyway... i think you should take your foot off the gas! ;p

if yours sounds like a bird... your axels are bent. Same sound when i bent my axels...
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Originally Posted by JohnnyC
I love it when people try to describe car sounds in a post-makes me laugh every time.

yea well i tried.. video will not pick it up you have to hear it in person.. so what do you want me to do??
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what axles are bent? ;o
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Originally Posted by TORCHD 02 TA
yea well i tried.. video will not pick it up you have to hear it in person.. so what do you want me to do??
I think you should record yourself making the sounds with your voice and then post the sound clip. Now that would be the funniest thing that the site has seen in a long time...

Seriously tho, I feel your pain and I have been in your shoes while trying to describe car sounds to people. Not much else you can do - it just struck my funny bone that's all.




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