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Okay, don't panic. When the air-oil separator fails, it pulls a huge vacuum on the engine, when then can cause odd noises to happen. Most common is a whistling noise as air is drawn into the engine past slightly leaky seals. Odd behavior. Here's what you can do to test - remove the small hose that connects the AOS and the throttle body and plug both ends. Then run the engine and see if the noise is still there. If yes, then you probably have other problems. If no, then it's probably the AOS. Only run the engine for a short time in this configuration, as the piston rings work best and expect the engine crankcase vacuum to be at a significant level when running.

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Old 09-04-2011, 08:56 PM
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