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Whooshing Noise
My car has a whooshing noise coming from the pasenger side. I can only hear it when the windows are open. It varies with speed, not RPMs.
Funny thing is, I rode in my friend's Jetta a few weeks ago, and heard the exact same noise from the passenger side. Now a friend with a Passat is complaining of the noise as well--from the passenger side. Any ideas?
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I swear I was in the tech forum when I posted this.
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What kind of car?
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Same sound, different cars? Get a blow job to get the wax out of your ears!
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08-23-2007, 08:36 AM
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An '86 951
A '00 Jetta A '02 Passat
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are they all boosted?
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08-23-2007, 09:47 AM
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The Jetta is not. The Passat and 951 are.
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Was there a ghey guy farting in the passenger seat at the time?
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Interesting theory from another coworker: Tire tread noise.
And just to clarify, it is an airy noise that sounds like: wishwishwishwishwishwishwishwish....
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Chris,
If I understand the noise you have described, varying with speed, I'd look for uneven tire wear. Perhaps scalloping on the tread shoulders. Les
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08-23-2007, 11:05 AM
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And I would have thought that a bad wheel bearing would be a high-pitched noise?
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Worn out weatherstripping?
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I'm not throwing anything out that has been suggested here. I'm just trying to gather a list of things to check.
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Hell, I missed out on the windows open part. Never mind. With closed windows, bad door weatherstripping would make sense.
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have you looked underneath for a stray Liberal hung-up on a wishbone or something?
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Can you capture some audio? My Casio camera makes really good audio clips.
I wanted to say Turbo whoosh but your whoosh is more of a wish so I am not sure now. I think the 1 car has turbo envy too.
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I'll have to check out the wheel bearings.
Tires can't be rotated on the 951. Different sizes front and rear with "left" and "right" tires.
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