Odd whistle

Roywhitep5 · Jan 17, 2006

my engine whistles like a tea kettle at 5k rpm. thoughts?

Lord_Zath · Jan 17, 2006

leak in radiator system?

nKukoly333 · Jan 18, 2006

Roywhitep5 said:
my engine whistles like a tea kettle at 5k rpm. thoughts?

Yeah.. that happens to mine also.
Not a bad sound, but I think it is interesting. Maybe just because it is spinning 4 cylinders much faster at 5k+ rpms than a 6 cylinder?

My Camaro never did that,. So I am not sure.

Rusty · Jan 18, 2006

Vacuum leak? Idler pulley, alternator or some other bearing? I've personally never heard a radiator whistle.

nKukoly333 · Jan 18, 2006

Rusty said:
Vacuum leak? Idler pulley, alternator or some other bearing? I've personally never heard a radiator whistle.

I dunno if it is the radiator...

ke20sprinter · Jan 18, 2006

Rusty said:
Vacuum leak? Idler pulley, alternator or some other bearing? I've personally never heard a radiator whistle.

If there's a crack on the top end of your radiator & it's low on coolant, the steam will cause a whistling sound coming out the cracked area.

Now is it while you're driving, or can you rev it up at the throttle body & find the noise?

WiL

Roywhitep5 · Jan 18, 2006

i think its only when the car is accelerating

i12drivemyMP5 · Jan 18, 2006

Air intake somewhere. If it was the radiator it wouldn't do it long before motor overheated & how could you miss the mess under the hood if it was steaming all over the place?

ke20sprinter · Jan 18, 2006

Roywhitep5 said:
i think its only when the car is accelerating

Then it may not be the engine...maybe something came loose that is vibrating in the wind, make sure everything is tied down...

If all else fails, crank your stereo louder (thumb)

WiL

magnumP5 · Jan 18, 2006

This is off-topic but I saw the title and figured I'd ask. When I turn my car off I get this weird "winding-down/whistling noise" that almost sounds like a turbo spooling down. I've had the car for nearly a year now but I've just resently noticed it. Is this a normal thing? Oh, by the way, I have a CAI and a catback exhaust but I've made sure everything it tight and that there are no gaps. Thanks, and sorry to threadjack.

Kansei · Jan 18, 2006

magnumP5 said:
This is off-topic but I saw the title and figured I'd ask. When I turn my car off I get this weird "winding-down/whistling noise" that almost sounds like a turbo spooling down. I've had the car for nearly a year now but I've just resently noticed it. Is this a normal thing? Oh, by the way, I have a CAI and a catback exhaust but I've made sure everything it tight and that there are no gaps. Thanks, and sorry to threadjack.

It's the CAI.. just think of it as breathing a sigh of relief when you shut off the car.

I also have the 5k RPM whistle.

Roywhitep5, do you have an underdrive pulley? Mine started making the sound after that.

magnumP5 · Jan 18, 2006

zverg said:
It's the CAI.. just think of it as breathing a sigh of relief when you shut off the car.

I also have the 5k RPM whistle.

Roywhitep5, do you have an underdrive pulley? Mine started making the sound after that.

Ah, I get it, thanks. I also have a whistle under accleration. Since the CAI causes a whistle at shutdown, couldn't it also be causing this whistling?

SkinnyJoint · Jan 18, 2006

if you blaming this on the cai, then it should be the same sound if your at ur engin bay and u give it some gas ull here the "whistle" that you speak of.

nKukoly333 · Jan 18, 2006

My P5 is completely stock, I do think it is the air intake. It sounds very cool and I know it is not low on coolant, or a cracked radiator.

nKukoly333 · Jan 18, 2006

ke20sprinter said:
Then it may not be the engine...maybe something came loose that is vibrating in the wind, make sure everything is tied down...

If all else fails, crank your stereo louder (thumb)

WiL

Well it doesn't sound bad, actually kinda like a really small turbo spinning type of whistle.

Mr. 4500 RPM · Jan 18, 2006

its a whistle tip!

aMaff · Jan 18, 2006

WOOO WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! hahahaha, I haven't used that 1 in a while

lol

ke20sprinter · Jan 19, 2006

(puke)

pro5maniac said:
its a whistle tip!

That's soo embarassing!

WiL

Rac3rX · Mar 13, 2006

I think I got the same issue.

When I open her up and accelerate hard I get a little tingle or whistle (hard to tell) when she get over 5000rpm) I got radiator fluid, I get frequint oil changes. Im clueless. It drives me nuts, I want to know what it is to know there isnt a problem (Especially before 2006 season) I started noticing it after the intake got put in.

My engine bay Mods are Injen CAI, Nology wires, Denso Plugs, and Strut bar

Next on the list is AWR Motor Mounts, KB shifter + bushings, & OBX Headers.

Kansei · Mar 13, 2006

I wonder if we are all having the same sound. I only noticed it after I installed my UDP, and it's right at 5500RPMs.

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