1 Lucky Texan Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 make sure the air filter box is clipped in well at the bottom. Not sure on your car - but it has happened to a lot of folks. Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montana105 Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Texan and Nipper,as far as i can tell the air box is secure as much as possible,all four screws are secure,no cracks in the air tube,and all vacuum tubes are new. As my mechanic says it must be in the air flies,a little bit of something built up that needs to be removed.I honestly have no time to do this until this weekend,but my plan is to clean the flies and secure the air tube more tightly around the base to eliminate any possibiltity of sucking sound as that is a good description of the sound I get. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnW Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Alot of tires, especially Bridgestones as I have seen come on the newer Subarus, howl at certain speeds as they are getting older. You may be experiencing the car being quiet enough at 40 to make the noise noticable and then other noises like wind, etc mask it past 40. You might request that the dealer put a different set of tires on the car from a demo car or something with newer tires, and go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Well, it seems he's already determined that coasting at 40 would sound OK but 'foot-on-gas' at 40 is noisy. I dunno Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 One trick that works with some cars is to take the entire top off the air cleaner and run it. Sometimes you leave the element in, sometimes not depending on design. A short run won't hurt and if the whistling stops you know where to look. Do not perform this test in a gravel pit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadwick2004 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 Can you describe the noise with more detail? Also, how's the radio reception - especially AM. Carl hi man having no problems with the radio at all no problems in the morning either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadwick2004 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 make sure the air filter box is clipped in well at the bottom. Not sure on your car - but it has happened to a lot of folks. Carl for sure i will check that i did although have the airfilter replaced not tolong ago i will check out that area and check all lines to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montana105 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Ok-I went on a 500 miler today and my sound happens at different RPM's,but it is definitely throttle related cause as soon as I hear it I can let off the throttle and it disappears,it seems to happen more when just maintaining speed,goes away releasing the throttle and stepping on it and doesn't do it at all on hills.Didn't think of it till just now but should have tried the cruise control. I know that my air box screws don't all tighten fully,got to figure that out this weekend,will let you know. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 hi man having no problems with the radio at all no problems in the morning either. hahahaha! With it being throttle related, I don't see how it can't be missing/bad vacuum line or otherwise 'intake' related. keep us informed OK? Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahDL88 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 could be a resonant frequency in the intake, if you took out the snorkus that could have effected it. Otherwise, you might make sure all those funny bulbs and whatnot are on the intake tube between the air filter and the TB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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