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• engine sounds different at different times ... why?
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 22:58:14 -0800
  hi list, I'm wondering why my engine seems to sound radically different from time to time, without any seeming provocation? Usually it sounds...
• WNeed help-what does it sound like? (little VW content)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 07:30:07 -0400
  ...the sound of a bus on the road WITHOUT the insulation, and the sound WITH. Sound of the motor without balancing and a counterweighted...
• Re: Sound
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:38:21 -0500
  I have both, seems like they sound similar when you listen at the back air vents. Underneath or behind is a different sound. My...
• transmission/clutch noise
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 25 May 2015 11:20:17 -0700
  ...It does not sound like it's internal to the transmission, it's not a gear whine sound. I would describe the sound as...
• Auto transmission sound question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 16 Jun 2023 21:30:20 -0400
  Hi folks, Many auto trans vans make a sound I will describe as a chatter when in drive and at a stop. It goes...
• Left wheel on Syncro making a clicking sound.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:23:36 -0700
  ...Here are the characteristics: - The sound being made is a tack tack tack tack sound - This sound happens very infrequently - three to four weeks...
• Re: The Sounds of Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Sat, 11 Apr 1998 08:40:16 -0700
  After haveing my 2.1 rebuilt, it makes this sound. While cranking the starter, it sounds like someone comes along and kicks it in...
• Re: transmission/clutch noise
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 25 May 2015 11:31:10 -0700
  ...I would describe the sound as rotational vibration sound. I do > not feel the vibration, just hear it. The sound occurs only when I...
• Another weird noise from rear (85 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - jvol6321
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:38:01 -0500
  Anybody have a good guess about the source of a kind of soft, constant, and slightly high-pitched whirring sound coming from the engine...
• Re: I'm Siiiiiinnnnngin' in the Rain!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:22:12 +0200
  Andrew Grebneff wrote: > A plus of the SVX should be a 911like sound. Talking of engine sound..... IMHO the 4-cyl Subaru's have...
• Re: Re: Schr�dinger's Feline
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 21:33:47 -0600
  > So what is the sound of one hand clapping? The echo of the completely empty valley bears tidings heard from the soundless sound. :)
• Re: transmission/clutch noise
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 25 May 2015 11:31:00 -0700
  ...I would describe the sound as rotational vibration sound. I do > not feel the vibration, just hear it. The sound occurs only when I...
• Re: Wimpy, wimpy horns
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 14 Sep 1996 20:07:27 -0400
  At 09:38 PM 9/13/96 -0500, you wrote: >The sound of a single Vanagon horn is just too darn wimpy. It sounds...
• Ordinary sounds of driving
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:40:10 -0800
  ...I'm not sure I remember what the front end should sound like when driving. Right now I don't have a stereo installed...
• Dripping or popping sound behind glove box
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:27:28 -0600
  I can hear a sound that sounds like dripping or maybe just structural flexing when I drove for about 5 minutes. When I stopped...
• What does a failing water pump sound like? (Q 1 of 2)
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 25 May 1999 18:03:44 -0500
  ...My Westy is working perfectly, but there is this sound that I cannot identify. For those who know electronics, it sounds like "shot noise...
• Re: Odd sounds
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 00:34:29 +0200
  These sounds could be a pain in the butt ! Had a similar experience with a Thule roof rack that I used both on the...
• Re: transmission/clutch noise
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 26 May 2015 08:31:33 -0700
  ...I would describe the sound as rotational vibration sound. I >> do >> not feel the vibration, just hear it. The sound occurs only when I...
• Re: Soundproofing / Insulation and rust
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 20:18:44 -0600
  My westy came with factory sound proofing.. i'm deaf doesn't both me any. mike At 05:25 PM 2/14/2003 -0500...
• Re: Sound
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:07:44 -0700
  ...A well running AC engine sounds like a nice sewing machine to moi. Sounds like you have/had one w/ valves that needed adjusting...
• Re: Chopper on hot pursuit - or weird sound from rear-wheel
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide's Yahoo Account
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:50:10 -0700
  Hans, That's exactly the sound I was getting out of my 90 Multivan last summer before I replaced the rear wheel bearings. Thanks...
• Expensive Noises....
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:50:39 -0500
  ...Anyway, it's a knocking sound that happens around 40 mph whether I am in 3rd or 4th gear. It does not make the...
• Odd sounds
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 17:58:49 -0400
  So, I was coming back from the Memorial Day weekend, and I kept on hearing odd sounds. Sort of a rumbling grumbling, vibration sound...
• Re: Strange Static Buzzing Noise Coming From The Dash?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:51:15 -0800
  I once had a very similar sound in my Carat. I'd just shut down in our driveway when I heard a terrible buzzing...
• Re: Drove my tranny dry - how much transmission life left?
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:11:19 -0900
  Oh yeah, the "swishing" is a lot like the "bad input bearing" sound on the John Muir Engine Sounds: http://www.ratwell.com/mirror...
• Re: Sound Deadening a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:57:19 -0500
  ...I put in 200sq ft of r-blox sound deadening,50 sq ft of under carpet sound deadening from a Dodge caravan.1/2...
• Rear hatch vibration Why all vanagon sound alike
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:59:31 -0400
  Hi list, Has anyone out there with the camper covered the hatch with beutel adhesive sound proofing? What was the result on vibration? The...
• Soundproofing / Insulation and rust
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:25:25 -0500
  I have looked at a couple of people who have soundproofed their buses: http://www.members.shaw.ca/bilbo/Chrisvan.html Aren't you...
• Re: electrical problems... confusing!
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:40:13 -0700
  ...but it didnt sound like that before all of this... haha sounds silly i know. but would this have any connection to why its...
• Re: Sound-deadening material question
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:07:07 -0500
  ...http://sounddeadenershowdown.com/ And in particular: http://sounddeadenershowdown.com/wp/treatments/techniques/installing-a-cld-tile/ -Jarrett 89 Westy (sound deadening in process) On...
• Re: Soundproofing / Insulation and rust
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 21:08:05 -0600
  That is a cool Radio and sound system Mike has in his Westy. I don't have any experience with braille radio but it...
• Chirping engines...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:54:36 +0000
  ...Or is this a different sound? My wife claims she can hear the faint sound of a beetle in our '88 Westy, so I...
• Re: Auto transmission sound question
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:54:34 -0400
  Eric, Sounds like the beginning of a FlexPlate failure... I hope for your sake that isn't the case. Our friends had a similar...
• Re: Dripping or popping sound behind glove box
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:23:58 -0800
  > I can hear a sound that sounds like dripping or maybe just structural > flexing when I drove for about 5 minutes. When I stopped...
• Re: was solar panels, now gen. noise
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:48:59 -0700
  ...Calif., where they had major sound systems set up along the boardwalk. The generators were enclosed in sound-deadening boxes. Jerry in AZ (too...
• Re: Odd sounds
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 16:48:03 -0700
  ...Odd sounds > > These sounds could be a pain in the butt ! > Had a similar experience with a Thule roof rack that I used both...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:32:45 -0500
  ...I could reproduce the heavy knocking sound by moving the shaft by hand under the van. I believe the sound is the end of...
• Re: expensive-sounding clacking noise, happy birthday to me
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:52:42 -0500
  ...Turns out I've never really heard that noise, but after the engine got nicely warmed up and running, the sound went away. It...
• Sorting out mechanical issues 85
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 3 Sep 2022 10:27:50 -0400
  ...I’m now trying to figure out why my fuel pump sounds wrong to me. It sounds slurpee as if there is air in...
• Re: vibrating noise??
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 2 May 2001 19:28:57 -0700
  Jenny, Slight humming sound when driving sounds like normal tire road noise. My non-studded m + s tires with a somewhat aggressive tread make...
• Re: Chopper on hot pursuit - or weird sound from rear-wheel
  Historical mailing list - Dusty Edwards
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:50:38 -0700
  ...On Monday, April 18, 2005, at 01:29PM, Jens Jakob Andersen <jens.jakob.andersen@POST.DK> wrote: >Hi > >It sound like I have a...
• Chopper on hot pursuit - or weird sound from rear-wheel
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:14:48 +0200
  Hi It sound like I have a chopper on hot pursuit at 5 o'clock. Or more specifi, I have a bad knocking sound...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:44:12 -0600
  ...I could reproduce the heavy knocking sound by moving the shaft by hand under the van. I believe the sound is the end of...
• noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list - karen brown
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 12:33:52 -0400
  Arriving home after a hundred mile drive, I noticed a ticking sound that sounds like the lifters tapping noisily. The oil level is fine...
• Re: Soundproofing material
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:54:03 -0800
  ...Made my diesel caddy sound like a cadillac. Cut vibration, as well as sound. Compare with dynamat, albeit much less $$$. http://www.b-quiet...
• Re: Soundproofing / Insulation and rust
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:36:10 -0700
  I soundproofed mine the Bulley method (used McMaster Carr 1/8 inch sheeting topped with Kool Patch) and I can honestly say there wont...
• Re: Sound insulation info and tips
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:58:48 -0500
  ...Little additional weight from this pad.I hear that regular sound proofing may cause the hatch to sag.The hatch sounds as good as...
• Strange sounds from my engine
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Mon, 5 Dec 1994 00:11:19 -0700 (MST)
  ...it is a recent sound. It sounds sort-of like a medium-high pitched sound that one would expect to hear from a rod...
• Sound proof insulation????
  Historical mailing list - Rob Rubin
  Tue, 2 May 2000 19:18:21 EDT
  Inside the engine compartment there is sound proof material that...well ...sound proofs the cabin area from the engine noise. Mine is starting to...
• Re: Westy Soundproofing
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:31:56 -0400
  ...The 48psi that the 85 westy requires,makes the tires hard rubber sound transmitters. Sound deadening MAY just cover ths up a bit.Maybe...
• Re: Strange Static Buzzing Noise Coming From The Dash?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:45:44 -0500
  ...I'd just shut down in our > driveway when I heard a terrible buzzing sound coming from behind the dash, > sounded like a relay...
• Re: Identifying sounds
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 22:57:59 -0500
  Can you change the noise with the throttle, no load-full load? Sounds like the input shaft needle bearing. Check-fix it soon. The...
• Re: Knocking engine? or hyd lifters? how to tell?
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:20:04 -0400
  ...Lifters, however don't usually make a knocking sound...more like a TACK, > TACK, TACK, TACK, TACK TACK, TACK, TACK, TACK. A knocking sound...
• Re: Expensive Noises....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:59:43 -0500
  ...Anyway, it's a knocking sound that happens around 40 mph > whether I am in 3rd or 4th gear. It does not make the...
• Buzzing sound/dead battery
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 16:12:30 -0800
  Volks, Started my van today and a loud buzzing sound came from the engine compartment. Drove a mile or so and stopped. Turned the...
• Re: Chopper on hot pursuit - or weird sound from rear-wheel
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:23:28 -0600
  ...Chopper on hot pursuit - or weird sound from rear-wheel Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:14:48 +0200 Hi It sound like I...
• Re: Chopper on hot pursuit - or weird sound from rear-wheel
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 19:06:08 -0400
  ...Chopper on hot pursuit - or weird sound from rear-wheel Hi It sound like I have a chopper on hot pursuit at 5 o...
• Wimpy, wimpy horns
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  13 Sep 96 22:30:14 EDT
  The sound of a single Vanagon horn is just too darn wimpy. It sounds just like the horn on my 66 Bug. The dual...
• Pop sound in the rear...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 03:40:47 EDT
  I start hearing some pop sounds in the rear of my 88 weekender once a while when I took my foot off the gas...
• Re: The Sounds of Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:44:34 -0400
  Many people are asking about the meaning of the different sounds emanating from their vans. I compiled a list of the more interesting sounds...