>>two weeks i will be swapping motors in my 81(california version), due
>>to an as-yet unidentified intermittent-but-mostly-present
>>tweedling/chirping sound (on revving/acceleration, and sometimes a
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>constant slow chirp at idle) and the availability of a low-cost
>>replacement motor.
>
>I thought this sound was a characteristic of the VWs dating back to
>the type 1 engine, but still somewhat present even in the type 4...
>Or is this a different sound? My wife claims she can hear the faint
>sound of a beetle in our '88 Westy, so I sure hope this is normal....

Yup... the classic whistling of the venerable type-1, came from the
perforated packing in the twin tailpipes of the Beetle. A one-cylinder
backfire into the muffler, made it sound like a startled canary. Some
people used to remove this packing from the tailpipes, which made it
sound quite kewl from the inside, just like a real car...

Which is why I always left mine in.

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