Hi all,

I've also got the noise on a '86.  After about 8 years I figured out how to
fix, but haven't.  VW replaced the door seal years ago, to no avail.

It turns out, on mine at least, the window channel on the support separating
the roll down window from the wing vent is too wide.  If I push out the
window against the channel the noise goes away.  So I roll up my toll booth
ticket and stick it between the window and window channel.   And then the
ticket blows away when I open the window, and they want maximum toll.
Actually that never happened, but it could!!

Kerry
'86 syncro, 165K
kstanley@cas.org

> ----------
> From:         Per Lindgren[SMTP:lindgre@ONLINE.NO]
> Reply To:     Per Lindgren
> Sent:         Wednesday, October 21, 1998 1:51 PM
> To:   vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Re: wind noise
>
> I have also this problem on my 88 Syncro, but it seemed to disappear when
> I
> installed my
> stereo :-) Really, it was noisy when I bought the van, but I have not
> heard it
> lately. If it is because of the stereo, I don't know, it might be that I
> just
> don't take notice of it any more.
> This used to happen in speeds over 80 kmh (50 mph)
>
> PerL
>
> Todd Last wrote:
>
> > Can you pinpoint where the noise is coming from? I have a similar
> problem on
> > my '88 and the wind noise comes from the top of the door near the front.
> >
> > Rick Ferguson wrote:
> >
> > > I'm still having a problem with wind noise coming into the driver's
> > > side door at higher speeds. I've just had the door seal replaced with
> > > an 89 door seal that was supposed to be better than the 85, and had
> > > the door reset. This all cost me about a 100 bucks and now the noise
> > > seems worse than ever. This is really annoying when traveling on the
> > > highway, any advice would be appreciated,
> > > thanks,
> > > Rick
> > > 85 Westie
>