Ive had my automatic tC for about 2 years now and its always made a quiet hissing sound whenever i hit the gas or slowly let off the gas. i never really thought much of it until i recently installed an air intake and now its even louder. i have never heard another car do this. is it anything to worry about? what could it be?

 

mine does it and i love it

 

yea i love it too. its sounds like a BOV. ive had many people ask me if its turbo but i was just wondering why it makes the sound.

 

sounds to me like your cars just breathing.

 

you must really push the car hard then...
i barely hear anything...highest i went was 4krpm and i still hear nothing. after i break in about 5k miles into the motor i'll start pushing the car too.

is it me or the stock air box is like a CAI hybrid?

 

what a newbie. i'd love to meet the people that asked you if your car was turbo... EVERY after market cai makes a whistle sound. the cheaper one's tend to be louder for some reason. which one do you have?

 

Ok what. He clearly said it made the hissing sound before he installed the CAI. Way to try smart and own yourself.

My car doesn't make the hissing sound and thank God it doesn't because I'd hate it.

 

all tc's make that hissing sound... they have an airbox with a snorkle.

its the sound it makes when it is sucking in air...

 

WTF ever! maybe i'm special but my car doesnt have a cai anymore and it still makes a hissing sound, please explain how i "own" myself??? who asked if your car made a hissing sound anyway?? the kid was just asking if it was normal, not if YOUR car hissed

 

Wow then i guess none of my friend's nor my car is special cuz ours don't make the hissing sound. And way to sound ___, but WTF ever! who the heck says that. You never said your car didn't have the cai anymore. from your post it obviously looks like you have one.

 

... he sold it cause he is goin FI

 

5k is way past the break in point for the motor.
and when you break it in you should be varying your RPM's anyways.
as long as your not goin WOT all the way to redline everytime.

and to the OP like i already said.
its your intake.
even the stock one makes noise.
the aftermarket CAI's and SRI's just make it even louder.
your fine.

/thread

 

haha well i guess my car is just cooler than all your friends and yours put together :D ... i no where implied that i still had my cai. idiot...

on a side note, i'm bored, keep egging on the fight cause i got all the time in the world :D

 

RUN! ITS FULL OF SNAKES!

or else it could be the factory design of the throttle body has a small hole that creates a slight whistle sound. Either or.

 

Hey to clear things up for you guys, that is the stock air box sucking up the air. before i put my aem intake, i noticed a whistling sound. thats just letting you know that your engine is sucking up some air duhhh. put an aem cold air intake and then listen to that air coming through ohh yeah !

 

yea..uumm weve already said that like 5 times. lol

 

soooo...what....your...saying...is...that...sucking...noise is my....car????

 

no its your mother.

 

haha yellow i could never get mad at you i forgot it was your mom

all in good fun :D

 

haha. yea im bored as fck at work tryin to kill the last 20 minutes.

i just envy you cuz youve got a baller tC and i dont even have one any more. lol