Date: 3 Jan 2007 18:53:02 -0800 From: "leigh" <duff.mcninjanospaml.com> Subject: Re: '99 9-5 auto roaring noise on acceleration
actually, deeper, like a gutteral mooing or a zombie's groan (sigh). these are the best ways to describe it. forgot to add that i had the wheel bearings checked to no avail. Eeyore wrote: > leigh wrote: > > > Hi everyone, my automatic 1999 9-5 2.3 lpt makes a roaring sound b/w 30 > > and 40 mph. it didn't make that sound before. the noise doesn't seem > > to be coming from any side of the car in particular, and the muffler > > was replaced a few months ago. it really sounds more like a "wooooo" > > than a whine or a grind, and it's pretty loud - my passengers tend to > > (annoyingly) point it out. any ideas on what this sound could be? i > > can live with it but i don't want it to turn into something much worse > > if left unattended. thanks in advance for any help you guys can offer. > > A light whistly noise ? Almost musical ? > > Might be the turbo. > > Graham
