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chanaka
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 Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:55 am Post subject: What makes the high pitched whining sound in a Beetle ? |
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Hi all,
I always associated a VW beetle with the characteristic exhaust whistle, boxer exhaust sound and the high pitched whine the engine produces.
I have looked at an oval and a Zwitter in the last few days and neither of them had that high pitched whine.
The sound I am talking about can be heard in this video when he revs the engine
Someone told me that there is a vane inside the fan housing which, if you bend it, the whine goes away.
What really produces that sound ?
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aa390392
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| Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:35 am Post subject: |
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Could the whining be your wife whining about spending your IRA on a beetle! 
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747frieghtdog
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| Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:41 am Post subject: |
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That sound usually means there is a pilot near by complaining about something.
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sgmalt46
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| Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| it's fan noise. sounds like a normal 36 hp fan sound. your car has a later motor looks like 1300-1600 single port? they probably used the fan from the original motor? |
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volksfahrer
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Location: Europe
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 7:26 am Post subject: Re: What makes the high pitched whining sound in a Beetle ? |
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| chanaka wrote: |
Hi all,
I always associated a VW beetle with the characteristic exhaust whistle, boxer exhaust sound and the high pitched whine the engine produces.
I have looked at an oval and a Zwitter in the last few days and neither of them had that high pitched whine.
The sound I am talking about can be heard in this video when he revs the engine
Someone told me that there is a vane inside the fan housing which, if you bend it, the whine goes away.
What really produces that sound ?
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...it's partly coming from the fan...but the caracteristic early beetle sound is actually a mix of the unsyncronised gearbox and the cooling system |
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