993 cabin whistle
Discussion
2 weeks in and I am have a great time with the new machine. Had my first opportunity for some 3rd gear action at the weekend on the B roads of Gloucestershire and remain most impressed.
Back in the big smoke and on my daily commute however I have noticed an occasional whistle in the cabin. There appears to be no rhyme or reason as to when it starts or stops. I may be stationary or on the move. The fan can be on or off (no ac). I am quite perplexed.
Any ideas?
Back in the big smoke and on my daily commute however I have noticed an occasional whistle in the cabin. There appears to be no rhyme or reason as to when it starts or stops. I may be stationary or on the move. The fan can be on or off (no ac). I am quite perplexed.
Any ideas?
Hmmm...I'm sure there was an Andy Williams air box option in the mid-90s for the 993 which was apparently a placebo feint aimed at customers of the wooly jumpered MOR persuasion for whom a wicker rocking bucket seat was considered too risque by the brace wearers in the factory's PR dept.
I couldn't stand the damn thing and subsequently installed a retro-fit Perry Como variant which has transformed the warble at around 6800 rpm in second, just before Terry Traction takes a cheeky breather.
Waffen schnellerhund in Himmelfrau.
I couldn't stand the damn thing and subsequently installed a retro-fit Perry Como variant which has transformed the warble at around 6800 rpm in second, just before Terry Traction takes a cheeky breather.
Waffen schnellerhund in Himmelfrau.
Patrick L said:
will check glove box for stowaway
Yes, Patrick - always check one's automotive orifae for vocal chancers of a vertically challenged stature from das Isle d'Emeraldo - especially leprechauns - the little bleeders.
Give 'em an inch and they'll take a foot: pretty much more than that and you won't have a leg to stand on.
Me lucky chaarm!
is the whistle anything to do with the a/c system? as in pressure in the system changing???
whistle implies air....most noises are usually gratings or rubbings i.e from brakes.
is it a whistling from a faulty door or sunroof seal ?? these would only happen at speed anyhow..
DER nice to see that after trying various forms of seating you ended up with a decent pair of buckets.
whistle implies air....most noises are usually gratings or rubbings i.e from brakes.
is it a whistling from a faulty door or sunroof seal ?? these would only happen at speed anyhow..
DER nice to see that after trying various forms of seating you ended up with a decent pair of buckets.
derestrictor said:
will check glove box for stowaway
Yes, Patrick - always check one's automotive orifae for vocal chancers of a vertically challenged stature from das Isle d'Emeraldo - especially leprechauns - the little bleeders.
Give 'em an inch and they'll take a foot: pretty much more than that and you won't have a leg to stand on.
Me lucky chaarm!
Give the little folk a break is St. Patricks Day...Whistle on boys, we can fix it tomorrow!
My 993 whistles also, I have traced it to the air blowers/vents inside the cabin (not the A/C), but more so the airvents themselves, probably a piece of paper or material stuck in a pipe somewhere. Does that sound like the kind of whistlening?, If not, perhaps you could recite the opening few bars of this sound via your keyboard and we can then give it some in depth aural investigation...
Sometimes experience same whistling effect - apparently another one of the superior "design characteristics" engineered by Porsche; like leaking door seals, creaking windscreens and submerged rear light clusters.
If I recall the explanation by the AFN tech it is something to do with the setting on the temp control i.e. a given temp requires a particular positioning of one of the internal flaps and this sets up a resonant whistle.
Easy to check - just adjust the temp and the whistle should disappear.
If I recall the explanation by the AFN tech it is something to do with the setting on the temp control i.e. a given temp requires a particular positioning of one of the internal flaps and this sets up a resonant whistle.
Easy to check - just adjust the temp and the whistle should disappear.
meldrewlives said:
Sometimes experience same whistling effect - apparently another one of the superior "design characteristics" engineered by Porsche; like leaking door seals, creaking windscreens and submerged rear light clusters.
Dont forget; snapping door check straps, bubbling window surrounds and baulking gearchanges when cold!
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