[Shotimes] Re: Sho cold related flatulance noises

[Jim and Debbie Leyden]

My car on the other hand, is a true lady and NEVER farts.  Can't same the
same for my wife though...

Jim
'93 MTX


----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: <shotimes-admin@autox.team.net>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Sho cold related flatulance noises


> Eric,
>
> My cars did something that sounds like that till I switched
> to 5 or 0 weight synthetic oil.  What you could be hearing
> is the bypass opening in the oil filter trying to get oil
> through the thing.  I have even had oil "fart" past the
> filter seal in a gooey mass upon cold start when near zero
> degrees.
>
> Also, I think the power steering can do the same thing with
> various valves.  Good idea to use synthetic in there too.
>
> If you already use a low vis synthetic and synthetic ATF in
> the steering, then I am not sure what it would be.
>
> Don Mallinson
>
> Eric Keller wrote:
> > I know it's not the question you asked, but my '90 SHO
> > has always made the farting noise after a cold soak at
> > temperatures less than 20F.  At home, it lives inside
> > an above freezing garage, but at work it gets a nice
> > cold soak.  No farting in the morning and a definite
> > farting after work.  Maybe the noise could be best
> > described as farting through a kazoo?
> >
> > It doesn't make me happy that it makes this noise, but
> > the car seems none the worse for it.
> >
> > Now if someone could solve the "stumble when you back
> > off the throttle in cold", I'd be happy.  It's too
> > cold to run the codes right now.
> >
> > I've definitly turned into a wimp in my old age.  When
> > I was 20, I worked at Trek bicycle in Wisconsin.  I
> > rode my bike 10 miles to work, at temperatures down to
> > -24F.  The second winter I was there, it never got
> > above 0 for 2 months.  When it hit 20, we all walked
> > three blocks to the store at break time in our
> > t-shirts.  They should evacuate that place in early
> > december each year.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> > Ron DeReus says:
> > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Buzzing/grinding on startup
> > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 02:23:37 -0600
> >
> > I took that belt off during the Miami/Virginia Tech
> > game at about 30
> > degrees, checking for bad pulley bearings, and it
> > wasn't real fun to
> > contortion my hand up in there to loosen the
> > tensioner.  At the current 0 to
> > 5 degrees, I think I'll hold my nose and let it fart!
> >
> > The Lowrider's noise is obviously not temperature
> > related and the rest of
> > our car's noises only happen under 30 degrees.  If
> > anyone else out
> > there is
> > experiencing a noise similar to what we're trying to
> > describe, and it's
> > not
> > temperature related, please respond.  Curious if
> > Marlene is out there;
> > does
> > SnowWind have this noise?
> >
> > Ron DeReus
> > 95MTX
> >
> >
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